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P I 646.479.1186

E I alexandrajanowski@icloud.com 

Alexandra Janowski is a French and Canadian costume designer based in New York City. She holds an MFA in costume design from NYU and a BFA in fashion design from Parsons. Growing up in Paris with a Polish father and a French-Iranian mother, she was exposed to numerous cultures that have had a lasting impact on her imagination and creativity. Alexandra’s designs and interests explore the beauty in the passage of time and how this is reflected in characters and their clothing. She loves designing theater and film productions with themes of family dynamics, specifically focusing on history and its effects on people. Her love for embroidery and exploring a variety of decorative fabrications has always been a crucial part of the way she tells a story.

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P I 602.359.9382

E I anabel.olguin@gmail.com

W I anabelolguindesigns.com

Anabel Olguin is a recent MFA Costume Design graduate from the University of California, San Diego. Before turning her focus onto costume design, she received a BA in Theatre Education from Grand Canyon University and dedicated 7 years as a theatre educator. During this time, Anabel was an active member of the Phoenix theatre community and has 8+ years of experience as a director, sound designer, stage manager, scenic designer and performer.

Recent Costume Design Credits: Goldilocks Screentime (WOW Festival- La Jolla Playhouse), The Rogues Trial (UCSD), Hedda Gabler (UCSD), The Promise (UCSD), नेहा & Neel (Wagner New Play Festival- UCSD).

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P I 262.496.5774

E I Antonio.T.costumes@gmail.com

Antonio Torrez (they/them) is a costume designer & craft artisan based in Seattle, WA. They are currently completing their MFA in Costume Design at the University of Washington and hold a BA in Theater Arts from the University of Wisconsin – Parkside. Notable designs include: The Winter’s Tale (University of Washington), Dough & Cookies (Appalachian Festival of Plays and Playwrights), Eurydice (Village Playhouse), Zap Bang Pow (Florida Studio Theater), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (UW-Parkside), In addition to their work as a designer, they also were a crafts artisan for Sleeping Beauty (Pacific Northwest Ballet 2025) and an ager/dyer on Scouts Honor (2024 short film). 

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P I 516.302.6067

E I aprhahn@gmail.com

W I aprilhahn.com

April Hahn is a costume designer based in New York City with a versatile background in theatre, dance, opera, and film. She holds an MFA from Southern Methodist University and a BA in Technical Theatre from Rider University. April is passionate about collaborative storytelling and world-building, bringing a unique creative vision to every project she works on. She approaches each project with flexibility, shaping her designs to match the unique style and tone of the production. She dives into the story and its themes, crafting costumes that support character development and deepen the narrative.

Her recent credits include: In Arabia We’d All be Kings, Everybody, Servant of Two Masters, References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot, Gianni Schicchi, Suor Angelica, and French Play. April’s work is known for its attention to detail, creativity, and ability to capture the essence of the characters and their worlds with a focus on both artistic vision and practical design.

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P I 310.948.3596

E I miganele98@gmail.com

Elena Gim is a costume designer based in Los Angeles. Born and raised in South Korea, she developed a deep appreciation for art, history, and storytelling from an early age. She graduated from Sungshin Women's University with a major in the fashion industry and gained professional experience working in South Korea before pursuing further studies. Currently, she is in UCLA, where she is working towards her MFA in Costume Design. Passionate about visual storytelling, Elena enjoys drawing, watching films, and exploring historical influences in her designs.

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P I 337.692.1916

E I gracekmarks@gmail.com

W I gracemarksdesigns.com

Grace Marks is a costume designer from Opelousas, Louisiana. She is currently in her last semester of grad school at the University of Missouri - Kansas City. As a day-to-day human, she loves creating and living in fantasy worlds and has wildly imaginative nightly dreams. She is someone who finds energy in others and desires getting to know people deeply enough to laugh and cry together. As a designer, she aims to authentically bring stories to life and find the answers to the why. She is fueled by rawness and vulnerability and strives to create work that is bursting with the passion and care she feels for people.

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P I 360.391.3686

E I hilaryxhayes@gmail.com

W I hilaryhayes.net

Hilary Hayes (she/her) is a costume designer and technician originally from Seattle, WA. She holds an M.F.A in Theatre Costume Design from The Pennsylvania State University (2025). With a passion for sculptural garments, expressive color, and pattern mixing, she uses thoughtful exploration, focused collaboration, and unstoppable delight to display the visual personality of each character. Recent design credits include Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Penn State Centre Stage, 2024), Falsettos (2024), Tartuffe (2024), Tarrytown (PSU, 2023) and Two Gentlemen of Verona (Kingsmen Shakespeare, 2023). She is currently working as a First Hand at The Santa Fe Opera costume shop and hopes to move to the DC metro area.

