Graduate Studies: Costume Production: Portfolios
Adrienne Corral is a second year graduate student. She has worked at Utah Shakespeare Festival, Glimmerglass Opera in New York, The Orlando Rep in Florida and Academy Costumes of London. This year she was the lead draper for Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolfe?, crafts artisan on The Parchman Hour and first hand on In the Next Room. She served as a first hand on As You Like It, as crafts assistant on Fences, and as assistant to the designer on Shipwrecked, An Entertainment for PlayMakers Repertory Company. www.AdrienneCorral.daportfolio.com
Kaitlin Fara is a third year graduate student. She worked at Great River Shakespeare Festival in Minnesota this past summer and at Parsons-Meares, Ltd. in New York the summer before. This year at Playmakers Repertory Company she draped for In The Next Room and was lead draper for the world premiere of The Parchman Hour. www.kaitlinfara.com
Claire Fleming is a third year graduate student focusing on shop management. Last summer she worked as the Assistant to the Costume Designer at the Great River Shakespeare Festival, assisting Devon Painter. She also worked in New York City at John Kristiansen Inc. as a part time first hand and general assistant. For Playmakers Repertory Company she has most recently draped on In the Next Room and is the Costume Project Manager for The Making of a King: Henry IV & Henry V. www.clairefleming.net
Leah Pelz is a first year graduate student. She has worked at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, American Players Theatre in Wisconsin, Central City Opera in Colorado, and Great River Shakespeare Festival in Minnesota. She has worked as the crafts assistant on In the Next Room and as first hand for Parchman Hour and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf for PlayMakers Repertory Company.www.leahpelz.daportfolio.com
Kelly Renko is a first year graduate student pursuing a degree in Costume Production. Kelly graduated from the University of South Carolina in 2009 with a B.A. in theatre. She spent the summer following graduation as an apprentice at the Santa Fe Opera and then a year-long apprenticeship with Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Florida. Kelly has also worked with the St. Louis Opera and as an over-hire stitcher for her former alma mater in 2011.
