Design Portfolio

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The Iliad

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Lizzie

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Acute Exposure

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Hamlet

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The Countess of Escarbagnas

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You're a Good Man Charlie Brown

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The Iliad | Lizzie | Acute Exposure | Hamlet | The Countess of Escarbagnas | You're a Good Man Charlie Brown |

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Shows

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You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown

Directed by Angela Cruz

Taking inspiration from the original cartoon-designed Peanuts, this production, in collaboration with designers from Sattleback College, focuses on the child in us all. While working with the actors, I combined the traditional and recognizable designs with each person’s inner-child. A majority of this creation happened with ensemble members who built their outfits off of the lesser known characters from the Peanuts universe. Regarding the animals, such as Snoopy and Woodstock, we wanted the audience to be able to use their own child-like imaginations to stay in the world of the show.

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Lizzie (the musical)

Directed by Lucas Nelson

Gothic and punk rock aesthetics entirely inspired the designs for Lizzie. Using elements of historical styles, this show meets old looks with a contemporary edgy flip mid-show. The use of corsets and skirts was specifically chosen to highlight how this is a show of only women and the story of taking their power back. With a full onstage change from a historically inspired dress ripped open to reveal a corset, skirt, and fishnets; her clothing is a symbol of what is really inside. This specific change is her gaining back her power when she kills her parents. These feminine siloets also emphasize the importance of this being a women’s story, by reinventing what is sometimes seen as oppressive styles as styles of power. Each character lived in their own world of individual colors picked based on their personality and the character arcs that happen in the show.

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The Iliad

Directed by Lucas Nelson

In this version of this classic tale, our poet is a homeless veteran who has collected pieces of his costume through his journey of returning to tell this story through history. The design for the poet also included many layering elements. This was done so he could play and take pieces off or put them on during the show. A unique element to this production was the storytellers- the muses- that were movement actors helping the poet tell his tale. The designs for these characters were inspired by elements of the ocean and the earth moving and being a part of the story. The costumes feature heavy grey and blue coloring with eye masks inspired by traditional Greek Masks painted to look like wood and glow in the dark.

The Countess of Escarbagnas

Directed by Angela Cruz

This 1671 Moliere piece was costumed to live in the period it was set in. Specific attention was paid to highlighting the difference between the classes, which are the same goals of the playwright. The characters of the higher social class are costumed with more volume, color, and pattern in comparison to the more neutral and simpler frocks of the serving class. Featuring hand-draped historical dresses, these designs emphasize the period of the piece and just how much clothing is a sign of class.

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Acute Exposure

Directed by Kenna Shea

This show had its own unique challenge of dealing with live painting on stage. To conform to this writing along with the budget, I had to see how I could make the same shirt look like two different characters. Focusing on individual styling, such as rolling the sleeves, knotting the shirt shorter, shoes and accessories, I was able to make the same shirts fit different characters with different personalities. I was also able to find paint that glowed under black light which created the desired effect as the handprints were applied on stage.

Hamlet

Directed by Leah Jackson

The concept for this show was post-impressionistic art in combination with modern clothes with historical elements. The base layers for these costumes were all modern clothes. The characters of the higher social class had hand-dyed, painted, and draped capes and sashes made out of recycled materials. Along with the draped pieces, colors were used to define class structure. Inspired by famous post-impressionistic art, the characters of the higher class were costumed in cool tones whereas those in the lower classes were costumed in warmer tones living mainly in browns and yellows. Ophelia was covered in a hundred hand-painted flowers. Hamlet had a historically accurate 18th-century pirate shirt. The Ghost of Hamlet wore a crown made out of a hand-made sculpted copy of Hamlet.