Myrna Colley-Lee PO Box 650 Costume Designer Phone: (662) 647-2827 Charleston, MS 38921 Art Director - Set Design Fax: (662) 647-0267 [email protected] www.gladragsdesigns.com

COSTUME DESIGN (Theatre)

2007 TILL Dir. Elmo Terry Morgan by Ifa Bayeeza Rites & Reason Theatre Brown University

2007 AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ Dir. Ron Himes by Fats Waller The St. Louis Black Repertory Theater

2006 BECOMING ADELE Dir. Victor Maog by Eric Houston The Harold Clurman Theatre Gotham Stage Productions

2006 RELATIVITY Dir. Ron Himes by Cassandra Medley The St. Louis Black Repertory Theater

2005 THE PIANO LESSON Dir. Hans Hunziker by August Wilson The Cleveland Playhouse

2003 FOREST CITY Dir. Seth Gordon by Bridgette A. Wimberly The Cleveland Playhouse

2003 THE WEDDING BAND Dir. Ron O.J. Parson by Alice Childress Steppenwolf Theatre

2002 THE SECRET GARDEN Mississippi Summer Arts Institute by Marsha Norman & Lucy Simon Bologna Performing Arts Center Dir. Victor Maog Delta State University

2002/ THE AMEN CORNER Dir. Chuck Patterson 1996 by James Baldwin The Cleveland Playhouse Dir. Ricardo Khan Crossroads Theatre Company

2002/ CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY Dir. Benny Sato Ambush 1998 by Lynn Nottage TheatreVirginia Dir. Shirley Jo Finney Crossroads Theatre Company

2000/ THE OLD SETTLER Dir. Shirley Basfield Dunlap 1999 by John Henry Redwood Studio Arena Theatre Dir. John Henry Redwood Portland Center Stage

1998 OPHELIA’S COTILLION Dir. Count Stovall by Elmo Terry Morgan Rites and Reason Theater Brown University

1997 HAVING OUR SAY Dir. Shirley Dunlap by Emily Mann Milwaukee Repertory Theater pg 1 Updated 1/17/07 1997 SEVEN GUITARS Dir. Benny Sato Ambush by August Wilson Arizona Theatre Company

1996 MEDEA MYTH Dir. Shirley Basfield Dunlap by Dan Plato Iowa State Theatre

1996 THE SCREENED-IN PORCH Dir. Judyie Al-Bilali by Marian X Crossroads Theatre Company

1994 THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA Dir. Ed Cambridge by Tennesee Williams Alabama Shakespeare Festival

1995 BETWEEN THE LINES Dir. Shirley Jo Finney by Regina Taylor Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Humanna Festival

1994 JAR THE FLOOR Dir. Benny Soto Ambush by Cheryl West The Cincinnati Playhouse, Geva Theatre, Southcoast Repertory Theatre

1993 BRER RABBIT Dir. Loni Berry by Loni Berry Rites & Reason Theatre, National Black Theatre Festival Winston-Salem, NC

1993 FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA Dir. Shirley Basfield Dunlap by Dr. Endesha Ida Mae Holland Milwaukee Repertory Theater

1993 LOVE LANGSTON Dir. Lonnie Barri by Lonnie Barri Seattle Repertory Theatre

1992 MOTHERS Dir. Shirley Jo Finney by Kathleen McGhee Anderson Crossroads Theatre Commissioned by Bill Cosby

1992 BUS STOP Dir. by William Inge Allentown Playhouse

1992 OAK AND IVY Dir. Shirley Jo Finney by Kathleen McGhee Anderson Crossroads Theatre

1992/ FENCES Dir. Charles Dumas 1991 by August Wilson Pennsylvania Stage Company

Dir. Benny Sato Ambush Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Allentown Playhouse

1991 LETTERS FROM A NEW Dir. Benny Sato Ambush ENGLAND NEGRO National Black Theater Festival by Sherley Ann Williams Winston-Salem, N.C.

1987 SHERLOCK HOLMES Dir. Greg Frelon AND THE HANDS OF OTHELLO WestBeth Theater by Alex Simmons Dark Angel Productions

1987 THE SUICIDE Dir. Deborah Lubar by Max Erdman Smith College pg 2 Updated 1/17/07 1987 FOR COLORED GIRLS… Dir. Chezia Thompson by Ntozake Shange Smith College

1986 THE IMPORTANCE OF Dir. Mark Harrison BEING EARNEST Smith College by Oscar Wilde

1986 A DAY IN HOLLYWOOD/ Dir. Mark Harrison A NIGHT IN THE UKRAINE Smith College

1985 X (The Opera) Dir. Rhoda Levine by A., C., & T., Davis Walnut St. Theater Phila. Music Festival Prod.

1984 THE DISTRICT LINE Dir, Douglas Turner Ward by Joseph A. Walker Theater Four Negro Ensemble Company, N.Y.

1984 WAITIN’ IN THE WINGS Dir. Peter Link by Peter Link & Wm. S. Reilly Manhattan Community College

1984 TAKE ME ALONG Dir. Geraldine Fitzgerald by Eugene O'Neill RACCA/Manhattan comm.Coll. Shirley Radcliffe, Prod., N.Y.

1984/ COLORED PEOPLE'S TIME Black Hist. Month Tour 1982 by Leslie Lee Cherry Lane Theater '82 Dir. Horacena Taylor Douglas Turner Ward, Prod. Negro Ensemble Co., N.Y.

