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
VID_20221205_211549707~2.mp4VID_20221205_214041233.mp4The 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
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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
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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.