American University, 2024
Director: Kate Eastwood Norris
Costume Design: Bailey Hammett
Scenic Design: August Henney
Lighting Design: Hailey LaRoe
University of Maryland
Director: Kate Bryer
Costume Designer: Bailey Hammett
Scenic Designer: Bailey Hammett
Lighting Designer: Christina Smith
Media Designer: Mark Williams
Sound Designer: Gordon Smith
This is The Late Wedding by Christopher Chen produced at The University of Maryland. This show is all about grief, loss, and love as a man navigates life without his wife. Throughout the show, we get a glimpse at different relationships, a mysterious spy adventure, 1940s inn during lockdown, and even a look into a spaceship. All of these things, while wacky and interesting, are an attempt for our narrator to walk through his grief by way of story telling. I worked with director Kate Byers and thoroughly enjoyed the collaboration with the design team on this play.
Auburn University
Director: Charles Bringardner
Costume Designer: Tracy Oleinick
Assistant Costume Designer: Bailey Hammett
Scenic Designer: Fereshteh Rostampour
Into the Woods (A Staged Concert)
Music and Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM
Book by JAMES LAPINE
Originally Directed on Broadway by James Lapine
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
Directed by Chase Bringardner
Music Direction by James Mablin
Choreography by Jeri Dickey
March 4-6, 2022
Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Tony Award winning musical Into the Woods weaves together the stories of a motley crew of fairy tale characters as they set out into the woods in search of adventures. Presented here in a fully staged concert version, Into the Woods marks the first collaboration between the Auburn University Department of Theatre and Dance, the Department of Music, and The Jay and Susie Gogue Performing Arts Center at Auburn University. Venture into the woods and across campus to wish, to hope, to laugh, to dream, and to remember that “no one is alone.”
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It was an honor to design the costumes for this production of Spring Awakening. The costumes were the only thing grounding the characters in the time period (1891) as the set and lights had a more modern feeling. These costumes were a mix of time period accuracy and small modern details in order to merge the two worlds together seamlessly.
Spring Awakening
Book and Lyrics by Steven Sater
Music by Duncan Sheik
Based on the play by Frank Wedekind
Directed by Andrew Schwartz
Music Direction by James Mablin
Choreography by Jeri Dickey
November 11-19, 2021
In a world where adults set the rules, silence dissent, and control the story, a group of young people struggle to articulate their feelings and chart their own course. Winner of 8 Tony Awards including best musical, Sater & Sheik’s Spring Awakening harnesses the power of pop/rock music to give voice to the angst and anxieties along with the hopes and desires of coming of age and entering adulthood.
SPRING AWAKENING IS INTENDED FOR MATURE AUDIENCES.
After hearing the director’s vision for Spring Awakening, it was obvious that there would be a mix of modern pieces within the show as well as the period costumes set us in 1891. The silhouette of each costume was accurately period with small details modernizing them.
Marta was the youngest character depicted so her final costume was given a higher waistline and a large bow on the back to allow her to appear younger than the rest of the girls.
Thea and Anna are seen together for most of the show so I wanted their dresses to look good together. It was fun playing with the patterns shapes of Thea’s dress such as the ruffles I put on her shoulders.
Anna’s dress was exciting to design and was the dress that was one of the trickiest to complete in the end. I gave her a black lace yolk which helped give the character a bit of angst as well as modernized it a bit.
Ilse was unique to design for in terms of this show because the director wanted her to play as if she was dead the entire show. I had to play around with different ways to create an earthy look for Ilse while dressing her in the white colors that signified death in this show.
The adult women were my opportunity to play with quick changes as this character plays so many different roles. I added the modern look in the final costume by adding a bright red corset for the “fantasy” scene she plays in.
The swings were fun to design for because they had no lines or identifying factors about them so I had freedom to dress them how I liked.
Each of the boys were dressed uniformly. I worked with the choreographer who requested that they wore jazz boots for the dancing and running around they would be doing. It was a fun challenge to differentiate them despite their uniformity.
Like the adult women, the adult men were played by the same character creating challenging changes that had to be small and fast, yet descriptive.
I am working as a Costume Designer for the Annual Auburn University Theatre and Dance, Dance Concert!
(re) imagine: riffs, reverses, and revolutions
Conceived and Directed by
Adrienne Wilson and Jeri Dickey
Featuring the Auburn University Dance Ensemble & Guest Artists
Returning to the Telfair B. Peet Theatre after a two year hiatus due to the pandemic and drawing specific inspiration from the season theme, our annual dance concert showcases the creativity and labor of our dance faculty, students, and guest artists. re(imagine): riffs, reverses, and revolutions (re)imagines our present moment, offering pieces that strive to make sense of our times and that write new narratives. Bringing together a myriad of styles and forms, this concert promises to engage audiences and showcase the abilities of the human body to tell stories.
Eat Dessert First was my first design opportunity at Auburn University.
The two characters in this play, Mother and Daughter, were set in different time periods as the mother was based out of the daughters memory of her. It was exciting to design for two completely different time periods. Another challenge I faced was the ability to create a costume change from the stage. Neither character left the stage, however, there were some costume changes that needed to take place. It was a learning curve and an opportunity to get really creative with my designs.
Auburn University Theatre
Director: Hannah Fluker