The Velvet Gentleman: Erik Satie in caberet-punch-and-judy comedy stylings
The Altoona Dada Society Presents: The Velvet Gentleman Directed by Kevin P. Hale Produced by PlaylabNYC [Show slideshow]
Dancing On Your Grave: Existential music hall performers realize they are de-composing.
Get it? De-Composing?
tick, tick… BOOM!: Jonathan Larson’s warm up to Rent
Written by Jonathan Larson of Rent fame, the story follows a playwright questioning his choice to be in theater. The story is somewhat autobiographical, setting Rent to be a more romantic and endearing tribute to the struggles of young artists. In addition to designing the costumes I also collaborated with our technical director on set design. As…
Last 5 years: Another lost relationship
Heterosexual couple retells the story of their 5 year relationship in opposite directions, only coming together in song during their wedding. Best song in show: “Shiksa Goddess,” written to change the identity of the female protagonist…so she didn’t resemble the writers actual ex-wife. Directed by: Steve Sunderlin Millbrook Playhouse 2003
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
In 1982 I was taken to see a film that tuned me into an interest in women’s stories, especially when they are set to songs I can memorize. I was told I was about to watch ‘a very important part of Texas history’ and it took me sometime to find out that the subject of the…
Playing a Part: Claude Cahun Documentary
Claude Cahun, photographer and member of the French resistance, is an often overlooked figure in the pantheon of her surrealist contemporaries. The project involved setting up camp in Brighton for about a month, building a set in a conference room at The University of Sussex and filming on location in Jersey and the former home…
Rhinoceros: Fearing odd-toed ungulates after 9/11
A minor update to the Ionesco classic – this time setting it in a homogenous American town of the 1950s, reflecting the contemporary fear of ‘the other’ emerging in the post-9/11 world. Directed by: Indhu Rubasingham Costume & Puppet Design: Jess Hooks Wright Hall Theater, Davis, CA 2003
The Medium: Converting black and white film for the stage
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Design Credits
COSTUME DESIGN Project Producer / Location Director Year The Crucible (Play) Blunt Theater / La Plaza Cultural, NYC Sheila Ann Garson 2013 Seeing Inside (Performance) St. Ann’s Warehouse / NYC Emily Davis 2011 Impossible Country (Play) Mud/Bone / University Settlement, NYC Mahayana Landowne 2010 Loss of Breath (Play) Playlab NYC / Connelly Theater NYC Kevin…