Theresa Squire is a Broadway costume designer and served as the resident costume designer for Keen Company for 10 years. She’s a Pilates instructor and a mom and learned the hard way how to avoid burnout by setting clear boundaries.
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SHOW LINKS
- Hamilton on Disney+
- CONTACT SENATORS- extend COVID-19 unemployment benefits
- CONTACT CONGRESS-to extend health care benefits
- PETITION to extend unemployment assistance
- ‘Fun Home’ Kansas City Rep
- Lieutenant of Inishmore on Broadway
- High Fidelity on Broadway
- Pilates for beginners
- Benefits of Pilates
- Theresa’s design history
- Dress alterations for beginners
- NYU MFA in Design
- What is a costume designer?
- Cherry Lane Theatre
- Martin Pakledinaz Broadway Database
- Keen Company
- This Family Rolls
KEY QUOTES
- “And I had this moment where I was like… I’m not a fashion designer, I’m a costume designer.”
- “Sewing clothing is like construction. It’s math and sciences and algebra.”
- “Building is what we say in the industry. Not making or sewing.”
- “We are trying to get people to understand that costume design isn’t easy.”
- “When you’re working Off Off Broadway, you’re the designer, you’re the assistant designer, you’re the electrician, you’re the master electrician.”
- “I love the moment when you see it all on stage and it makes sense and it’s a world.”
- “There’s an innovation opportunity right now to tell stories to the world that need to be told.”
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