Theater

Bite Me
directed by Rebecca Martinez, The WP Co., NY, NY.

Death of a Salesman
directed by Miranda Cromwell, Hudson Theater, NY, NY.

Blues for an Alabama Sky
directed by Nicole Watson, Guthrie Theater, MI, McCarter Theater, NJ.

Drinking in America
directed by Mark Armstrong, Audible, NY.

A Midsummer’s Night Dream
directed by Marissa Wolf, Portland Center Stage, OR.

Exception To The Rule
directed by Miranda Haymon Roundabout Theatre Co. NY, NY.

Our Daughters Like Pillars
directed by Kimberly Senior Huntington Theater Co. MA.

Fefu and Her Friends
directed by Pam Mackinnon A.C.T, San Francisco, CA.

Blue Door
directed by Akin Babatunde, Ptosha Storey Rep Ensemble Players, DE.

A Holiday Jingle with Disney
directed by Casey Hushion Paper Mill Playhouse, NJ.

The West End
directed by Nicole A. Watson Cincinnati PlayHouse in the Park, OH.

A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet directed by Marshall Pailet DR2 Theater, NY.

SOCIAL! The social distance dance club produced by David Byrne, Christine Jones, Steven Hoggart The Armory, NY.

Seize The King
directed by Michael Garcias Alliance Theater, GA.

A Bright Room Called Day
directed by Oscar Eustis, The Public Theater, N.Y.

African School Girl Play
directed by Shariffa Ali, Pittsburgh Public Theater, P.A.

The Royale
directed by Michael Garcias, A.R.T, Tucson, AZ.

Top Girls
directed by Tamilla Woodard, A.C.T, San Francisco, CA.

We Are Among Us
directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt, City Theater Co. Pittsburgh, PA.

Original Sound
directed by Elena Aroaz, Cherry Lane Theater Co. NY,NY.

As You Like It
directed by Ian Belknap, The Juilliard School, NY, NY.

Hatefuck
directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt, Women’s Project Theater Co. NY, NY.

Her Portmanteau
directed by Victor Malana Maog, A.C.T, San Francisco, CA.

Ain’t Misbehavin’
directed by Joe Calarco, Signature Theater Co, Arlington, VA.

Selkie
directed by Matt Dickson, Dutch Kills Theater Co, NY, NY.

Two Trains Running
directed by Reginald Douglas, Weston Playhouse, Weston, VT.

Forbidden City
directed by Dennis Hilton-Reid, The Juilliard School, NY, NY.

The Odyssey
directed by Lisa Person, The Acting Company Tour.

The High Ground
directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian, Arena Stages, D.C.

Elyria
directed by Awoye Timpo, Atlantic Theater Co., NY.

Joy and Pandemic
directed by Loretta Greco, Huntington Theater Co., MA.

A Late Morning with Reagan
directed by Sam Weisman, CATF, Shepherdstown, WV.

Berta Berta
directed by Reginald Douglas, CATF, Shepherdstown, WV.

A Chronicle of the Madness of two Small Worlds
directed by Elena Aroaz, NYTW and The Boundless Theater Co, NY, NY. 

Mud
directed by Elena Aroaz, Boundless Theater Co, NY, NY.

Loving and Loving
directed by Tamilla Woodard, The Harold Cluman Lab Theater and Radical Evolution NY, NY.

Macbeth
directed by Stephen Burdman, The New York Classical Theatre Co, NY, NY.

Bamboo In Bushwick
directed by Ana Margineau, The Working Theater Co, NY, NY.

Having Our Say
directed by Mary B. Robinson, Philadelphia Theater Co, PA.

The Winters Tale
directed by Stephen Burdman, The New York Classical Theatre Co, NY, NY.

The Block
directed by Tamilla Woodard, The Working Theater Co, NY, NY.

Prospect
directed by Elena Aroaz, Boundless Theater Co, NY, NY.

Alvin and the Chipmunks Live
directed by Glen Orsher and Jaimie Selke, S2BN Productions, Toronto, Canada.

Measure for Measure
directed by Stephen Burdman, New York Classical Theater Co, NY, NY.

The Wiz
directed by Ron Himes, The Black Rep, St Louis, MO.

Fabuloso
directed by Gilberto Valensuela, Boundless Theater Co, San Juan, PR.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch
directed by Carlos Arnesto, ReVision Theater Co, L!ve, Asbury Park, NJ.

A Midsummer Night's Dream
directed by Ron Himes, The Black Rep, St. Louis, MO.

The Good Body
directed by Lynette Salas, The Boundless Theater Co, San Juan, PR.

