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Devon  Painter

Costume  Designer

 407 Piermont Ave, Piermont, NY  10968

devon@devonpainter.com / c. 646-621-3863

U S A , L o c a l 8 2 9
M F A, U n i v e r s i t y  o f  T e x a s  a t  A u s t i n ,  1 9 9 0

B A, Mary Washington College , 1981

Regional Productions
Company Year Production Director
American Players Theatre 2019 A Lovely Sunday for Creve Couer Robyn Rodrigues
Pittsburgh Public Theater 2019 Indecent Risa Brainin
Off-Broadway 2019 Vilna Joseph Discher
Gulfshore Playhouse 2018 A Funny Thing Happened On

the Way to the Forum

Darren Katz
Indiana Repertory Theatre 2018 Holmes and Watson Risa Brainin
American Players Theatre 2018 Measure for Measure Risa Brainin
People’s Light and Theatre 2018 The Diary of Anne Frank David Bradley
Indiana Repertory Theatre 2017 The Curious Incident of the Dog

 In the Nighttime

Risa Brainin
American Players Theatre 2017 The Maids Gigi Buffington
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival 2017 As You Like It Matt Pfeiffer
Great River Shakespeare Festival 2017 Comedy of Errors Melissa Rain Anderson
Swine Palace 2017 Stupid F**king Bird Risa Brainin
Repertory Theatre of St. Louis 2017 To Kill A Mockingbird Risa Brainin
Syracuse Stage 2016 Mary Poppins Peter Amster
American Players Theatre 2016 Death of A Salesman Ken Albers
Geva Theatre Center 2016 A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum Melissa Rain Anderson
Indiana Repertory Theatre 2016 The Three Musketeers Henry Woronicz
American Players Theatre 2016 Death of A Salesman Ken Albers
Launch Pad, UCSB 2016 We Want the Funk

New Play Production

Risa Brainin
Folger Theatre 2016 A Midsummer Night’s Dream Aaron Posner
Texas State University 2016 A Flea In Her Ear Michael Costello
Resident Ensemble Players 2016 To Kill A Mockingbird Sandy Robbins
American Players Theatre 2015 Edward Albee’s Seascape Laura Gordon
Guthrie Theater 2015 Stage Kiss Casey Stangl
Launch Pad, UCSB 2015 Appoggiatura

New Play Production

Risa Brainin
Portland Center Stage/

Syracuse Stage

2015 Other Desert Cities Timothy Bond
Geva Theatre Center/

Indiana Repertory Theatre

2014/

2015

Good People Mark Cuddy
Florida Studio Theatre 2014 Dancing Lessons Kate Alexander
American Players Theatre 2014 A Doctor’s Dilemma Aaron Posner
Geva Theatre Center 2014 Pump Boys and Dinettes Mark Cuddy
Contemporary American Theater

Festival

2014 One Night Ed Herendeen
Contemporary American Theater

Festival

2014 The Ashes Under Gait City Premiere Lucie Tiberghien
Asolo Repertory Theatre 2014 Other Desert Cities Greg Leaming
Launch Pad, UCSB 2014 Untitled IV by Ruth Markovsky

New Play Production

Risa Brainin
American Players Theatre 2013 Two Gentlemen of Verona

Co-designer Holly Payne

Tim Ocel
Contemporary American Theater

Festival

2013 A Discourse on the Wonders  of the Invisible World                        Premiere Kent Nicholson
Contemporary American Theater

Festival

2013 Heartless Ed Herendeen
Oregon Shakespeare Festival 2013 My Fair Lady Amanda Dehnert
Launch Pad, UCSB 2012 Entangled

New Play Production

Risa Brainin
American Players Theatre 2012 Skylight John Langs
American Players Theatre 2012 Heroes James Bohnen
Contemporary American Theater

Festival

2012 Captors Ed Herendeen
Contemporary American Theater

Festival

2012 In a Forest Dark and Deep Ed Herendeen
Indiana Repertory Theatre 2012 The Miracle Worker David Bradley
Indiana Repertory Theater 2012 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Risa Brainin
People’s Theatre and Light 2011 Tom Sawyer David Bradley
Launch Pad, UCSB 2011 Biederman’s Match

New Play Production

Risa Brainin
American Players Theatre 2011 Blithe Spirit David Frank
Great River Shakespeare Festival 2011 A Midsummer Night’s Dream Alec Wild
Arden Theatre 2011 Cyrano Aaron Posner
Geva Theatre Center 2010-

2017

A Christmas Carol                        Mark Cuddy
Penn State University 2010 Sunday in the Park with George Richard Biever
American Players Theatre 2010 Major Barbara David Frank
Folger Theatre 2010 Cyrano Aaron Posner
Geva Theatre Center 2010 Five Course Love Mark Cuddy
Great River Shakespeare Festival 2010 Othello Alec Wild
Virginia Stage Company 2010 My Fair Lady Amanda Dehnert
Westport Connecticut Playhouse 2010 I Do, I Do!