1983 BREAKIN' LIGHT Dir. Morgan Freeman by A. Marcus Hemphill Arts in Religion Program Riverside Church, Prod., N.Y.

1983/ THE BLACK GOSPEL Dir. Mike Malone 1982 adapted by Hazel Bryant Caribbean & European Tours HHE Holland Ltd., Prod., N.Y.

1982 THE WORLD OF BEN CALDWELL Dir. Richard Gant by Ben Caldwell New Federal Theater Woodie King/Steve Tennen,

1982 ABERCROMBIE APOCALYPSE Dir. Clinton Davis by Paul Carter Harrison West Side Arts Theater Negro Ensemble Co., N.Y.

1982 COTTON CLUB REVIEW Dir. Larl Beecham by Larl Beecham Richard Allen Center for Culture & Art

1981 BLACK NATIVITY Dir. Edmund Cambridge by Langston Hughes Fords Theater, Wash., D.C./ Teatro Sala Umberto, Rome Hazel Bryant, Prod.

1981 LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT St. Peter’s Theatre, N.Y.C. by Eugene O'Neill Anspacher Theater, N.Y. Shakespeare Festival Dir. Geraldine Fitzgerald The Egg, Albany, N.Y. Hazel Bryant, Prod., N.Y. N.Y. Public Theatre/RACCA

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1980 THE LION AND THE JEWEL Dir. Mical Whitacker by Wole Soyinka Mitzi Newhouse Theater, N.Y. Black Theater Festival Hazel Bryant, Prod. (Racca)

1980 SOMETHING LOST Henry Street Playhouse by Anthony Wisdom New Federal Theatre Dir. Richard Gant Woodie King, Jr., Prod.

ART DIRECTION (Film and TV)

1985 "IF AT FIRST... Dir./Prod. Greg Freelon NYU Creative Arts Team for NY Board of Education

1981 "BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Dir./Prod. Wm. Greaves THE LEGACY & THE LIFE" B.T. Washington House National Parks Service

COSTUME DESIGN (Film and TV)

1984 "FREDERICK DOUGLASS, AN Dir./Prod. William Greaves AMERICAN LIFE" Frederick Douglas House National Parks Service

1982 "LONG DAY'S JOURNEY Dir. William Woodman INTO NIGHT" ABC Cable TV - Winner ACE by Eugene O'Neill

ART DIRECTION (Theatre set and costume design)

1975 NATIVE SON Dir. Helene Keysar by Richard Wright and Paul Green Kirby Theatre, Amherst College Amherst, Mass.

1975 YOU DON’T GET OFF HERE Henry Street Playhouse TO CATCH THE EXPRESS New Federal Theatre by Barry Kaleem Woodie King, Jr., Prod.

1975/ MALU’S DAUGHTERS Martinique Theatre 1974 by Trudy Greenidge Afro-American Total Theatre Dir. Mical Whitaker Hazel Bryant, Prod.

1974 SHEBA Martinique Theatre by Hazel Bryant Afro-American Total Theatre Dir. Helene Head Hazel Bryant, Prod.

ASSISTANT TO THE DESIGNER

1980 BRECHT’S “MOTHER COURAGE" Newman Theater, NY adapted by Ntozake Shange New York Public Theater Dir. Wilford Leach Patricia McGourty, Costume Designer

1980 THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Delacorte Theater, NY by Gilbert & Sullivan New York Shakespeare Festival Dir. Wilford Leach Patricia McGourty, Costume Designer

pg 4 Updated 1/17/07 1973 PANTAGLEIZE – AN OPERA Walt Whitman Theater by Robert Starer Brooklyn College, NYC Dir. Wilson Lehr Eldon Elder, Set Designer

1971 FIDELIO Walt Whitman Theater by Ludwig van Beethoven Brooklyn College, NYC Dir. Karole Kope Eldon Elder, Set Designer

STAFF AND FACULTY EXPERIENCE

1987/ Assistant Professor, Theatre Smith College Theater 1985 Costume Design and Northampton, Mass. Theatre Make-up

1983/ Theater Design Consultant American College Theater Festival 1981 Kennedy Center Washington, D.C.

1982/ Program Director/ Design & Management Institute 1981 Curriculum Supervisor Nat'l Arts Consortium, New York, NY

1980 - Graduate Assistant Theatre/Design 1978 Temple University

1978 - Graduate Assistant Theatre/Design 1976 Brooklyn College

1968 - Art Teacher Bay Shore Elementary School 1966 Long Island, N.Y.

1964 - Art Supervisor Elementary and High School Art Curriculum 1962 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, N.C.

EDUCATION

1980 Master of Fine Arts, Scenic and Costume Design Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

1973/ Scene Painting and Properties, Crafts Design and Construction 1971 Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY

1962 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Art Education Women's College of The University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC

pg 5 Updated 1/17/07 PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES

Benny Sato Ambush – Director, Producer & Educator North Carolina School of the Arts’ School of Drama 1533 South Main Street Winston-Salem NC 27127 (336) 770-3236 [email protected]

Chuck Patterson 36 West 126th Street Apt. #2 New York New York 10027 216-795-7000 [email protected]

Karen Allen Baxter - Managing Director Rites & Reason Theatre 155 Angell Street/ Box 1148 Brown University Providence, RI 02912 - 1148 (401) 863-1710 (work) (401) 863-3559 (fax) [email protected]

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