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Janetta Turner, instructor and costume designer Theatre/film/Video

Janetta TurnerA native of Colorado, Janetta Turner attended Loretto Heights College and went on to New York University/Tisch School of the Arts where she received her MFA. Working both in New York and at various regional theatres including the Arena Stage D.C., the Oselo State Theatre, and Philadelphia Street Theatre, she received time-honored experience in wig and make-up design, as well as an extensive background in costuming.

Some of her favorite former posts have been:

  • Assistant to Costume Designer for Broadway production of Oliver starring Patti Lupone

  • Wig and Make-up Artist for Elsen Associates at the Kennedy Center

  • Resident Costume Designer for Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center

  • Costume Designer for Ballet Nouveau Colorado, Firebird and Dance in Flight, under direction of William Starn

  • Costume Designer for Theatre Works' A Midsummer Night’s Dream (a collaboration with the Colorado Springs Symphony)

  • Costume Designer for Speaking of Dance, most recently The Mystery of the Music, Spring Night’s Moon, and Three Hymns from the Rig Veda (Artistic Director: Deborah Reshotko)

  • Costume Designer and Instructor at University of Colorado Denver.  Her credits include The Complete History of America, The Cradle Will Rock, Doctor’s Stories, Measure for Measure, Rhinoceros, Points of View, The Bear, The Marriage Proposal, The Effects of Tobacco, Antigone, The Sun That You Are, Valparaiso, Front Doors, Mayakovsky Takes The Stage, The Shape of Things, The Learned Ladies and The Glass MenagerieShe also was costumer for Colorado Film School's experimental feature-length film, In Here, and for CFS's episodic T.V. show, Racking the Focus. Janetta's most recent credits include make-up and costume designs for UCD Theatre, Film, and Video Department's production, The Comedy of Errors.

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Costume Designs by Janetta Turner

Merchant of Venice Costume Design Gallery

Janetta.Turner@cudenver.edu
303.556.2052

Instructor of Theatre. Costume Designer and Makeup Artist.
BA, MFA, New York University, B.A; M.F.A.

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