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P I 509.936.3438

E I kaelynmariewilliams@gmail.com

W I kaelynmarie.com

Kaelyn Marie is a costume designer and technician from Spokane, WA. She received her BA in art illustration from Walla Walla University, and completed her MFA in Costume Design at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Kaelyn is passionate about using costume design to bring characters and stories to life. Her recent design credits include: Inherit the Wind, Kinky Boots, Cato: A Tragedy, and Men on Boats with the Clarence Brown Theatre. Kaelyn is excited to continue her creative journey at the Texas Shakespeare Festival this summer where she is designing Steel Magnolias and Kiss Me Kate.

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P I 484.620.3586

E I KatelynJacksonDesign@gmail.com

W I KatelynJacksonDesign.com

Katelyn Jackson has over a decade of experience in costume design, and she’s more  recently expanded her creative horizons to include scenic design. During her time at SMU,  she honed her skills intensively, developing creative discernment, an expressive rendering  style, and paperwork prowess. 

The central values of her creative process are collaboration and communication, and she roots her designs, whether realistic or fantastical, in a clear narrative and thorough  research. She knows design has the power to elevate storytelling and create emotional  impact that transcends limitations, fostering responses in the audience that last long past  final bows. She aspires to cultivate empathy through art. 

Recent credits include RIFT, or White Lies at Amphibian Stage, Sweeney Todd: The Demon  Barber of Fleet Street at SMU, Athena at Undermain Theatre, and Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric  Play at SMU. She was also the 2024 Costume Design Fellow at Chautauqua Theater  Company.

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P I 919.972.1150

E I katieconcannon99@gmail.com

W I katieconcannon.com

Moved to action since I was a teen by the climate crisis, my professional life began in the field of environmental studies, with special interests in the areas of marine conservation and regenerative housing. After graduating college with a degree in Environmental Justice, I entered the creative field by pursuing a master’s degree in costume design at the University of Texas at Austin. Designing costumes for musicals and youth theater gives me the joy and strength to continue searching for ways to design garments that have the capacity to transform our understanding of the human species’ relationship to nature. I love teaching about fashion history and hope to inspire a curiosity for how the past has informed the present (and how we might shape the future!) in all my students.

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P I 507.456.2622

E I kjerstin.anderson.ka@gmail.com

W I kjerstinanderson.com

Kjerstin Anderson is a costume designer that enjoys discovering and representing people in all their forms. Her designs feature color and balance as tools to shape the perceptions of the characters and further the story. She believes that art is integral to humankind, and is proud to be part of a tradition that spans millennia. Having designed and assisted on over 15 productions, recently, she has been the costume designer for productions of The Roommate, The Marriage of Figaro, and Big Love. Originally from Minnesota, she enjoys trees, snow, her cat, and the way people’s eyebrows furrow when they learn to pronounce her name (it’s SHARE-stin). Through her future in the arts, she plans to continue her growth as a designer, and as a human.

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P I 760.639.8546

E I micaelahecht@gmail.com

W I hechticdesigns.com

Micaela Hecht is a New York based Costume Designer for theatre, film, and dance. She loves storytelling and is particularly interested in stories that center women and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. She believes that telling these stories is important, now more than ever. She aims to add color, hope, and wonder to the world through her work by grounding her designs in the beautifully diverse and creative people she interacts with everyday.

Recent projects include: Flex, Fifth of July (NYU Tisch Graduate Acting); Crossing Over, Get It At The Top, A Pigeon Story, Shorebirds (Short Films). She has a BA in Theatre with a Costume Design concentration from Barnard College, an AA in Theatre Arts from MiraCosta College in California and, most recently, she earned her MFA in Design for Stage and Film at NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

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P I 210.332.0053

E I mciaramit@gmail.com

W I michaelciaramitaro.com

Michael Ciaramitaro (he/him) is an anthropologist at his core. He sifts through the lives of the imaginary, piecing together developed and personal characters as part of any collaborative work. A fully fleshed out world is written in between the dialogue of a script and nestled between the notes of a score - and Michael will always find himself immersed in this world.

Michael holds an MFA in Costume Design from Pennsylvania State University and received his bachelor’s degree from the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio. His previous design experience includes How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, John Proctor is the Villain, Bernarda Alba, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 (Penn State Centre Stage), She Loves Me, Once on this Island (San Pedro Playhouse), The Magical Piñata, and Bunnicula (The Magik Theatre). He is currently working at Arkansas Playhouse as the designer for Hair.

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P I 661.373.7002

E I nuoyanguan@gmail.com

W I nuoyanguan.cargo.site

Nuoyan Guan is a costume designer specializing in theater and film. Her work balances storytelling, authenticity, and visual impact, enhancing the narrative of each project she takes on.

Her work includes designs for A Dream Under the Southern Bough and Mother Courage and Her Children, as well as multiple film projects at University of Southern California, American Film Institute, and ArtCenter College of Design. 

Nuoyan completed her graduate studies at California Institute of The Arts and undergraduate degree in Fashion Design from Zhejiang University of Science and Technology.

