CHRISTIANNE MYERS
Costume Design
SUN AND SHADOWS
April 2015
Based on The Disobedience of the Daughter of the Sun by Martín Prechtel
Adapted by Gillian Eaton
ARTISTIC PRODUCER: CHRISTIANNE MYERS
USITT TD&T Article
February 2016
Director: Anita Gonzalez
Puppet Designers: Christianne Myers & Sarah Tanner
Scenic Designer: Sarah Tanner
Lighting Designer: Justin Lang
Composer/Sound Designer: Isaac Levine
A large-scaled shadow puppet performance projected on the exterior walls of the Arthur Miller Theatre in April, 2015. Students, faculty, and staff collaborated on this cross--disciplinary project, fusing mythology and technology.
Launched March 2024
PI: Associate Professor Sarah M. Oliver
For far too long traditional modes of teaching theatrical makeup within university training programs have privileged the global minority. Historically, mass media and the cosmetics industry have defined beauty norms by featuring lighter skin tones and smoother hair textures. Our goal was to disrupt these norms and model the best, most inclusive practices we want to see in the industry.
The American Theatrical Costume Association (ATCA)
The goal of the American Theatrical Costume Association is to fill a gap in our professional organizations, and connect a community of costume educators, focusing on the dual responsibilities of teaching and research.
This organization is an opportunity to push the boundaries of what costume scholarship looks like by empowering our collective wisdom to be synthesized and amplified and shared to the wider community.
THE RIVER IN OUR CITY,
THE RIVER IN OUR VEINS
October 2017
ARTISTIC PRODUCER: CHRISTIANNE MYERS with MICHAEL GUREVICH
“I learned about problem solving, that trying it is better than wishing we had. I learned to let other people be right. I learned that legs don’t make a Heron. I learned how to ask for help; that not knowing something is just as valuable.“
Merging Introduction to Puppetry and Performing Arts Technology, students created processional puppets honoring the Huron River in celebration of The University of Michigan's Bicentennial