This show takes place in New York City in the 1980s. It's a two person show that takes place over 1 night, so I had to be very deliberate in my costume choices. The colors are mainly cool tones, other then Frankie's statement robe, making it stand out.

Directed by Ron Weiss

The director of this production decided to place this show in the 1950s in the Italian Riviera. I used a controlled palette to help tell the story as the show progressed. The show starts in mourning, with darks and lights to show the two houses, but not many bright colors. As the story continues, more and more colors are added to the characters, until there is an 'explosion' of color for the happy end.

Directed by Jason Bohon

This show is the retelling of a story about white cis-gendered men portrayed by non-cis-gendered men and people of color. They started off in 4 colored boats, and I decided to match the colors on the costumes to the boat colors. I did this because, as this show goes on, the beginning 4 boats slowly become 2 boats, but the audience is able to better remember which boat each crew member came from with their colors. It was interesting to take the same basic clothing structure, but make each charter feel unique and like they were their own individual person. Also, on of the characters was missing an arm, but our actor was not!

Directed by Rebekah Gardner

Photography by Emma Brown

My senior year of high school, I entered these designs in the Texas UIL costume design competition and the designs made it to the state-level competition in 2019. The prompt was to base the concept around Roald Dahl's life, and I used important places in the world to him, such as England, Washington D.C., and Africa for the golden ticket finders and their families. Willy Wonka became a pilot, and the Oompa Loompas I made the flight attendants. I, unfortunately, didn't place it with my designs, but I'm thankful for the chance to compete at the state level. 

Renderings created using colored pencils, pen, and markers.