Susan Branch Towne
Assistant Professor of Theatre
Costume Design – United Scenic Artists, Local 829
4711 Spicewood Springs Road #259/Austin, TX/78759
Web site: www.susanbranchtowne.com
Phone: (512) 663-2804
Email:
SBMTQ@aol.com
susanbt@stedwards.edu
EDUCATION
MFA- Yale School of Drama, May 1992
BFA- Carnegie-Mellon University, May 1985
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
St. Edward’s University
2012- Present, Assistant Professor of Costume Design
Costume Design, Costume and Set Rendering,
Costume History, Design Fundamentals, Costume and
Make Up Skills, Survey of Musical Theatre
Idaho State University
2000 Spring semester, Costume Design I & II
University of Texas
2006-2013 Costume Rendering Workshops
Utah State University
2005 Costume Rendering Workshop
University of Utah
2005-2010 Costume Drawing and Painting demonstrations
Also, at Cornell University, University of Texas, and University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, worked as
Guest Designer advising student drapers and crews to realize designs.
SELECTED COSTUME DESIGN EXPERIENCE
THEATER
PRODUCTION
DIRECTOR
Repertory Theatre of St. Louis
Denver Center Theatre Company
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Taming of the Shrew
Eventide
King Lear
A Flea in Her Ear
The Diary of Anne Frank
White Christmas
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
Furniture of Home
Rocket City
Crowns
Twelfth Night
The Taming of the Shrew
The Real Thing
Director’s Choice: To Here
The Magic Flute
Cult of Color: A Call to Color
Liminal Glam (Long Center opening)
Songs of Innuendo
The Bat (Die Fledermaus)
Griffelkin
Paul Barnes
Kent Thompson
Kent Thompson
Kent Thompson
Kent Thompson
Paul Barnes
Paul Barnes
Geoffrey Sherman
Nancy Rominger
David Ellenstein
Janet Cleveland
Gavin Cameron Webb
Susan Willis
Bruce Sevy
Jennifer Hart
Stephen Mills
Stephen Mills
Stephen Mills
Stephen Mills
Rod Caspers
Johnathon Pape
Syracuse Stage
Alabama Shakespeare Festival
Ballet Austin
Austin Lyric Opera
New York City Opera
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Pioneer Theater Company
Zachary Scott Theatre
Skylight Opera Theater
Utah Shakespearean Festival
Other Desert Cities
The Tempest
In
Hamlet
Our Town
A Chorus Line
My Fair Lady
Romeo and Juliet
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Chicago
Julius Caesar
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
Macbeth
Richard III
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern…
King Lear
Tartuffe
Sophisticated Ladies
A Christmas Carol
Tommy
A Christmas Story
Vanya & Sonya & Masha & Spike
Smokey Joe’s Café
One Night with Janis Joplin
Harvey
Ragtime
Xanadu
Hairspray
Dividing the Estate
God of Carnage
August: Osage County
The Drowsy Chaperone
Our Town
The 25th Annual…Spelling Bee
The Grapes of Wrath
Jesus Christ Superstar
Present Laughter
Urinetown
Aida
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Cabaret
Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues
Jelly’s Last Jam
Love! Valour! Compassion!
The Laramie Project
The Producers
Oklahoma!
A Little Night Music
A Funny Thing Happened…Forum
Falsettos
Sweeney Todd
She Loves Me
L’Elixir d’Amore
Troilus and Cressida
The Taming of the Shrew
Twelfth Night
The Winter’s Tale
Charles Morey
Charles Morey
Charles Morey
Charles Morey
Charles Morey
Patti D’Beck
Charles Morey
Paul Barnes
Paul Barnes
Charles Morey
Charles Morey
Paul Barnes
Charles Morey
Charles Morey
Charles Morey
Charles Morey
Charles Morey
Patti D’Beck
Dave Steakley
Dave Steakley
Dave Steakley
Abe Reybold
Patti D’Beck
Randy Johnson
Dave Steakley
Dave Steakley
Nick Demos
Dave Steakley
Steven Dietz
Matt Lenz
Dave Steakley
Nick Demos
Dave Steakley
Dave Steakley
Dave Steakley
Dave Steakley
Dave Steakley
Dave Steakley
Matt Lenz
Ann Ciccolella
Ann Ciccolella
Dave Steakley
Dave Steakley
Matt Lenz
Dave Steakley
Mark Lococo
Craig North
Elaine Petricoff
Roger Bean
Elaine Petricoff
Johnathon Pape
Dorothy Danner
Dorothy Danner
Paul Barnes
Peggy Shannon
Bruce Sevy
James Edmondson
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St. Edward’s University (Austin)
Riverside Theatre (Vero Beach FL)
Maltz Jupiter Theatre
Zilker Theatre Productions
Opera Ensemble of New York
Madison Repertory Theatre
Circle in the Square (Off B’way)
Blue Light Theater (Off B’way)
Cornell University
Harvard University/Hasty Pudding
Yale Repertory Theatre
The Robber Bridegroom
Hamlet
Merrily We Roll Along
Museum
The Secret Garden
The Crucible
Carousel
The Life of Galileo
The Pajama Game
Ah! Wilderness!
Blithe Spirit
Master Class
The Sound of Music
The Music Man
Annie Get Your Gun
Crazy for You
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
She Loves Me
The Crucible
The Marvelous Wonderettes
Love is the Weirdest of All
Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh!
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Amadeus
Paradise Lost and Found (HPT 150)
The Beauty Part
REFERENCES
Paul Barnes
Director
(541) 941-5731
PaulMasonBarnes@aol.com
Carol Wells Day
Costume Shop Manager- Pioneer Theatre Company
(801) 581-6152
T’Cie Mancuso
Costume Shop Manager- St. Edward’s University
theresam@stedwards.edu
Charles Morey
Former Artistic Director Emeritus- Pioneer Theatre Company
charlesmorey@charlesmorey.com
Michelle Polgar
Director, Managing Director Mary Moody Northen Theatre
michellp@stedwards.edu
Dave Steakley
Artistic Director- Zachary Scott Theatre
dave@zachtheatre.org
Danny Herman
Michelle Polgar
Ev Lunning
David Long
Robert Westenberg
Michelle Polgar
Michael McKelvey
Michelle Polgar
Michael McKelvey
Rod Caspers
Marcia Milgrom Dodge
Marcia Milgrom Dodge
Scott Tatum
Rod Caspers
Scott Schroeder
Scott Schroeder
Robin Lewis
John J.D. Sheehan
John J.D. Sheehan
Roger Bean
Roger Bean
Michael Leeds
Dylan Baker
David Feldshuh
Tony Parisi
Walton Jones