
Colleen Muscha
Costume Designer
Costume Design—Professional NYC and Regional Theatre—Select Designs from 1980 to the present
Director
Prymate Longacre Theatre—Broadway Ed Sherin
Brighton Beach Memoirs Asolo Repertory Theatre Pam Hunt
Dividing the Estate People’s Light and Theatre Company Abigail Adams
Twelfth Night Texas Shakespeare Festival Debra Alley
The Nerd Texas Shakespeare Festival Lee Ernst
Collected Stories Pennsylvania Centre Stage Dan Carter
Man of La Mancha Pennsylvania Centre Stage Dan Carter
King Lear Utah Shakespearean Festival Kathleen Conlin
Measure for Measure Alabama Shakespeare Festival Gavin Cameron-Webb
The Tempest Utah Shakespearean Festival Jim O'Connor
Ah, Wilderness! People's Light and Theatre Company Abigail Adams
The Love Talker Actors Theatre of Louisville Jon Jory
Boesman and Lena Northlight Repertory Theatre Woodie King, Jr.
Union Boys Wisdom Bridge Theatre Jim O'Connor,
Marathon One Acts Ensemble Studio Theatre Billy Hopkins—Art Wolff
Much Ado About Nothing Dallas Shakespeare Festival Dale AJ Rose
Kingdom Come Berkeley Repertory Theatre Sharon Ott
Zones of the Spirit Theatre for the New City Sharon Ott
Crimes of the Heart The Plaza Theatre Dale AJ Rose
Othello Dallas Shakespeare Festival Dale AJ Rose
Born Yesterday Milwaukee Repertory Theatre Rob Goodman
Some Rain Lion Theatre—NYC Dale AJ Rose
Two Gentlemen of Verona Pennsylvania Stage Company Gregory Hurst
Translations Cleveland Play House Ken Albers
The Glass Menagerie Milwaukee Repertory Theatre John Dillon
The Nerd Milwaukee Repertory Theatre John Dillon
Mother Courage Milwaukee Repertory Theatre Sharon Ott
Noted Professional Actors, for whom I have designed costumes, include:
​Morgan Freeman, Harold Gould, Michael Rooker, Lois Nettleton, Joe Morton, Andre De Sheilds, Larry Shue,
James Naughton, Phyllis Frelich, Rosemary Prinz, Montego Glover, Valerie Mahaffey, CCH Pounder, Lili Taylor,
Mark Blum, Henry Strozier, James Tolkin, Reg E Cathey, Patricia Kalember and Henry Polic II
Costume Design—University Theatre & Opera—Select Designs
Director:
The Velveteen Rabbit Florida State University Theatre C. Cameron Jackson
Sweeney Todd Florida State University Theatre Tom Ossowski
Crazy for You Florida State University Theatre Fred Chappell
Once in a Lifetime Florida State University Theatre George Judy
The Importance of Being Earnest Florida State University Theatre Fred Chappell
A Doll’s House Florida State University Theatre Michael Richey
Hello, Dolly! Florida State University Theatre Tom Ossowski
Antigone Florida State University Theatre George Judy
The Rover Florida State University Theatre George Judy
The Physicists Asolo Conservatory Theatre Michael Connelly
Cosi Fan Tutti Florida State University Opera Claudia Zahn
Elixir of Love Florida State University Opera Matthew Lata
Werther Florida State University Opera Matthew Lata
Susannah Florida State University Opera Matthew Lata
The Pirates of Penzance Florida State University Opera Michael McConnell
HMS Pinafore Florida State University Opera Michael McConnell
Professional Affiliations
United Scenic Artists Local 829
United States Institute of Theatre Technology (USITT)
Costume Society of America
Honors
World of WearableArt 2022 Competition: First-Time Entrant Award; New Zealand
Florida Theatre Conference Career Achievement Award 2018
​Teaching Incentive Award—Florida State University 1994 and 1997
Best Costumes—Crimes of the Heart—Dallas Critics Circle Award 1984
Best Costumes—Othello—Dallas Critics Circle Award 1982
Design Exhibits
USITT Conference Juried Exhibit 2000—Denver, CO—Renderings, production photos: A Doll’s House
Cited best of show and published in the USITT Journal, Theatre Design and Technology—2000
Spirit Square Center for the Arts—Charlotte, NC—“Contemporary Players” 1993 Invitational Exhibit: King Lear
USITT Conference Juried Exhibit1988—Anaheim, CA—Renderings and costumes from The Love Talker
This exhibit toured the US including The Lincoln Center and The Kennedy Center
Employment
Florida State University—Professor and Director of the MFA Costume Design Program 1989—2022
Purdue University—Assistant Professor 1985—1989
Free-lance Professional Costume Designer—USA 829 1981—Present
Milwaukee Repertory Theatre—Resident Costume Designer and Design Assistant 1978—1981
​
Related Skills
Fabric Modification—Shibori, Devore, Photo Silkscreen, Ombre, Hand Painting, Printing, Weaving,
Digital Textile Printing, Machine Embroidery
Costume Crafts—Leather, Thermoplastics, Sculpt-or-coat, Metal Leafing, Casting, Laser Cutting
Millinery—Buckram Construction, Felt and Straw Blocking, Wire Frame Construction
Computer Design and Rendering—Corel Painter, RIP Software, Art Studio for iPad,
Bernina Embroidery 8, Adobe Illustrator
Education
Southern Methodist University—MFA Costume and Scene Design 1978—Studied with Wm. and Jean Eckart
Stritch University—BFA Fine Arts 1975
​
References
Brad Brock Martha H. Cooper
Executive Director Costume Technologist--Retired
Florida State University Florida State University
School of Theatre School of Theatre
850 644-7257 850 339-9646
bbrock@admin.fsu.edu mhcooper@fsu.edu
​
Deb Alley Abigail Adams
Director and Chair Artistic Director and CEO
Texas State University People's Light and Theatre Company
512 245-3660 610 647-1900 ext. 124
d_a143@txstate.edu adams@peopleslight.org
​
​
​