2504 Highpointe Dr.
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008
Telephone: (w): 616-345-3046
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Email: gwendolyn.nagle@wmich.edu
MFA, 1974, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh.
Major: Costume Design
MA, 1971, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Major: Speech (Drama)
BS, 1969, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Major: Mathematics, Minor: Physics
1995- Associate Professor, Faculty Costume Designer and Shop Manager. Theatre Dept., Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo.
1991-1995 Assistant Professor, Theatre Dept., WMU.
Summer 1997 Co-Costume Designer (with Paul Reinhardt), Draper, Texas Shakespeare 1996,1995,1994 Festival, Kilgore College, Kilgore, TX.
1989-91 Lecturer. Graduate Costume Faculty, Theatre Division. Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.
Summer 1989 Costume Designer for Dartmouth College Summer Repertory Theatre, Hanover, New Hampshire.
1987-1989 Professional Staff Costumer and Designer, Dept. of Theatre, Ohio State University, Columbus.
1985-1987 Costume Designer, New Mexico Repertory Theatre, Albuquerque/Santa Fe. Lort D Equity Theatre.
1984-1987 Assistant Professor, Faculty Costume Designer, Theatre Arts Dept., University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
Summer 1985 Costume Designer for Merry Wives of Windsor, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Boulder.
1977-1984 Assistant Professor, Costume Faculty, Drama Dept., The University of Texas at Austin.
Summer 1980 Costume Fabric Dyer, Pacific Conservatory for the Performing Arts, Santa Maria, California.
1974-77 Assistant Professor, Faculty Costume Designer, Dept. of Theatre Arts, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts.
Summer 1974 Costume Co-ordinator for Civic Light Opera, Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, PA.
1972-74 Graduate Assistant, Costumes, Carnegie Mellon University.
Summer 1972 Costumer, Miami University Summer Festival Theatre, Oxford, Ohio
1970-1971 Graduate Teaching Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
USITT Fourth Biennial Scenography Exposition, Juried Section, 3 costume designs for Merry Wives of Windsor.
Invited exhibitor, "And the Show Goes on: A Visual Tribute to the year of Theatre", an exhibit of scenery and costume designs sponsered by the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. Oct. 1992-Jan. 1993.
Date Producer Production Position
May-June 1997 Texas Shakespeare Twelfth Night Co-Costume Designer
Festival Henry V Draper
May-June 1996 " " 1776 Co-Costume Designer
" " Taming of the Shrew Draper
May-June 1995 " " Much Ado About Nothing Co-Costume Designer
" " Midsummer’s Night’s Dream Draper
May-June 1994 " " Love’s Labours Lost " "
" " Man of La Mancha " "
" " The Last Titan " "
Feb. 2000 Western Michigan Univ. Children of Eden Costume Designer
Oct. 1998 " " Return to the Forbidden Planet " "
April 1998 " " Nightingale " "
April 1997 " " Amadeus " "
Oct. 1996 " " Secret Garden " "
Oct. 1995 " " Funny Thing Happened on the " "
Way to the Forum
Jan. 1995 " " Shakin’ the Mess Outta Misery " "
Oct. 1994 " " Guys and Dolls " "
Nov. 1994 " " M. Butterfly " "
April 1994 " " Our Country’s Good " "
Feb. 1994 " " Magic Flute " "
Nov. 1993 " " Dangerous Liasons " "
Oct. 1993 " " Dreamgirls " "
April 1993 " " Julius Caesar " "
Dec. 1992 " " Joe Turner’s Come & Gone " "
Oct. 1992 " " Let’s Get A Divorce " "
April 1992 " " A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream " "
Feb. 1992 " " Falstaff " "
Jan. 1992 " " Wedding Band " "
Oct. 1991 " " Jesus Christ Superstar " "
April 1991 Southern Methodist Dance ‘91 " "
Oct. 1990 University Cloud 9 " "
Jan. 1990 " " Trojan Women " "
Production Work Cont.
Summer 1989 Dartmouth College Lone Star/Laundry & Bourbon " "
" " 1940’s Radio Hour " "
" " Whose Life Is It Anyway? " "
May 1988 Ohio State University The Greeks " "
Feb. 1987 New Mexico Repertory Who’s Afraid of Virginia Costume Designer
Woolf?
March 1987 " " The Real Thing " "
Feb. 1986 " " Happy End " "
Jan. 1986 " " Master Harold & The Boys " "
April 1985 " " Talley’s Folly " "
1984-1987 Univ. of New Mexico (Sondheim’s) Follies " "
" " Dance Is It " "
" " Last Day at the Dixie Girl Cafe " "
" " Imaginary Invalid " "
" " A Dance Again " "
" " Dance on the Loose " "
" " Playboy of the Western World " "
April 1984 Univ. of Texas Opera A Little Night Music " "
Oct. 1983 " " Dialogue of the Carmelites " "
March 1983 " " Macbeth (Verdi’s) " "
Oct. 1982 " " Don Giovanni " "
1977-1984 Univ. of Texas The Women " "
" " Henry V " "
" " Love’s Labour’s Lost " "
" " Awake and Sing " "
" " Seven Deadly Sins " "
1974-1977 Mount Holyoke College Antigone " "
" " Margaret Fleming " "
" " Tiger At The Gates " "
" " Camino Real " "
" " Twelfth Night " "
Summer 1974 Pittsburgh Civic Light West Side Story " "
Opera South Pacific " "
" " Student Prince " "
" " Brigadoon " "
" " Gigi " "
" " King and I " "
1972-1974 Carnegie Mellon Univ. Threepenny Opera " "
" " Uncle Vanya " "
1970-1971 Univ. of Michigan The Devils " "
" " Old Wives Tale " "
1970 MUSKET, Univ. of Mich. George M " "
CONTACT: GWENDOLYN NAGLE (gwendolyn.nagle@wmich.edu)
URL: http://unix.cc.wmich.edu/~gnagle
Date last revised:March 27, 2189