judge, costume design

Costume Design


2016


Flood City by Gabrielle Reisman, d. Mark Routhier 

The NOLA Project, New Orleans LA

www.bestofneworleans.com/blogofneworleans/archives/2016/09/07/review-flood-city


The Illusion by Tony Kushner, d. Chaney Tullos

The Shakespeare Festival at Tulane University, New Orleans LA

http://www.bestofneworleans.com/blogofneworleans/archives/2016/08/03/review-the-illusion


Weird Tales by Tennessee Williams, d. Augustin Correro

The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans

http://tinyurl.com/weird-tales




​​​​​2015 


Small Craft Warnings by Tennessee Williams, d. Augustin Correro
The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans, New Orleans LA


OPERA America Tobin Director-Designer Showcase

Conference Washington, DC 

Exhibit New York, NY


 http://operaamerica.org/content/about/pressroom/2014/12022014.aspx


2014


Un Ballo in Maschera by Verdi,  d. Leon Major      
Austin Lyric Opera, Austin, TX


Love and Information by Caryl Churchill, d. David Long

Regional Premiere, Mary Moody Northen Theater at St. Edward's, Austin TX


La Bohème by Puccini, d. Robert DeSimone      
The Butler School of Music, Austin, TX


The Requisite Gestures of a Narrow Approach by Sibyl Kempson (New Dramatists)
d. Shawn Sides     
Salvage Vanguard Theater, Austin, TX

   

2013


Murder Ballad, d. Keri Boyd

Touring Production, Austin, New Orleans, Marfa

Nominated for Central Texas Excellence in Theater Best Costume Design

                             

The Beautiful People by William Saroyan, d. Steven Wilson       
The Museum of Human Achievement, Austin, TX

The Fault by Katie Bender, d. Charlie Otte                                             
UT Austin, Austin, TX

Stop Hitting Yourself, The Rude Mechs, d. Shawn Sides                                                    
The Off Center, Austin, TX


The Edge of Peace by Suzan Zeder                     
The Seattle Children’s Theater, Seattle, WA
premiere UT Austin, Austin, TX



2012


New York Stories,
opera by Daron Aric Hagen   

premiere, Butler School of Music, Austin, TX


Bacha Bazi, or boy play
by Kennedy Center Honors Winner Gabriel Dean          
UT Austin, Texas



 

previous work


Sets Intern, USA Network’s In Plain Sight, tv series, Art Department   Albuquerque, NM 2012

Designer/Manager   Costume Shop, American Family Theater   Philadelphia, PA 2005-11 

The Bikinis Costume Designer  ReVision Theater, Asbury Park, NJ                                 2010

The Who's Tommy 
Wardrobe Manager ReVision Theater, Asbury
Park, NJ                                                                                                                                          2010


The Full Monty         Design Assistant  ReVision Theater, Asbury Park, NJ                     2009

2009: The Pavilion      Designer  Acting Without a License, Bloomsburg, PA                2009    
 
A Midsummer Night's Dream    Assistant Designer, Connecticut Free Shakespeare  2009


The Producers             Costume Assistant, Walnut Street Theater, Philadelphia, PA     2009


University of the Arts, Dance Department          Costume Shop  Assistant/Stitcher
Philadelphia, PA 2005-2007
 







Now Now Oh Now, Austin, TX

The Rude Mechs, designer Rowan Doyle


360 (Round Dance) by Steven Dietz, d. Courtney Sale             
designer Bich Vu, premiere UT Austin, Austin, TX


Idomeneo, by Mozart
designer Jacob Climer

the Curtis Institute, Philadelphia PA


 




2011-2014: University Interscholastic League           Austin, TX
 

   

                                                


The University of Texas at Austin      
MFA Candidate, Costume Design       
class of 2014  

The Jack G. Taylor Memorial Endowed Presidential  Scholarship in Fine Arts 2012

The Morton Brown, Nellie Lea Brown, and
Minelma Brown Lockwood Scholarship Fund in Drama awarded 2012 and 2013

                 
The Lucas Foundation Scholarship, awarded 2013


Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society                                                                   inducted 2011


Maryland Institute, College of Art , Baltimore, MD     
BFA, cum laude, Dean’s List       
class of 2004   
   
Glasgow School of Art                 Glasgow, Scotland, UK                                             Fall 2002
Sarah Lawrence College             Bronxville, NY                                                          1996-1998

The Corcoran School of Art           Washington, DC                                                             1999


Hope MacRoberts Bennett   

MFA Costume Designer



contact:


hmbennettdesign@gmail.com





education


HOPE  BENNETT

assistant design