Design for Stage and Film
Constance Hoffman |
Courses
Costume Design II, Collaboration, Costume Studio
Education
M.F.A., New York University
Biography
Her costume designs were seen on Broadway in The Green Bird, directed by Julie Taymor (Tony nomination and Outer Critics Award). New York credits include Mr. Marmalade, Roundabout Theatre Company, Henry VI at the Public Theatre, Tiny Alice at the Second Stage, and Titus Andronicus, Macbeth, Richard II, Richard III, Henry VI all at The Theatre for a New Audience.
Regional theatre credits include Seascape, Tiny Alice and Richard III at the Hartford Stage, A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Shakespeare Theatre, Camille Claudel – a new musical at the Goodspeed Opera House. Recent credits include Kiss My Brass, Bette Midler international concert tour and productions at Center Stage, The Alley Theatre and the Guthrie.
Opera work includes Grendel, Los Angeles Opera, directed by Julie Taymor, La Fanciulla del West, L’Etoile, Acis and Galatea, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, Paul Bunyan, The Abduction from the Seraglio, and Lizzie Borden all at Glimmerglass/New York City Opera, Carmen and Salsipuedes at the Houston Grand Opera, The Flying Dutchman at Houston Grand Opera and Los Angeles Opera, and Rigoletto at the San Francisco Opera. She has designed for Opera Theatre of St. Louis, The Minnesota Opera, The Portland Opera, The Florida Grand Opera and the Virginia Opera. International opera includes Tannhäuser for the Tokyo Festival, The Queen of Spades at the Bavarian State Opera, Der Schatzgraber at Opera Frankfurt and La Traviata at Tel Aviv Opera.
Constance has collaborated with directors Karin Coonrod, Mark Lamos, Ron Daniels, Barry Kyle, Irene Lewis, Marion McClinton, Gabriel Berry, Lillian Garret-Groag, Rhoda Levine, David Alden, Christopher Alden and James Robinson.
Teaching credits include The Kennedy Center Master Class in collaboration with designer and director Ming Cho Lee. Constance is a recipient of the Irene Sharaff Young Master Award.