Spring Awakening
directed by Carlos Arnesto, ReVision Theater Co, Asbury Park, NJ.

You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
directed by Melody Libonati, Summer Theater of New Canaan, New Canaan, CT.

Pericles
directed by Adrea Frye, The Black Rep, St Louis, MO.

Dance

Happiness
choreographed by Edisa Weeks, NY.

Wicked Bodies
choreographed by Liz Lerman, AZ

3 Rites
choreographed by Edisa Weeks, Delirious Dance, NY.

Danceworks Concert, QC
choreographed by Yin Mai Critchell, Marshall Davis Jr, Carlos Fittante, Nia Love, QC, NY.

To Begin The World Over Again
choreographed by Edisa Weeks Delirious Dances Co, NY, NY.

Rise
choreographed by Carolyn Web, NYU Faculty Grad Dance, NY, NY.

It Is The Other Side
choreographed by Jeremy Nelson, 2nd Ave Dance Co, NY, NY.

Leap of Faith Concert
choreographed by Inda M Walsh, LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, NY, NY.

Film 

About The People
directed by Sterling Milan, HONTO88 LLC productions,
NY, NY.

The Mantis
directed by Justin Staley, NY, NY.

Blood Surf
directed by Nina Ljeti, James Franco production, NY, NY.

Sight Pictures
directed by David Stien, Newark, NJ.

Everybody Dies
directed by Frances Bodomo, SWSX Film Festival

Dirt
directed by Darius Clark Monroe, Houston, TX. Sundance Film Festival

Afronauts
directed by Frances Bodomo, Newark, NJ. Sundance Film Festival

Evolution of a Criminal
directed by Darius Clark Monroe, NY, NY. Sundance Film Festival

Personal

Born in Freetown Sierra Leone; resided in Sudan, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Kenya, Swaziland, Nigeria, Jordan, England, Nepal and have enjoyed extensive travel.

Volunteer work
Habitat for Humanity, Uganda, and UNICEF

Associate Costume Design, Assistant Costume Design, Costume Supervisor, Wardrobe Supervisor

Fire In Dreamland
The Public Theater, cost. Susan Hilferty, Associate Designer

An Ordinary Muslim
The New York Theater Workshop, cost. Susan Hilferty, Associate Designer

Master Harold and The Boys
Signature Theater, cost. Susan Hilferty, Associate Designer

Turn Me Loose
Westside Theater, moved to the Wallis Theater LA, cost. Susan Hilferty, Associate Designer

Familiar
Playwrights Horizon, cost. Susan Hilferty, Associate Designer

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Playwrights Horizon, Artists of Light at New World Stages, Head of Wardrobe 

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Robin de Bois at Palace de Congrais Paris, Head of Wardrobe

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Crystal II cruise ships, Wardrobe Technician

Der Zigeunerbaron
Manhattan School of Music, dir. Linda Bcrovsky, Head of Wardrobe

Dangerous Liaisons
Manhattan's School of Music, dir. Donna Vaughn, Head of Wardrobe

Magic Flute
New York Live Arts, chor. Bill T Jones, Head of Wardrobe

Mahogany
Manhattan School of Music, dir. Jay Lesenger, Head of Wardrobe

Ragtime
Manhattan School of Music, dir. Carolyn Marlow, Head of Wardrobe

Fuente Ovenjuna
Nylon Fusion Collective, dir. Any Goldberg, cost. Amelia Dombrowski, Assistant

33 Variations
dir. Moises Kaufman, cost. Janice Pytel, Assistant  

Stormy Weather
Pasadena Playhouse, dir. Michael Bush, cost. Martin Pakledinaz Assistant

What’s That Smell?
Atlantic Theater Co., cost. Martin Pakledinaz, moved to New World Stages, Assistant

Today's Special
feature film by Victor Quinaz, cost by Sydney Maresca, Wardrobe Supervisor

Literary and Visual Arts Experience

Assistant Professor
University of Connecticut, 2022 to present.

Lecturer
Princeton University, Costume design and Intro to Design, 2017 to present

Associate Professor
NYU Playwrights, Introduction to Design, 2018 to present 

Illustrator
Bold the Skunk, by Sarah Bryan, published 2003

Phillips Fellowship Grant
Bates College, Lewiston, ME, 2002. Researched post- colonial traditional clothing from Nigeria

RISDE Annual Art Award 2000

Education

Bates College, Lewiston, ME
Bachelor of Arts, 2004
Major: Studio Art, Minor: Theater, Anthropology Graduated Suma Cum Laude

Tisch School of Design NYU, New York, NY
MFA, May 2008
Graduate Opportunity Fellowship
Lloyd Burlingame Scholarship