COSTUME DESIGN
BROADWAY
2011: Broadway Bares 21 Masterpiece, Director: Josh Rhodes
2010: Broadway Bares 20 Stripoly, Director: Josh Rhodes
2009: Broadway Bares 19 Click It!, Director: Peter Gregus
2008: Broadway Bares 18 Wonderland, Director: Denis Jones
2007: Broadway Bares 17 Myth-behavior, Director: Denis Jones
2006: Broadway Bares 16 New York Strip, Director: Denis Jones
2005: Broadway Bares 15 Rxxx, Director: Denis Jones
Roseland Ballroom, NYC Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Jerry Mitchell Executive Producer
OFF BROADWAY/NYC
2011: Busted, The Musical, Laurie Beechman Theatre, starring Bianca Leigh; Director: Tim Cusak
2010: Pandora’s Box, The Musical, New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF), Directors: Gary Halvorson
and Wayne Cilento, Music & Lyrics Glen Roven, Book Maria S. Schlatter with Kerry Butler, Diedre
Goodwin, Tom McGowan, James Patrick Stuart and Luba Mason,
The Man in Room 306, 59E59 Theatres and Luna Stage, Director: Cheryl Katz
2009: The Dishwashers, 59E59 Theatres, Director: Byam Stevens
TELEVISION AND FILM
2009: Speck’s Last Stand, Hilltown Pictures
2004: 1900’s Period Baseball Game, ESPN 2 Live Broadcast
1999: Evening at Pops/Brush Up Your Shakespeare, Produced by the Public Broadcasting System (PBS)
1995: Party Poop, The Tropicana Film Festival, Sydney, Australia
THEATRE, OPERA AND DANCE
2011: Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, The Moscow Ballet, North American Tour: Choreographer: Andre Litvinov
A Christmas Carol, Berkshire Theatre Group, Co-Design with David Murin, Starring James Taylor, Director: Eric Hill
As You Like It, Shakespeare & Company, Director: Tony Simotes
The Turn of the Screw, Chester Theatre Company, Director: Daniel Kramer
Open Marriage, Ventfort Hall, Director: John Gould Rubin
Autré Temps, The Wharton Salon, Director: Catherine Taylor Williams
2010: Fling and Eros, Merrimack Repetory Theatre/ The Flying Karamozov Brothers, Director: Paul Magid
Molly Sweeney, Chester Theatre Company, Director: Mike Dowling
Richard the Third, Shakespeare & Company, Directors: Tony Simotes, Jon Croy
Archie and Mehitabel, The Yard, Director: Claudia Weill with Alison Frasier & Ned Eisenberg
Impressario, The Yard, Director: Wendy Taucher
Summer, The Wharton Salon, Director: Catherine Taylor-Williams
The Blonde,the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead, Merrimack Repetory Theatre, Director: Melia Bensussen
Revels & Revelations,Ventfort Hall Mansion & Guilded Age Museum, Director: Julianne Hiam
2009: Hansel and Gretel, Opera Louisiane, Director: Robert Grayson
Flings and Eros, The Flying Karamozov Brothers/Merrimack Repertory, Director: Paul Magid
Xingu, Edith Wharton Restoration, Director: Catherine Taylor-Williams
Dido and Aeneas, The Yard, Director: Wendy Taucher
The Dishwashers, Chester Theatre Company, Director: Byam Stevens
The Taming of the Shrew, Summer Theatre of New Canaan, Director: Allegra Libonati
Camelot, Summer Theatre of New Canaan, Director: Melody Libonati
The Cherry Orchard, The Nora Theatre, Director: Daniel Gidron
2008: HAIR, Swine Palace, Director: Steven Young
Steel Magnolias, Baton Rouge Little Theatre, Director: Keith Dixon, Artistic Director
The Dishwashers, The Chester Theatre Company, Director: Byam Stevens, Artistic Director
The Italian Girl in Algiers and Il Segreto di Susana, The Yard, Director: Wendy Taucher, Artistic Director with Marni Nixon
The Magic Flute, Opera Louisiane, Director: Dennis Jesse
2007: Much Ado About Nothing, Wellesley Summer Theatre
King Hedley II, Swine Palace, Director: Joy Vandervort-Cobb
The Mercy of a Storm, Chester Theatre, Director: Sheila Siragusa
2006: Hamlet, Actor’s Shakespeare Project, Director: Rick Lombardo
Two Rooms, Chester Theatre, Director: Byam Stevens, Artistic Director
Hansel and Gretel, Berkshire Opera, Director: Bethany Reeves
2005: Retreat from Moscow, Chester Theatre, Director: James Warwick
All’s Well That End’s Well, Actor’s Shakespeare Project, Director: Benjamin Evett, Artistic Director
Created by Carly Simon: Dances at The Yard, The Yard, Director: Wendy Taucher, Artistic Director
This production was done in collaboration with Ms. Simon and featured new compositions written for the
event as part of a promotion for her album Moonlight Serenade.
