Education

B.F.A. in Theater Design and Technology from Emerson College in Boston, MA

M.F.A. in Stage Design from Northwestern University, 2015

 EMPLOYMENT

  • Clinical Associate Professor of Costume Design & Technology and Costume Shop Manager, University of Illinois Chicago: 2018-present

  • Adjunct Faculty: DePaul University, Northwestern University, North Central College

  • Lookingglass Theatre Company: Costume Shop Manager, 2016-2018

  • Court Theatre: Costume Shop Assistant; Chicago IL: 2014-2017

  • Northwestern University: Graduate Assistant; Evanston IL 2010-2013

  • Santa Fe Opera: Shopper; Santa Fe, NM: 2010 Summer Festival Season

  • The Shakespeare Theatre Company: Resident Costume Design Assistant; D.C., 2009-2010 Season

  • Glimmerglass Opera: Costume Administrative Assistant; Cooperstown, NY: 2009 Summer Festival Season

  • The Shakespeare Theatre Company: Costume Design Intern; Washington D.C. 2008-2009 Season

  • Santa Fe Opera: stitching/wardrobe apprentice; Santa Fe, NM: 2007, 2008 Seasons

  • Blue Man Group (Boston): wardrobe swing; Boston, MA: 2006-2008

​The Rich Lady: Nickel And Dimed, Northwestern University

ACADEMIC COSTUME DESIGN:

The Neighbors, The Asshole, and The Celebration / UIC / November 2024

  • Adapted and directed from the Chekhov one acts by Yasen Peyankov

Not About Nightingales / UIC School of Theatre & Music / April 2024

  • By Tennessee Williams; directed by Eddie Torres

Smart People / UIC School of Theatre & Music / November 2023

  • Written and directed by Lydia Diamond

Blues for an Alabama Sky / UIC School of Theatre & Music / April 2023

  • By Pearl Cleage; directed by Ericka Ratcliffe

TAPS Winter Dance Showcase / University of Chicago / March 2023

  • Choreo from Lucky Plush, Robyn Mineko Williams, BraveSoul Movement, Red Clay Dance

Yerma / UIC School of Theatre & Music / February 2022

  • Lorca, Adapted by Melinda Lopez; directed by Eddie Torres

Amazons and Their Men / TAPS at University of Chicago / February 2022

  • By Jordan Harrison; directed by Kathryn Walsh

The Hunchback of Seville / UIC School of Theatre & Music / October 2021

  • By Charice Castro-Smith; directed by Yasen Peyankov

Barbecue / UIC School of Theatre & Music / February 2020

  • By Robert O’Hara; directed by Derrick L. Sanders

In The Next Room, or The Vibrator Play / UIC School of Theatre & Music / November 2019

  • By Sarah Ruhl; directed by Lydia Diamond

A Streetcar Named Desire / UIC School of Theatre & Music / April 2019

  • by Tennessee Williams; directed by Derrick L. Sanders

COSTUME DESIGN ASSOCIATE:

Frozen / November 2024 / Paramount Theatre, Aurora IL

  • Designer: Mara Blumenfeld; Directed by Trent Stork

Moby Dick / February 2024 / The Rep Theatre St. Louis

  • Designer: Sully Ratke; Directed by David Catlin

Lucy and Charlie’s Honeymoon / May 2023 / Lookingglass Theatre Co., Chicago

  • Designer: Sully Ratke; Directed by Amanda Dehnert

East of Eden / September 2015 / Steppenwolf Theater Co.

  • Designer: Mara Blumenfeld; Directed by Terry Kinney.

COSTUME DESIGN ASSISTANT (selected):  

Swan Lake / Fall 2023 / Australian Ballet Company, Melbourne Australia

  • Designer: Mara Blumenfeld; Director David Hallberg

Trevor / June 2017 / Writer's Theatre

  • Designer: Mara Blumenfeld; Directed by Marc Bruni

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum / July 2017 / MUNY St. Louis

  • Designer: Mara Blumenfeld; Directed by Gary Griffin

Rusalka / February 2017 / Metropolitan Opera

  • Designer: Mara Blumenfeld; Directed by Mary Zimmerman

Out of Shadowland / June 2016 / Disney Tokyo Sea, Japan

  • Designer: Mara Blumenfeld; Creative Director Jim Vincent

Mary Page Marlowe / March 2016 / Steppenwolf Theatre Co

  • Designer: Linda Roethke; Directed by Anna Shapiro.

The Secret Garden / April 2015 / Court Theatre

  • Designer: Mara Blumenfeld; Directed by Charles Newell.

Both Your Houses / January 2015 / Asolo Repertory Theatre

  • Designer: Mara Blumenfeld; Directed by Frank Galati.

The White Snake / 2014-15 / The Goodman Theatre, The Guthrie Theatre

  • Designer: Mara Blumenfeld; Directed by Mary Zimmerman.

Guys and Dolls  /  February 2015 / Oregon Shakespeare Festival

  • Designer: Mara Blumenfeld; Directed by Mary Zimmerman.