Connecticut Critic Circle Award Nominee

Susan Schulman
Launch Pad, UCSB 2009 La Ninera: The Nursemaid New Play Production Risa Brainin
American Players Theatre 2009 Comedy of Errors Bill Brown
Contemporary American Theatre

Festival 

2009 Farragut North Ed Herendeen
Contemporary American Theatre

Festival 

2009 Yankee Tavern Liesl Tommy
Two River Theater Company 2009 Melissa  Arctic Aaron Posner
Geva Theatre Center 2009 Sweeny Todd Mark Cuddy
Merrimack Repertory Theater 2009 A View of the Harbor Charles Towers
Two River Theater Company 2009 You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown Matt Pfeiffer
American Players Theatre 2008 Ah, Wilderness! John Langs
Contemporary American Theater

Festival

2008 A View of the Harbor

Premiere

Charles Towers
Contemporary American Theater

Festival

2008 Pig Farm Ed Herendeen
George Street Playhouse 2008 Roger Is Dead

Co-designer Michael Sharpe

Elaine May
Guthrie Theater 2008 Shadowlands Joe Dowling
Two River Theater Company/

Folger Theatre

2008 Macbeth Aaron Posner/ Teller
American Players Theatre 2007 Much Ado About Nothing Ken Albers
Contemporary American Theatre

Festival 

2007 Lonesome Hollow

Premiere

Hal Brooks
Contemporary American Theatre

Festival

2007 The Pursuit of Happiness

Premiere

Ed Herendeen
Guthrie Theater 2007 Private Lives Peter Rothstein
American Players Theatre 2006 Arms and the Man James Bohnen
Actors Theater of Louisville/

Cleveland Playhouse

2006 My Fair Lady Amanda Dehnert
American Players Theatre 2006 Measure For Measure Ken Albers
Delaware Theatre Company 2006 Turn of the Screw A M Cammarato
Denver Theatre Center 2006 Ladies of the Camellias Casey Stangl
Folger Theatre 2006 Measure For Measure Aaron Posner
Milwaukee Repertory Theatre 2006 Intimate Apparel Risa Brain
Studio Theatre 2006 Afterplay Joy Zinnoman
Utah Shakespearean Festival 2006 The Merchant of Venice JR Sullivan
Great Lakes Theatre Festival 2006 As You Like It Risa Brainin
Alabama Shakespeare Festival 2005 The Winter’s Tale Casey Stangl
American Players Theatre 2005 The Merry Wives of Windsor John Neville Andrews
Delaware Theatre Company 2005 Tuesdays with Morrie Anne Marie Cammarato
Milwaukee Repertory Theatre 2005 The Underpants Risa Brainin
Studio Theatre 2005 The Long Christmas Ride Home Serge Seiden
Utah Shakespearean Festival 2005 Macbeth JR Sullivan
Shakespeare Festival of St Louis 2004 As You Like It Risa Brainin
American Players Theatre 2004 Cymbeline Kate Buckley
Guthrie Theater/

Dublin Theatre Festival

2004 Death of A Salesman    Joe Dowling
Studio Theatre 2003 The York Realist Serge Seiden
American Players Theatre 2003 Two Gentlemen of Verona Paul Barnes
Guthrie Theater 2003 Top Girls Casey Stangl
Kansas City Rep 2003 Indian Ink Risa Brainin
Shakespeare Santa Cruz 2003 Hamlet Risa Brainin
Studio Theatre 2002 The Shape of Things Will Pomerantz
American Players Theatre 2002 A Penny For A Song David Frank
Guthrie Theater 2002 All My Sons Joe Dowling
Shakespeare Santa Cruz 2002 The Sea Gull Risa Brainin
Studio Theatre 2002 A New Brain, the musical Serge Seiden
Studio Theatre 2002 The Shape of Things Will Pomerantz
Studio Theatre 2001 Trudy Blue J.R. Sullivan
American Players Theatre 2001 Uncle Vanya Risa Brainin
Delaware Theatre Company 2001 Glengarry Glen Ross J.R. Sullivan
Kansas City Repertory Theatre 2001 Morning Star Risa Brainin
American Players Theatre 2000 Government Inspector Risa Brainin
Kansas City Repertory Theatre 2000 Machinal

