University of South Carolina
Department of Theatre & Dance
MFA in
Costume Design
& Technology
Selected Student Works by:
Vera DuBose
MFA 2015
April Andrew
MFA 2014
Caitlin Moraska
MFA 2014
Sean Smith
MFA 2014
April Brown-Traquina
MFA 2011
Angelina Herin
MFA 2007
Nicole Bartet
MFA 2001
Paula Peasley-Ninestien
MFA 2001
MFA Design Faculty:
Nic Ularu
Head of MFA Design, Scenography
Jim Hunter
Lighting Design
Lisa Martin-Stuart
Head Costume Design/ Costume Design/
Costume History
Spencer Henderson
Costume Shop Manger/
Costume Technology
Valerie Pruett
Make-up / Hair Deisgn/ Costume Crafts
Vera DuBose
MFA 2015
Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov
Director: Steven Pearson | Scenic Design: Meredith Paysinger Hart | Costume Design: Vera DuBose
Lighting Design: Andrew D. Smith | Hair/Make-up Design: Valerie Pruett | Longstreet Theatre, 2013
Swimming in the Shallows
by Adam Bock
Director: Scott Giguere
Costume Design: Vera DuBose
Center for Performance Experiment,
2014
Vera DuBose will receive her
MFA in from The University of
South Carolina in 2015.
Last year, Vera participated
in the World Stage Design
Conference in Cardif, UK, as
the costume designer for Nic
Ularu’s original work, Fusions.
April Andrew
MFA 2014
Polaroid Stories by Naomi Iizuka
Director: Steven Pearson
Scenic Design: Nic Ularu
Lighting Design: Marc Hurst
Costume Design: April Andrew
Hair/Make-up Design: Valerie Pruett
Longstreet Theatre, 2011
Compleat Female Stage Beauty
by Jeffrey Hatcher
Director: Gary Logan
Scenic Design: Xuemei Cao
Lighting Design: Jim Hunter
Costume Design: April Andrew
Hair/Make-up Design: Valerie Pruett
Longstreet Theatre, 2012
April Andrew will receive her
MFA in from The University
of South Carolina in 2014.
April has recently returned
from her Professional
Internship with the Alliance
Theatre in Atlanta, GA. She
will be joining the Alliance
costume shop staff as the
assistant costume designer
this Fall.
Caitlin Moraska
MFA 2014
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Director: Robert Richmond
Scenic Design: Heather Abraham
Lighting Design: Brad Cozby
Costume Design: Caitlin Moraska
Hair/Make-up Design: Valerie Pruett
Drayton Hall Theatre, 2012
Boeing Boeing by Marc Camoletti
Director: Richard Jennings
Scenic Design: Meredith Paysinger
Lighting Design: Robert Eubanks
Costume Design: Caitlin Moraska
Hair/Make-up Design: Valerie Pruett
Longstreet Theatre, 2013
Caitlin Moraska will receive her MFA in from
The University of South Carolina in 2014.
Caitlin has recently returned from her
Professional Internship with the Barter
Theatre in Abingdon, VA, where she
designed costume for three touring
productions for the Barter Players.
Sean Smith
MFA 2014
Arcadia by Tom Stoppard
Director: Louis Butelli
Scenic Design: Xuemei Cao
Lighting Design: Eric Morris
Costume Design: Sean Smith
Hair/Make-up Design: Valerie Pruett
Longstreet Theatre, 2013
Present Laughter by Noel Coward
Director: Rob Clare
Scenic Design: Xuemei Cao
Lighting Design: Brad Cozby
Costume Design: Sean Smith
Hair/Make-up Design: Valerie Pruett
Longstreet Theatre, 2012
Sean Smith will receive his MFA in from The
University of South Carolina in 2014.
Sean is currently completing his Professional
Internship at William Ivey Long Studios in
NYC, working on the new Woody Allen
musical production, Bullets Over Broadway.
King Lear by William Shakespeare
Director: Cristian Hadji-Culea
Scenic Design: Nic Ularu
Lighting Design: Todd Wren
Costume Design: Sean Smith
Hair/Make-up Design: Valerie Pruett
Longstreet Theatre, 2013
April Brown-Traquina
MFA 2011
The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder
Director: Robert Richmond
Scenic Design: Carl Hamilton
Costume Design: April Brown
Lighting Design: Bruce C. Auerbach
Hair/Make-up Design: Valerie Pruett
Drayton Hall Theatre, 2009
The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare
Director: Kathleen F. Conlin
Scenic Design: Nic Ularu
Costume Design: April Brown
Lighting Design: Marc Hurst
Hair/Make-up Design: Valerie Pruett
Drayton Hall Theatre, 2010
April Brown-Traquina received her MFA from The University of South
Carolina in 2011 after completing her Professional Internship as a
Production Design Assistant on season 5 of the television series, Army
Wives. April designed costume for several short films while in graduate
school including, Civil, which won Best Costume Design at the LA Movie
Awards in 2012. April works as a free-lance costume designer, set
costumer, and ager/dyer in Atlanta. Her film credits include: Hunger
Games: Catching Fire, AMC’s The Red Road, and Hunger Games:
Mockingjay. Part 2. April is currently designing the short film Dig Your
Grave, that will be filmed in Atlanta late April 2014.
