Collaborative Costume Design
This thesis explores my portfolio of graduate work as a costume
designer, covering four diverse theatrical works. 27 Wagons Full of
Cotton, a self proclaimed "Mississippi Delta Comedy" by Tennessee
Williams examines the themes of domestic violence, isolation, and desire
in rural America. Polaroid Stories, a modern poetic play by Naomi
Iizuka, blends the harsh realities facing today's street youth with
classical mythology to create a unique and theatrical world. Jeffrey
Hatcher transported us back to the spectacle, scandal, and upheaval of
King Charles II's English Restoration in Compleat Female Stage Beauty,
following actor Edward Kynaston, who famed diarist Samuel Pepys
acclaimed the most beautiful woman on the English stage, and his fall
from celebrity into obscurity. Finally Shakespeare's Hamlet, arguably
some of the most beautiful and wonderful words written for the stage and
my 3rd year project, provided an opportunity to form a "special world"
for our production and test my creativity. I will reflect on the design
process of each work from beginning to end, including concept
discussions, the research process, character specific design analysis,
and the overall results of the productions.
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