Brigadoon / June 2014 / The Goodman Theatre

  • Designer: Mara Blumenfeld; Directed by Rachel Rockwell.

 

PROFESSIONAL COSTUME DESIGN:  

Theatre/Opera

Tamerlano / Haymarket Opera Company / September 2024

  • By George Friedrich Handel; directed by Chase Hopkins

Mr. Burns: a Post-Electric Play / Penobscot Theatre Company / April 2024

  • By Anne Washburn; directed by Jonathan Berry

La Liberazione di Ruggiero d’alla isola d’Alcina / Haymarket Opera Company / September 2023

  • By Francesca Caccini; directed by Sarah Edgar

L’Incoronazione di Poppea / Haymarket Opera Company / September 2022

  • By Claudio Monteverdi; directed by Sarah Edgar

Fences / American Blues Theatre / July 2022

  • By August Wilson; directed by Monty Cole

Twelfth Night / Theatreworks Colorado / July 2022

  • By William Shakespeare; directed by Kathryn Walsh

L’Amant Anonyme / Haymarket Opera Company / June 2022

  • Composed by Joseph Bologne, the Chevalier de St. George; directed by Sarah Edgar

Orlando / Haymarket Opera Company / September 2021 (streaming)

  • Composed by Georg Friedrich Handel; filmed and edited by Garry Grasinski

Do You Feel Anger? / A Red Orchid Theatre / January 2020

  • By Mara Nelson-Greenberg; directed by Jess McLeod

I Am My Own Wife / Theatre Raleigh / July 2019

  • By Doug Wright; directed by Jesse Gephart

Fulfillment Center / A Red Orchid Theatre / February 2019

  • By Abe Koogler; directed by Jess McLeod

The Long Christmas Dinner / Chicago Fringe Opera / November 2018

  • Composed by Paul Hindemith, based on the Thornton Wilder play; directed by George Cederquist

Ghosts / Redtwist Theatre / October 2018

  • By Henrik Ibsen; adapted and directed by Erin C. Murray

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time / Steppenwolf Theatre for Young Audiences / September 2018

  • by Simon Stephens; directed by Jonathan Berry

The Marriage of Figaro / The Charlottesville Opera / July 2018

  • By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Directed by David Paul

Cry It Out / Northlight Theatre / May 2018

  • By Molly Smith Metzler; Directed by Jessica Fisch

Stories and Songs of Chicago: Community Created Performances  / Lyric Opera Unlimited / September 2017

  • Content devised by the performers; Directed by Jess McLeod

T. / American Theatre Company / May 2017

  • By Dan Aibel; Directed by Margot Bordelon

The Firebirds Take the Field / Rivendell Theatre Ensemble/ April 2017

  • By Lynn Rosen; Directed by Jessica Fisch

Marry Me A Little / Porchlight Music Theatre / April 2017

  • By Stephen Sondheim; Arrangement by Austin Cook; Directed by Jess McLeod

Winter / Rivendell Theatre Ensemble / January 2017

  • By Julie Jensen; Directed by Megan Carney/Mark Ulrich

Betrayal / The Raven Theatre / November 2016

  • By Harold Pinter; directed by Lauren Shouse

How We Got On / Haven Theatre, Chicago IL / October 2016

  • By Idris Goodwin; directed by Jess McLeod

In The Penal Colony / Chicago Fringe Opera / April 2016

  • By Phillip Glass; directed by George Cederquist, conducted by Catherine O’Shaughnessy

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike / Yale Dramatic Association, CT / February 2016

  • by Christopher Durang; directed by John Michael DiResta

Posh / Steep Theatre Company (US Premiere) / February 2016

  • by Laura Wade; directed by Jonathan Berry

Good For Otto / The Gift Theatre (world premiere) / October 2015

  • by David Rabe; directed by Michael Patrick Thornton

Le Nozze di Figaro / Wolf Trap Opera, Vienna VA / June 2015

  • By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; directed by David Paul, conducted by Kathy Kelly

Melancholy Play: A Chamber Musical / Piven Theater Workshop / May 2015

  • By Sarah Ruhl and Todd Almond; directed by Polly Noonan

Carmen / Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara CA / August 2014

  • By Bizet; Directed by David Paul

Othello  /  The Gift Theatre/  July 2014

  • By William Shakespeare; Directed by Jonathan Berry

Far Away / Northwestern University SITE Festival /  June 2014

  • By Caryl Churchill; Directed by Jessica Fisch

The Magic Flute / Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara CA / August 2013

  • By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Directed by David Paul; Conducted by Warren Jones

The Drunken City / Steppenwolf Garage Rep / June 2013

  • By Adam Bock; Directed by John Michael DiResta

How To End Poverty in 90 Minutes with 199 People You May or May Not Know / Northwestern University / May 2013

  • Devised and Directed by Michael Rohd and the acting ensemble

SCENIC DESIGN:

In The Next Room, or The Vibrator Play / UIC School of Theatre & Music / November 2019

  • By Sarah Ruhl; directed by Lydia Diamond

 The Internationalist / Steppenwolf Garage Rep / June 2013

  • By Anne Washburn; directed by Erin C. Murray