Dinner With Friends, Gloucester Stage, Director: Scott Edmiston
Red Beads, Mabou Mines/MASSMoCA, Director: Lee Bruer, Wind Puppetry/Animated Design: Basil Twist
Chanticleer/The Billy Goats Gruff, Connecticut Opera Express, Director: Wendy Taucher
Cavalleria Rusticana/Gianni Schicchi, Assistant Costume Design, Designer: Charles Caine
2004: They’re Playing Our Song, The Colonial Theatre, Director: James Warwick
This was the first professional revival of this musical and marked the first fully produced production for The
Colonial Theatre. It starred Chip Zien (Into the Woods, Falsettos) and Amanda Watkins (The Wild Party).
Aida, Connecticut Opera, Assistant Costume Design, Designer: Charles Caine
Hansel and Gretel, Connecticut Opera, Assistant Costume Design, Designer: Charles Caine
The Elixir of Love, Connecticut Opera, Assistant Costume Design, Designer: Charles Caine
Isabella, Mixed Company, Director: Joan Ackermann
2003: Carmen, The Evansville Philharmonic, Assistant Costume Design, Designer: Charles Caine
The Barber of Seville, Connecticut Opera, Assistant Costume Design, Designer: Charles Caine
Lucia di Lammermoor, Connecticut Opera, Assistant Costume Design, Designer: Charles Caine
Rigoletto, Connecticut Opera, Assistant Costume Design, Designer Charles Caine
2002: The Man of Mode, NYU/Tisch, Director: Cecil MacKinnon
Turandot, Connecticut Opera, Assistant Costume Design, Designer: Charles Caine
Salome, Connecticut Opera, Assistant Costume Design, Designer: Charles Caine
Madama Butterfly, Connecticut Opera, Assistant Costume Design, Designer: Charles Caine
Romeo and Juliet, The Virginia Arts Festival/The Buffalo Philharmonic
This was a fully staged production of Shakespeare’s play and was accompanied by Prokofiev’s ballet score.
It was conducted by JoAnn Faletta and performed at the Virginia Arts Festival, Norfolk VA, and Kleinhans
Music Hall, Buffalo, NY. The Virginia Symphony and the Buffalo Philharmonic performed the two
stagings of this grand musical event.
2000: To Kill a Mockingbird, Swine Palace, Director: Vastine Stabler
1997: Alice Through the Looking Glass, The Stratford Shakespearean Festival Stratford, Ontario, Assistant to designer John Pennoyer
The Merchant of Venice, The Stratford Shakespearean Festival, Stratford, Ontario, Assistant to designer John Pennoyer
ACADEMIA
2011: The Man of LaMancha, Emerson College, Paramount Theatre, Director: Stephen Terrell
2010/12: Adjunct Faculty, Mt. Ida College
2009: Romeo and Juliet, Trinity College, Director: Michelle Hendricks
Trinity College, Adjunct Faculty, Costume Design ( Fall Semester)
Judge, Mt. Ida College Spring Fashion Show
Costume Consultant, Moonchildren, Director: Karen Allen, Bard College at Simon’s Rock
2007/08: Professional-in-Residence, Louisiana State University
Teaching responsibilities: Designing student and professional Equity Productions and mentoring student designers.
