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 Costumes and Costume Shop Manager, University of Illinois Chicago: 2018-present
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
PROFESSIONAL COSTUME DESIGN:
Theatre/Opera
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
Amazons and Their Men / TAPS at University of Chicago / February 2022
By Jordan Harrison; directed by Kathryn Walsh
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
Tartuffe / Arena Theater, Wheaton College / April 2018
By Moliere; Directed by Michael Stauffer
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
ACADEMIC COSTUME DESIGN:
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
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
COSTUME DESIGN ASSOCIATE:
East of Eden / September 2015 / Steppenwolf Theater Co.
Designer: Mara Blumenfeld; Directed by Terry Kinney.
COSTUME DESIGN ASSISTANT:
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.