Rachel Dozier-Ezell

Costume Shop Supervisor

About Rachel

Rachel is a Costume Shop Manager, Costume Designer, Fiber Arts Teaching Artist, Costume Technician, and Adjunct Professor of Costume Technology/Design/Crafts. 

17 years teaching Costume Design, Costume Technology, Costume Crafts, and Fiber Arts. Teaching credits include: The University of Illinois, University of South Dakota, The New School, Pace University, Marymount College, Hunter College Elementary, and The Dalton School. 

15 years of Costume Management. Management credits include: University of South Dakota, The New School, Emerge125, The Classical Theatre of Harlem, and Columbia University.

20+ years theatrical design. Collaborators include: The Birmingham Children’s Theatre, Classical Theatre of Harlem, Trisha Brown Dance Company, Paper Mill Playhouse, Pittsburgh Public, Harlem Stage, Mystic Aquarium, National Black Theater, Carnegie Hall, Theatre for a New Audience, The Ensemble Studio, Lake Placid Center for the Performing Arts, The National Gallery, The Public, The Apollo, The American Shakespeare Center, Elisa Monte, and Emerge125 Dance Company.

www.racheldozierezell.com and www.mspinkycrafts.com

The Job

As the Costume Shop Supervisor, I oversee costume management for all third-year thesis productions at the Lenfest Center for the Arts, which includes directing and acting theses, as well as coordination for the New Plays Festival. I run and maintain the costume shop at the Nash building and in collaboration with production resources maintain the costume stock. Additionally, I serve as a resource for students by providing measurements, offering advice on costume design and costume history, and assisting in problem-solving for various productions and class presentations. Furthermore, I am responsible for training first-year students who are fulfilling their crew assignments in the wardrobe department for all Lenfest productions.