Courses taught: Costume Crafts, Advanced Costume Design and Rendering for the Theatre. Students were
enrolled in both the M.F.A. and undergraduate levels.
Heaven & Hell, The Fantastical Temptations of the Seven Deadly Sins
World Premier, The Boston Conservatory
Cloud Nine, Trinity College, Director: Barbara Karger
Quilters, Gordon College, Director: Dawn Jenks
2006: The Unseen, NYU/Tisch, Director: Cecil MacKinnon
2004: Bard College at Simon’s Rock Lectures on costume design for film and stage actress Karen Allen’s drama class
2002: The Man of Mode, NYU/Tisch, Director: Cecil MacKinnon
2001: Berkshire Country Day School Lecture on costume design for junior high school students
2000: Balm in Gilead, Louisiana State University, Director: Michael Tick
1991/97: Fall Festival of Shakespeare, Shakespeare & Company
RESIDENT COSTUME DESIGN
Shakespeare & Company, Lenox, MA
2007: Antony and Cleopatra, Director: Michael Hammond, Tina Packer as Cleopatra
2006: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Director: Tony Simotes
2005: King John, Director: Tina Packer
2004: The Comedy of Errors, Director: Cecil MacKinnon
2003: King Lear, Director: Tina Packer
DibbleDance: The Fools’ and Lovers’ Dream Dances, Director: Susan Dibble
2002: The Wharton One-Acts: Roman Fever, The Other Two, Director: Normi Noel
DibbleDance: Dance of Death and Signs of Life, Director: Susan Dibble
2001: A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Farewell performance at The Mount, Director: Tina Packer, Main stage
2000: Romeo and Juliet, Director: Cecil MacKinnon, Main stage
DibbleDance 2000, Director: Susan Dibble, Main stage
The Wharton One-Acts: Oh! Mr. Chekhov! /The View Beyond, Director: John Hadden
1999: Love’s Labor’s Lost, Director: Cecil MacKinnon, Main stage
Dibble Dance 99: Rooms, Boxes and the Secret of the Individual, Director: Susan Dibble
A Room of One’s Own, Director: Daniella Varon
1998: The Merchant of Venice, Director: Tina Packer, Main stage
DibbleDance 98: Beauty, Director: Susan Dibble
The Lear Project, Assistant Costume Design, Designer: John Pennoyer, Director: Dennis Krausnick
This performance featured Olympia Dukakis as Lear.
The Millionairess, Assistant Costume Design, Designer: John Pennoyer, Director: Tina Packer
Screen Icon Raquel Welch played the title role in this production.
