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Anna Wooden
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Assistant Professor
Theatre and Dance
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Anna Wooden Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Assistant Professor
Theatre and Dance
Specialty area(s)
Costume Design, Costume History, Makeup Design, Character Design, Costume Crafts, Props, Puppetry, Sculpture
Brief biography
Anna Wooden specializes in costume design while also working in scenic, puppetry, sculpture, illustration, and fabrication. She's drawn to lyrical writing, inventive storytelling, fluid collaboration, and the discovery of building the perfect world for each story. She is an artistic associate of Cloudgate Theatre in Chicago. She earned her MFA at Northwestern University. Favorite credits include Get Out Alive (Haven), Pinnochio (The House), Footloose (Marriott Lincolnshire), Second Skin (Cloudgate), and Marys Seacole (Griffin). Her work can currently be seen at film festivals in the short musical documentary Happy Songs About Unhappy Things.
Current courses at UWL
THA 110 - Theater Appreciation
THA 232 - Costume Crafts
THA 240 - Rendering for the Theater
THA 241 - Stage Makeup for the Actor and Designer
THA 440 - Costume Design and History
Education
BA with Fine Art Emphasis in Theater Design and Technology from University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
MFA, Stage Design - Northwestern University
Career
Teaching history
Adjunct Teaching Artist at DePaul University, 2019-2024
Rendering for the Designer, Toy Theater: Media for Designers, Figure Drawing for the Designer, and Design Mentor/Advisor
Professional history
Member of USITT
Co-Owner and Partner of the former costume crafts company Craftiga Ltd
Research and publishing
Solo Fine Art Exhibition: September, 2021 (Courthouse Art Center, Woodstock, IL)
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