Design : For the Theatre

Designing for Plays

Carrie : The Musical

Ellyssa was the Assistant Projections Designer for Carrie the Musical.

She worked on Isadora and Clip Studio Paint to create the projections on the stage.

Director: Ken Stilson

Stage Manager: Bradley Noder

Costume Designer: Amber Cook

Lighting and Projections Designer: Chris Haug

Sound Designer: Hankyu Lee

Technical Director: Daniel Myers-Bowman

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The Winter Guard Play

Ellyssa was the Assistant Scenic Designer for the world premiere play, The Winter Guard Play by -- at Dobbins Conservatory of Theatre and Dance.

Ellyssa designed the 'iceburg' wagon platform that was pulled out in the last scenes of the play.

Director: Kitt Lavoie

Stage Manager: Kyra Ankrom

Scenic Designer: Amber Cook

Lighting Designer: Chris Haug

Sound Designer: Hankyu Lee

Lanford Wilson Short Plays

Ellyssa was the Costume Designer for the Lanford Wilson Short Plays at Dobbins Concervatory of Theatre and Dance.

There were seven plays in total, 

Stars and Stripes by Matt Morse, Exophelia by Keith Whalen, Lookout by Jim Moss, Arms Length Romance by John Busser, Seriously, Our Parents Are What? by Adam Szudrich, Women of Valor by Shara Feit, and Tequila Sunrise by Emma Swain.

Stage Manager: Anna Rutledge

Other Design Work

Stage and SFX Makeup

At her old university, in Spring 2020, Ellyssa did a few stage makeup renders, and applied the makeup to herself.

Alice in Wonderland

The Queen of Hearts

Midsummer Night's Dream

Titania, Queen of the Fairies

Bruises and Cuts SFX (side)

Bruises and Cuts SFX (front)

Totoro - My Neighbor Totoro (side)

Totoro - My Neighbor Totoro (front)

Garden Fairy (front)

Garden Fairy (side)

Forest Elf (front)

Forest Elf (side)

Steampunk/Cyborg

In class taught by Amber Cook, at Dobbins Conservatory, Ellyssa designed a steampunk cyborg prosthetics and made them, before attaching them to the face and hand in a makeup design.

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makeup schematic

left

prosthetics final looks

sketch rendering

prosthetics

finished makeup look

Seven Deadly Sins: Greed

In class taught by Amber Cook, at Dobbins Conservatory, Ellyssa made a design and executed it, making the blindfold prosthetic for one of the seven deadly sins, chosing greed. The look goes with the theme: "Blinded by Greed."

finished prosthetic

sketch rendering, and prosthetic process photos

Above: Makeup Schematic

To the right: Finished Work

Wigs

front

back

1700s Paper Wig

In a class taught by Amber Cook at Dobbins Conservatory, Ellyssa made a paper wig out of newspapers, in the style of the mid-18th century.

It was a long process, but the end result was satisfying.

sketch rendering

Process photos of making the wig

Finished photos of the wig from all four sides

Victory Rolls Wig

In a class, taught by Amber Cook, at Dobbins Conservatory, Ellyssa styled a wig to form the victory rolls worn by women in the mid 1900s.

To the left: Left side of wig. 

To the right: back, right, front, and top view of wig

sketch rendering

Princess Wig

In a class, taught by Amber Cook, at Dobbins Conservatory, Ellyssa rendered and styled a wig in the style of princess hair, inspired by the mideival time period.

To the far right: the left, right, front, and back views of the wig being worn.

To the near right: The finished wig on a manequin.

Victorian Wig

In class, taught by Amber Cook, at Dobbins Conservatory, Ellyssa styled a wig to replicate hair worn in the victorian era.


Cropped Blazer

Mock-Up

While attending classes at Dobbins Conservatory of Theatre and Dance, Ellyssa designed, and drafted out the pattern for a cropped top blazer. After drafting the pattern, she sewed a mock up of the blazer, to show the general shape, in a fabric similar to the fabric most commonly used in blazers and suits, as well as writing down the instructions should it not be a mock-up.