1997: Brief Lives, Director: Andrew Borthwicke Leslie
The Death of the Father of Psychoanalysis (& Anna), Director: Tina Packer
Henry IV, pt. 1, Assistant Costume Design, Designer: John Pennoyer, Director: Tina Packer, Main stage
DibbleDance97, Director: Susan Dibble, Main stage
1996: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Assistant Costume Design, Designer: John Pennoyer, Director: Tina Packer, Main stage
Measure for Measure, Director: Tina Packer
Dibble Dance 96, Director: Susan Dibble, Main stage
The Monkey’s Paw, Director: Dennis Krausnick
1995: Much Ado About Nothing, Assistant Costume Design, Designer: John Pennoyer, Director: Tina Packer, Main stage
DibbleDance95, Director: Susan Dibble, Main stage
1994: Macbeth, Director: Gary Mitchell
Mrs. Klein, Director: Tina Packer
Xingu, Director: Daniel Osman
The Custom of the Country, Director: Dennis Krausnick
Hamlet, Spring Tour, Director: Kevin G. Coleman
1993: Berkeley Square, Director: Tina Packer and Dennis Krausnick
The Custom of the Country, Director: Dennis Krausnick
DibbleDance 93, Director: Susan Dibble, Main stage
Duet for One, Director: Tina Packer
Kerfol: A Ghost Story, Director: Dennis Krausnick
The Landscape Painter, Director: Dennis Krausnick
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Assistant Costume Design, Designer: John Pennoyer, Director: Tina Packer, Main stage
Twelfth Night, Spring Tour, Director: Jonathan Croy
Unparallel Lives: A DibbleDance, Director: Susan Dibble
Virginia, Director: Normi Noel
1992: The Tale of the Tiger/Eve’s Diary, Director: Christopher Ashley
Berkeley Square, Director: Dennis Krausnick
DibbleDance92, Director: Susan Dibble, Main stage
Duet for One, Director: Tina Packer
A Life in the Theatre, Director: Tina Packer
A Love Story/The Mission of Jane, Director: Dennis Krausnick and Gary Mitchell
Romeo and Juliet Spring Tour, Director: Kevin G. Coleman
PUBLICATIONS
2010: Imagining Shakespeare, Published by S2 Publishing
2008: Backstage Pass: 18 Years of Broadway Bares by Jerry Mitchell
Published by Random House and Universal Press
2006: Inside The Berkshires: Sixteen Journeys by David J. McLaughlin
Featured photo: The Merry Wives of Windsor, 2006, designed by Arthur Oliver
2005: The Modern Scholar: Shakespeare: The Seven Major Tragedies by Harold Bloom
Featured photo: King Lear, designed by Arthur Oliver
2004: Shakespeare Festivals Around the World, Edited by Marcus D. Gregio.
Cover (front and back) photos: The Tempest; inside photos King Lear, designed by
Arthur Oliver. Inside feature story on Arthur Oliver
2001: The Applause Shakespeare Library: Romeo and Juliet, cover shot designed by Arthur Oliver,
edited with theatre commentary by John Russell Brown
PUBLICITY
2008: Berkshire Living Magazine, October Dress Code
2007: The New York Sun, June 25
2006: Berkshire Living Magazine, July
2004: Berkshire Homestyle Magazine, August
2002: The Berkshire Eagle, Berkshire Week Magazine
1999: STAGEDIRECTIONS MAGAZINE, August
AWARDS, SPECIAL HONORS
2011: Best of the Berkshires, As You Like It
2010: Best of 2010, The Wall Street Journal
2008: Guest Panelist, Louisiana Public Broadcasting, “An Evening with Jane Austen”
2007: Best of the Berkshires Costume design for The Mercy of a Storm, Chester Theatre
Guest of Honor, An Evening of French Fashion, The Century Club, New York, NY.
This evening celebrated French fashion with an introduction by Kitty Benton (Docent, Metropolitan
Museum of Art Costume Institute) for two films: a documentary on Armani by Federico Fellini and a short
on French designers by Ruben Toledo. Other guests of honor included fashion designer Isabel Toledo
(Anne Klein, First Lady Michelle Obama) and Dr. Valerie Steele (Director: Museum at F.I.T.).
Featured Designer, In Stitches, The Berkshire Fringe Festival
A ten year retrospective of costume designs and costumes designed by Arthur Oliver featured in a
runway setting.
Exhibit of Renderings at Stage&Story Gallery, Stockbridge, MA
This showing featured designers Gregg Barnes, Zack Brown, Alvin Colt, Allen Moyer, David Murin,
Carrie Robbins, Carl Sprague, Ed Wittstein and Anita Yavitch.
2006: Best of the Berkshires Honorable Mention The Merry Wives of Windsor
2004: Best of the Berkshires Honorable Mention The Comedy of Errors