Judy Adamson (Head, Costume Production; Costume Director, PlayMakers Repertory Company) worked for Barbara Matera Ltd. in New York for 14 years. For 10 years she was Barbara Matera’s first assistant and the workroom manager. For 4 years she was a draper working on shows such as Crazy for You, Jelly’s Last Jam, The Secret Garden, Showboat, Miss Saigon, Flower Drum Song, and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Lion King and Aida. She has worked with such designers as Irene Sharaff, Miles White, Theoni Aldredge, Florence Klotz, Willa Kim, Pat Zipprodt, William Ivey Long and Bob Mackie. She has also worked extensively in dance with American Ballet Theatre, Paul Taylor and Elliot Feld. For the past five years she has draped for the Utah Shakespearean Festival (Hay Fever, Born Yesterday, Mornings at Seven, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and HMS Pinafore).

Jan Chambers (Theatrical Design) designed Trojan Women and Angels in America: The Millennium Approaches, for the Department of Theater Studies at Duke University, both awarded Best of 2005 for Theatre Production by the Raleigh News and Observer. She has also designed for Theater Or at the Victory Garden Theater in Chicago, Manbites Dog Theatre of Durham, NC, Profile Theater Project of Portland OR, Charlotte Repertory Theater, Carolina Ballet, and North Carolina Shakespeare Festival. She is the resident set and costume designer for Archipelago Theatre for whom she created award winning environments for numerous new works, including And Mary Wept and Eulogy for a Warrior. Jan is also a painter and sculptor.

Jade Bettin (Western Costume History, Theatrical Design) is a recent graduate of the MFA Costume Production Program at UNC. She has a BA in Theatre Design and Production from the University of Northern Iowa. As a student at UNC, her interest in costume history led to her work with CoStar, documenting and preserving the department’s collection of vintage garments. Ms. Bettin spent a summer at the Kent State University Museum working with the museum’s impressive collection of historical garments. She will continue to be involved in the CoStar project. Ms. Bettin has draped for many PRC productions as well as for Carolina Ballet.

Bobbi Owen (Costume History, Theatrical Design) is professor of Dramatic Art and teaches courses in both Western and non-Western Costume History as well as in design. She has extensive credits for costume design with PlayMakers Repertory Company and the Indiana Repertory Theatre and has also designed at the American Place and WestBeth theatres in New York, the Alcazar Theatre in San Francisco and the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival. She is also the author of five books and numerous articles about theatrical designers.

Rachel E. Pollock (Costume Crafts Artisan/Lecturer) has worked as a professional costume craftsperson since 1994. Freelance work led her from Knoxville to Chicago to Boston, where she accepted a staff position as resident Lead Crafts Artisan and Dyer for the internationally-acclaimed American Repertory Theatre at Harvard University. After four seasons with the ART, Ms. Pollock moved west to work in film and television costuming followed by a stint on the craft team of the LA Opera, before relocating to Chapel Hill to work for PlayMakers and UNC.

Kristine J. Rapp (Assistant Costume Director, Costume Shop Manager) teaches management in the Costume Production Program. She was Associate Costume Director at Washington National Opera and managed the costume studio there for 6 years. She has also managed theatrical costume shops for New American Theatre, Peninsula Players and Blennerhasset Drama Association. In addition to theatrical shops, Ms Rapp has managed retail alteration departments and has been a production manager for Legacy, a home fashion manufacturing company. She has a BA in Clothing and Textiles from Mundelein College and an MFA in Costume Design from West Virginia University.