Big Love by Charles L. Mee
Director: Chris Clavelli
Scenic Design: Carl Hamilton
Costume Design: April Brown
Lighting Design: Marc Hurst
Hair/Make-up Design: Valerie Pruett
Drayton Hall Theatre, 2010
Angelina Herin
MFA 2007
Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel
Director: Tim Gardner
Scenic Design: Sam Gross
Costume Design: Angelina Herin
Lighting Design: Jason Diaz
Hair/Make-up Design: Valerie Pruett
Longstreet Theatre, 2005
As You Like It by WIlliam Shakespeare
Director: Robert Richmond
Scenic Design: Craig Vetter
Costume Design: Angelina Herin
Lighting Design: Ian DelDuca
Hair/Make-up Design: Valerie Pruett
Drayton Hall Theatre, 2005
The Country Wife by William Wycherley
Director: J. R. Sullivan
Scenic Design: Nic Ularu
Costume Design: Angelina Herin
Lighting Design: Jason Diaz
Hair/Make-up Design: Valerie Pruett
Drayton Hall Theatre, 2006
Angelina Herin received her MFA from The University
of South Carolina in 2007 after completing
her Professional Internship with Seattle Opera.
Angelina is an Assistant Professor of Theater and
Resident Costume Designer at Case Western Reserve
University in Cleveland, Ohio. She previously taught
at Ashland University and was the Costume Shop
Manager at The University of Montana. Angelina
works professionally as a costume designer, makeup
artist, and wig master. Professional credits include:
Cleveland Playhouse, Cleveland Public Theater, Village
Theatre, Montana Repertory Theatre, Seattle Opera
and American Folklore Theatre.
Paula Peasley-Ninestien
MFA 2001
Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw
Director: Jim Patterson | Scenic Design: Andy Mills
Costume Design: Paula Peasley | Lighting Design: Lynne Hartman
Drayton Hall Theatre, 2000
Paula Peasley-Ninestein
received her MFA from The
University of South Carolina
in 2001 after completing her
Professional Internship with La
Jolla Playhouse in La Jolla, CA,
and continued at La Jolla as a
Costume Design Assistant for
two years.
Paula is the Costume
Coordinator at North Shore
Music Theatre. Paula works
professionally as a costume
designer, costume manager
and draper. Professional credits
include: Opera Boston, Opera
Carolina, Chautauqua Opera
and Buena Vista Special Events.
Educational theatre credits
include: University of Southern
Maine, College of Charleston, and
University of South Carolina.
Blues for an Alabama Sky by Pearl Cleage
Director: David Wiles | Scenic Design: Dennis C. Maulden
Costume Design: Paula Peasley | Lighting Design:
David Ferguson | Longstreet Theatre, 1999
Ghetto by David Lan
Director: Jim O’Connor | Scenic Design: Nic Ularu
Costume Design: Paula Peasley | Lighting Design: Jim Hunter
Longstreet Theatre, 2001
Nicole Bartet
MFA 2001
The Living by Anthony Clarvoe
Director: Tyler Marchant
Scenic Design: Anita Tripathi
Costume Design: Nicole Bartet
Lighting Design: Charles Pogue
Longstreet Theatre, 1999
Ah Wilderness! by Eugene O’Neill
Director: Jim O’ Connor
Scenic Design: Michael Philippi
Costume Design: Nicole Bartet
Lighting Design: Todd Stuart
Drayton Hall Theatre, 1999
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
Director: Eleanor Holdridge
Scenic Design: David Coleman
Costume Design: Nicole Bartet
Lighting Design: David Ferguson
Drayton Hall Theatre, 2000
Nicole Bartet received her MFA from The University of South
Carolina in 2001 after completing her Professional Internship with
Disney’s Creative Costume Team in Orlando FL.
Nicole continued her career with Disney for six more years and was
honored as a Partner in Excellence Nominee.
Nicole has worked professionally as a costume designer, design
assistant, and painter/dyer. Professional credits include: Asolo
Theatre, Orlando Repertory Theatre, and Mad Cow Theatre where
she designed over 30 productions.
In 2001 Nicole received the USITT Young Designer Award for
Costume Design.