HEIDI LEIGH HANSON – COSTUME DESIGN
heidileighhanson@gmail.com | www.heidileigh.com
(215) 906-0690
Theatre | ||
Selected | ||
Dog Man: The Musical | Jen Wineman | TheatreWorks/USA |
Dial “M” For Murder | Mark Shanahan | White Heron Theatre |
From the Mississippi Delta | Goldie E. Patrick | Westport Country Playhouse |
Flyin’ West | Seret Scott | Westport Country Playhouse |
The Wild Beast of the Bungalow | Chris Mirto | Oberlin Conservatory |
Mount Misery | Rob Melrose | The Cutting Ball Theatre |
Steel Magnolias | Jenny Sullivan | Laguna Playhouse |
Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol | Jon Tracy | Marin Theatre Company |
Fetch Clay, Make Man | Derrick Saunders | Marin Theatre Company |
Goliath | Marya Mazor | Open Fist Theatre |
Happy Now? | Liz Diamond | Yale Repertory Theatre |
Selected Southern Connecticut State University (Resident Designer & Faculty)
Gallathea Rebecca Goodheart
Antigone Ben Curns
Songs For A New World Larry Nye
Sweat Dexter Singleton
Red Velvet Ben Curns
Pippin Larry Nye
Complete Works of Shakespeare, Abridged Rebecca Goodheart
Other Theatre
See Monsters of the Deep Mark Shanahan White Heron Theatre
Retraction Jen Wineman CreateTheater New Works Festival
Into The West Jen Wineman Tantrum Theatre
Hamlet Sarah Bowles Elm Shakespeare-Common Ground
Nantucket Christmas Carol Graydon Gundy White Heron Theatre
Thurgood Lynn Bolton White Heron Theatre
Nantucket Christmas Carol Graydon Gundy White Heron Theatre
Honky Tonk Angels Melody Libonati Summer Theatre New Cannon
Stoop Kids Stories, Live Melissa Victor Summer Theatre New Cannon
Melancholy Play: A Chamber Musical Margaret Savilonis University of New Haven
West Side Story Jay Manley The Mountain Play
Peter Pan Michael Schwartz The Mountain Play
The Little Mermaid Mike Kenny Marin Theatre Company
The Little Prince Juliana Reese Marin Theatre Company
Fifth of July Tom Ross Aurora Theatre Company
Sidewinders M. Graham Smith The Cutting Ball Theatre
Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike Mark Anderson Phillips Center Rep Theatre
Ripple Effect Wilma Bonet and Hugo E. Carbajal San Francisco Mime Troupe
Top Girls Delia MacDougall Shotgun Theatre
One of The Damned Few Toni Dorfman World Performance Project at Yale
Dance
Rocked By Women Designer Choreography Sarah Bush
Director Becca Wolf
Sarah Bush Dance Project
Dance Theatre Designer Yale Dance Project Baryshnikov Arts Center Hurdy Gurdy Draper Costume Designer Carol Bailey Miro Dance Company Dance Photo Shoot Asst/ Draper Costume Designer Carol Bailey Getty Images
Film & TV
The Gamer Matthew Nyquist Costume Designer
A Very Short Engagement Shannon Mathers Costume Designer
Lucky Stiff Christopher Ashley Assistant Costume Designer
Arrested Development Season 4 Mitch Hurwitz Set & Background Costumer
Struck by Lightning Brian Dannelly Key Costumer
Teaching
LECTURER | 2017 - Present |
Southern Connecticut State University | |
Department of Theatre and Dance Introduction to Costume Construction, Theatrical Makeup Design, | |
Mentorship, Independent Study. | |
LECTURER Housatonic Community College | 2019 - Present |
Stagecraft: An Introduction to Technical Theatre. | |
LECTURER California State University, East Bay | 2015 |
Department of Theatre and Dance | |
TEACHING ASSISTANT to Professor Jane Greenwood | 2009 |
Yale School of Drama | |
COSTUME DESIGN INSTRUCTOR | 2002 |
University of Hull, Scarborough Campus | |
TEACHING ARTIST 2015-2016 | 2015 - 2016 |
Tamalpais High School, Mill Valley, CA | |
COSTUME CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE | 2013 |
La Musica Lirica Opera |
Education
YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA
New Haven, CT
Master of Fine Arts in Costume and Set Design
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH
Long Beach, CA
Bachelor of the Arts in Theatre, cum laude
UNIVERSITY OF HULL
Scarborough, England
Theatre Studies
Special Skills
Costume Construction: Flat Patterning, Draping. Stitching. Costume Crafts: You name it, I can build it.
Dye Techniques: Acid Dyes and Union Dyes, Shibori, Silk Resist Painting., Draper and Craftsperson, Experience tying turbans and saris.
Costume Shop Manager