Instructor: Kitty Leech
Through a variety of paper projects, students learn to analyze plays and to communicate their ideas about them both graphically and verbally. The projects run the gamut of plays, operas and musicals and seek to give the students as broad an experience as possible. The professional aspect of the costume design business is discussed at length, and guest lecturers share their expertise in areas which have included: assisting in film and theatre, men's tailoring and how to draw it, the world of ballet and circus costume, fabric painting and dyeing, photography and documenting work, as well as how to set up a portfolio and write a resume. On occasion the students are invited to faculty designed events which have included regional musicals and plays, the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular, and New York City Opera, as well as Off and Off-Off Broadway events and industrial shows.
