Costume designer and theater artist in NYC.

Born in Manhattan, currently in Brooklyn.

Costume Design

I am proud to have designed the world premieres of many new plays including:
Infinite Life, John, Usual Girls, Dance Nation, Porto, The Wolves, Men on Boats, 10 out of 12 and You Got Older.
Opera: Recent projects include world premiere of 10 Days in a Madhouse dir. Joanna Settle, and numerous student productions with the New School and the Curtis Institute.   

I am mad for the Classics, including my work on Taming of the Shrew dir. Shana Cooper and Dom Juan dir. Ashley Tata. I enjoy the scale of emotion and freedom available when working in the canon. 

Company Work

I am one of three founding artistic directors of minor theater company, with:  Julia Jarcho, Jenny Seastone, Ásta Hostetter and Ben Williams. We have made award winning work since 2013: Learn more about our shows: PATHETIC , THE TERRIFYING , and GRIMLY HANDSOME here. 

In 2022 I directed Marie It’s Time, minor theater’s three person adaptation of Woyzeck. That work was dear to me and I’m so pleased it rocked some of you who saw it. . 

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Awards

2016 Obie Award for Design Collaboration for John
Nom: Lortel Award
  Mrs. Murray’s Menagerie
Nom: for Henry Hewes Design Award
  Gnit  (2022, with Avery Reed)
  Dance Nation  (2018)
  The Wolves
  Miles for Mary
  Picnic / Come Back, Little Sheba  (2017)
  Essential Straight and Narrow  (2014)

Education

PS 187

Hunter College High School

The University of Chicago BA

CalArts MFA


Representation

Ben Izzo
ben@michaelmooreagency.com

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