Theatre Department Faculty

Quinn Burgess

Visting Assistant Professor

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Quinn Burgess

Contact

Rubenstein Hall

Room 4D (Office)聽

Robsham Theatre Arts Center

Room 130 (Costume Shop)

617-552-4635

Telephone: 617-552-1633

Email: quinn.burgess@bc.edu

Education

  • B.A., Mount Holyoke College
  • M.F.A., Boston University

Courses

Costume Design
Fashion & D茅cor: A Cultural History
Elements of Theatrical Design
Elements of Stagecraft
Makeup Design for the Stage
Ballroom Dance In The Mid-19th Century

Research Interests

Visual, contextual, and historical research to support costume designs.

Recreating historical clothing designs from the 19th and early 20th centuries, including examining extant garments, understanding materials used, studying how garments and accessories were patterned and constructed, and exploring context of how clothing was worn.

The context of 19th and early 20th century ballroom clothing and the connection of the clothing to ballroom dance.

Department

Theatre

Profile

Quinn鈥檚 teaching, scholarship, and professional interests are centered around researching, designing, and creating modern theatrical costumes as well as historical costumes and clothing. In addition, she studies connections between 19th and early 20th century clothing and ballroom dance. At 涩里番下载, Quinn teaches courses in costume design and construction, makeup design, costume history, and historical ballroom dance. She also designs the costumes for four Theatre Department productions each year in addition to mentoring student costume designers.

In addition to her work on academic productions, Quinn has designed and created costumes for a range of theatre and film companies including Tufts University Children鈥檚 Theatre, Mount Holyoke College, Muhlenberg Summer Music Theatre, The Huntington Theatre Company, and 20th Century Fox. Additionally, Quinn has designed and consulted on historical costumes for documentaries and award-winning short films; created historical clothing for display and educational use in museums and institutions including Plimoth Patuxet Museums, Old Sturbridge Village, Historic Northampton, and the U.S. National Park Service; and shared costume history through presentations at historical institutions including the Newport Historical Society and the Rhode Island Historical Society. Her work has been featured on WBUR, Boston鈥檚 largest National Public Radio station. Additionally, Quinn has studied historical ballroom dance and its connections to clothing at conferences in the United States and Europe. Prior to joining the 涩里番下载 faculty, Quinn supervised the costume shop at 涩里番下载 for over 10 years, during which she worked on costumes for over 65 涩里番下载 Theatre Department productions, including Noises Off, Murder on the Nile, Hamlet, Pride and Prejudice, Evita, The Servant of Two Masters, The Misanthrope, Waiting For Lefty, Learning How to Drown, Three Sisters, and The 39 Steps.

Selected Appointments & Awards

Grant awarded by 涩里番下载 for Teaching, Advising, and Mentoring: Archival Research for Costume Design Teaching and Production, 2022.

Professional Activities

Costume Society of America member

American Theatrical Costumer's Association member

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