Costume Design

University of Southern California: School of Dramatic Arts, 2026

Playwright: Ola Rotimi

Director: Bayo Akinfemi

Assistant Costume Designer: Lurdes Loza

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The Gods Are Not To Blame adapts the classical Oedipus Rex, placing its narrative in the vibrant Yoruba culture of West Africa. The production's costumes seek to showcase the richness of Yoruba textile tradition, and highlight the dramatic emotional highs and lows of this tragedy.

2026

Choreographer and Director: Akram Khan

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These theoretical designs were completed as part of the Costume Design II course at the University of Southern California with Professor Samantha C. Jones. The designs are significantly inspired by the 2023 Spring/Summer Schiaparelli Couture Collection. They seek to transport Khan's striking rendition of this classic ballet to a brutal bronze-age fantasy.

Aeneid Theatre Company, 2026

Playwright: William Shakespeare

Adapter and Dramaturg: Gianni Bove

Director: Jayden Adams-Ruiz

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This production combined Shakespeare's Henry IV part I and part II to present a complete narrative revolving around Sir John Falstaff and the titular King Henry (Prince Hal). Produced outdoors, and with a small ensemble cast, Henry IV's costumes demanded flexibility. Two sets of designs (one for the hot matinees and one for the cooler evening performances), incorporating gowns, kirtles, hose, hoods, and smocks created a dramatized early 15th century Britain.

2026

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​These theoretical designs were completed as part of the Costume Design II course at the University of Southern California with Professor Samantha C. Jones. They imagine a theatrical adaptation of the classic fairy tale set in 1910's Guatemala.

2025

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These costume illustrations were completed as part of the Costume Design II course at the University of Southern California with Professor Ann Closs-Farley. Their many heads, necks, torsos, and legs are intended to be mixed, and matched (like one would in a bound fashion flipbook) to create unique medieval designs.

2025

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These theoretical designs were completed as part of the Costume Design II course at the University of Southern California with Professor Ann Closs-Farley. They imagine a theatrical adaptation of the Grimms' tale, The Town Musicians of Bremen, with a troupe of animal Morris dancers in 1620's England.

University of Southern California: School of Dramatic Arts, 2025

Based on the book by George Orwell

Adapter: Ian Wooldridge

Director: Zachary Steel

Co-Costume Designer: Rachel Dickinson

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This abstract, comedic interpretation of Orwell's allegorical dystopia sought an ambitious design with significantly limited resources. By working with actors and the director to develop ideas, creatively pulling from USC costume stock, and constructing bauhaus inspired padding the costumes were able to generate an old-timey, storybook world of ideals, betrayal, and, of course, animals.

Modern Minority Theatre Company, 2025

Playwright: Reina Hardy

Director: Samara Hernandez

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Glassheart retells Beauty and the Beast to focus on original characters: Only the lamp and The Witch in our hearts, and explore themes of individual identity and self-actualization. The costumes express a 21st century dark fantasy– pulled between the whimsical and the mundane.

2023

Playwright: Euripides

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​These theoretical designs were completed as part of the Costume Design I course at the University of Southern California with Professor Samantha C. Jones. They imagine an adaptation set in 1800's Peru, exploring the dynamic of indigenous Inca and colonial Spanish identities.