Prague Quadrennial, 2003

Risa Brainin
Trinity Repertory Theatre 2000 My Fair Lady Amanda Dehnert
Indiana Repertory Theatre 1999 Noises Off Risa Brainin
Indiana Repertory Theatre 1999 Pygmalion Risa Brainin
Indiana Repertory Theatre 1998 Abe Lincoln In Illinois Peter Amster
Guthrie Theater 1997 Many Colors Make the Thunder King 

Premiere

Bartlett Sher
Guthrie Theater 1997 Racing Demon Mark Brokaw
Indiana Repertory Theatre 1997 To Kill A Mockingbird Risa Brainin
History Theatre 1996 O, Pioneers! Risa Brainin
Guthrie Theater 1996 Mystery of the Rose Bouquet Risa Brainin
Guthrie Theater 1996 Simpatico Gary Gisselman
Texas Shakespeare Festival 1996 As You Like It Tom Whitaker
Guthrie Theater 1995 d Times  Tour Garland Wright
Dance
Company Year Production Choreographer
The Yard 1995 Now the Hour Boughs Down Paul Mosley
The Yard 1994 Black River Paul Mosley
Minnesota Dance Alliance 1995 Sol Corazon Marcela Lorca
Paul Mosley Dance Concert 1994 Monologue Paul Mosley
Paul Mosley Dance Concert 1994 Sebastian Ron Hansford
Paul Mosley Dance Concert 1994 I Dreamed You Dreamed About Me Paul Mosley
Mid-America Dance Company 1993 Our Silence Paul Mosley
Opera
Company Year Production Director
Anchorage Opera, AK 2000 Semele Chas Rader-Shieber
University of Minnesota 1998 Carmen Gary Gisselman

 

Associate/Assistant Costume Designer
Broadway
 Company Year Production Designer
Roundabout Theatre Company 2011 The Importance of Being Earnest

*2011 Tony Award Winner

*Desmond Heeley
Dodger Theatricals 2002 Into The Woods Susan Hilferty
Nederlander Organization 2000 Jane Eyre Andreane Neofitou
National Actors Theatre 1999 Night Must Fall Jess Goldstein
Richard Rodgers Theatre 1996 How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Susan Hilferty
Off Broadway
Company Year Production Designer
Manhattan Theatre Club 2001 Proof

Premiere

Jess Goldstein
Lincoln Center 2000 Spinning Into Butter Premiere Jess Goldstein
Second Stage 1999 Gemini Jess Goldstein
Variety Arts 1998 Communicating Doors

*Premiere

Jess Goldstein
Playwrights 1996 Arts and Leisure Susan Hilferty
Tours
Cameron Macintosh 1999 Martin Guerre Andreane Neofitou
David De Silva 1998 Fame, the Musical Paul Tazewell
Television
Pilot 1998 Second Opinion Jess Goldstein
Associate/Assistant Costume Designer
Regional
 Company Year Production Designer
Guthrie Theater 1997 A Midsummer Night’s Dream Paul Tazewell
Guthrie Theater 1996 A Christmas Carol Jess Goldstein
Guthrie Theater 1996 Philadelphia Here I Come! Catherine Zuber
Guthrie Theater 1996 The Cherry Orchard Desmond Heeley
Guthrie Theater 1996 Babes In Arms Susan Hilferty
Guthrie Theater 1995 The Firebugs Adele Lutz
Guthrie Theater 1995 K: Impressions of The Trials of Kafka Susan Hilferty
Guthrie Theater 1994 The Rover Gabriel Berry
Guthrie Theater 1994 King Lear Susan Hilferty
Guthrie Theater 1993 Dream On Monkey Mountain Marina Draghici
Guthrie Theater 1993 A Woman of No Importance Susan Hilferty
Guthrie Theater 1993 Peer Gynt Nephelie Andonyadis
Opera Theatre of St. Louis 1998 Katya Kabanova Susan Hilferty
Opera Theatre of St. Louis 1993 Don Giovanni Lewis Brown
Technical
 
 Company Year Position
Repertory Theatre of St. Louis 1992 First Hand to Bob Trump
Long Wharf Theatre 1991 Draper
Old Globe Theatre 1992, 1993 Alterations Specialist/Draper
Teaching  
 
 Company Year Position
University of North Carolina School of the Arts 2018 Guest Lecturer, various classes Wnston-Salem, NC
Louisiana State University 2017 Graduate Costume Design Baton Rouge, LA
Washington University Spring,

1993

Costume Construction St Louis, MO
University of Texas at Austin 1987-

1990

Teaching Assistant:

Costume Construction

History of Dress

Makeup

Austin, TX
Fairway Middle School

 

1985-1987 6th -8th Grade Drama Teacher

6th Grade English Teacher

Killeen, TX