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P I 628.202.2635

E I tingxiong818@gmail.com

W I ting-xiong.github.io/

Ting Xiong is a recent MFA Costume Design graduate from the University of California, San Diego. Originally from Wuhan, China, she previously specialized in musical education before pursuing costume design. She holds a BFA from Academy of Art University, San Francisco. Her recent design credits include : I Found a Zipper(Wagner New Play Festival- UCSD), Production X (UCSD) , Winter Works – Azúcar(UCSD) , Half-Sibling (Wagner New Play Festival- UCSD), No Singing in the Navy ( Wagner New Play Festival- UCSD), Vinegar Tom (UCSD),Gone Missing(UCSD).

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P I 504.912.3069

E I victoriafbutler@gmail.com

W I vickybutlerdesign.com

Vicky Butler is a multi-disciplinary artist working in costume design, game design, and the occasional charcuterie board. Born and raised in southern Louisiana, Vicky received her B.F.A. in Theatrical Production from the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Purchase College. 

After working in and around NYC, completing a design fellowship at the Hangar Theater in Ithaca, and surviving a global pandemic, Vicky returned to the world of academia and will receive her M.F.A. in Design for Stage and Film from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in May 2025.

Vicky is deeply passionate about storytelling in all forms. In theatrical productions, she seeks to create inclusive and accessible spaces for audiences and theater makers alike.

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P I 929.527.0033

E I xorlalplange@gmail.com

W I plangedesignstudio.com

Xorlali Plange is a Tisch (NYU) -trained costume designer with experience in theater, opera, dance, and film. He has designed costumes for over 25 productions across New York and Ghana, including Queen (African Grove Theatre, 2025), The House That Will Not Stand (Walker Theatre, 2024), and Atobra (ETS Drama Studio, University of Ghana, 2021). His dance designs have been featured in Broken Walls (Tisch Dance, 2023) and When Women Move (Alliance Française, 2022), while his opera work includes Aging Gracefully, It’s Noon, and Windy with the American Opera Lab (2024).  

Plange has collaborated with directors such as Rakesh Palisetty, Teresa Cruz, and Sena Atsugah. His film credits include The Wrath of Othell-yo (dir. Kwesi Jones) and Untouched (dir. Kemi Layeni). His designs have been showcased at the Ghana National Theatre, Alliance Française, and various cultural and academic spaces in Ghana and New York.

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P I 801.850.4326

E I kleedesigncreation@gmail.com

W I kleedesigncreation.wixsite.com/design

Yao Kuang Lee is a costume designer for theater and film with experience spanning the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Originally from Taiwan, Lee enjoys incorporating cultural elements into her work, blending historical accuracy with artistic expression. During her undergraduate studies, she worked as a Costume Craft Manager. Her journey has taken her to regional theaters, opera houses, and film productions, where she has designed and built costumes with a focus on storytelling and cultural influence. Recent projects include Julius Caesar, Cendrillon, and Rigoletto, as well as work at the American Repertory Theater on Gatsby. In addition to her design work, Lee is an experienced theatrical makeup and hair designer and an illustrator, skilled in both traditional and digital rendering techniques.

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P I 773.800.6942

E I ginko.ginyk@gmail.com

W I ginyk.com

Gin Ko is a visionary costume designer working in theater, dance, and photography. She views costumes as visual compositions, like living musical notes between the staves.

Ko has worked as a designer, design assistant, and photographer across the U.S. and Taiwan, at venues including the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts, Macao Cultural Centre, National Taiwan Arts Education Center, Huashan 1914 Creative Park, and National Taichung Theater. Her recent design credits include “Frida Libre”, “The Aliens”, “Antigone”, “Wink”, and “February House”. 

She received a BA in Drama and Theatre from National Taiwan University and is in pursuit of her MFA (2025) at Northwestern University.

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P I 469.338.8721

E I dcmichael95@gmail.com

W I duncancordell.com

Duncan Cordell was bit by the theatre bug in the eighth grade during a performance of “A Hillbilly Christmas Carol” and has not looked back since. Wanting to be an actor first he pursued his B.A. of Theatre at a small private university in Arkansas where he found his true love in theatre, costuming. Having worked in his undergrad's costume shop, various summer stock and regional theaters as a stitcher, firsthand, draper, and even designer granted him the skills needed to pursue his dreams. Duncan has over 10 years of experience in costuming from production to shop management and even international opera work.

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P I 713.907.6354

E I marisa.ashley0724@gmail.com

W I marisaswork.com

Marisa Lawrence is a textile and fiber artist who recently completed her MFA in Costume Technology at the University of Texas at Austin. Originally from Houston, TX, she grew up sewing and developing a love for craftwork at an early age. Interdisciplinary practice is one of her biggest strengths, as she has experience in many fields, such as game design, fashion, painting and drawing. Most recently, she has spent time professionally as a seamstress working for notable companies such as The Alley Theater and The Santa Fe Opera. Her current research interests center her lived experience as an Afro-Mexican woman and the unique ways intersectional individuals cultivate community and knowledge through artistic practice. 

“I see fiber art as a means of literally and figuratively joining all aspects of my identity. The making process allows me to embody all I am.”