Maren Lyman

COSTUME DESIGNER / ARTISAN / DRESSMAKER

Education: 

San Diego State University, MFA Theatre Arts Costume Design and Technology 2001

Utah State University, BFA Costume Design 1997

Snow College, AS, Theatre Emphasis, 1995                                        

Employment:     

Assistant Costume Shop Manager, Utah State University Theatre Dept, 2022-present 

Costume Director, Music Theatre West, 2013-2019

Interim Costume Shop Manager, Utah State University, Fall 2018

Costume Shop Manager, Lyric Rep., 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023

Instructor, THEA 1223 Stage Makeup- USU, Fall 2016

First Hand, Lyric Rep, 2016, Fall 2021

Costume Coordinator/Stitcher, Sky View High School Color Guard and Marching Band, 2008-2015

Graduate Teaching Assistant, San Diego State University Theatre Dept., Fall 1998-Spring 2001

First Hand, LaJolla Playhouse, Summer 2000

Stitcher, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, Summer 1999

First Hand, Brigham Young University, 1997-98

Stitcher/Dresser, Utah Festival Opera Co., 1997

Costume Technician, Old Lyric Rep. Co., 1996, 1995

Costume Technician, USU Theatre, 1994 -1997

Skills: stitching, flat patterning, draping, basic sewing machine and serger maintenance, millinery,

costume crafts, wig care, costume movement and manners, strong background in costume history,

collaboration with production team members, organization

 

Select Costume Design:

            Aida, Green Canyon High School, 2018                         David Sidwell, Director

            Big River, Lyric Rep., 2017                                            Jim Christian, Director

            Les Misérables, Student Edition, TOU Entmt, 2012         Gwendolyn Dattage, Director

            Meredith Wilson’s The Music Man, Hyde Park, 2012      Keturah Partridge, Director

Music Theatre West

            Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, 2019   Debbie Ditton, Director

            Fiddler on the Roof, 2017                                              Debbie Ditton, Director

            My Fair Lady, 2017                                                      Jay Richards, Director

            Guys and Dolls, 2014                                                    Debbie Ditton, Director                                    

            The Secret Garden, 2013                                               Debbie Ditton, Director

San Diego State University Theatre

         *Lysistrata, 2000                                                          Peter Larlham, Director

                  *KPBS Pâté Award for Theatre Excellence –Best Costume Design 2000

            Macbeth, Fall 1999                                                       Raimondo Genna, Director       

Utah State University Theatre                                   

            *OPQRS, Etc., Spring 1997                                           Maggie Moar, Director

                 *Design Finalist, Regional ACTF Festivention, 1998

            The Importance of Being Earnest                                   Millinery Design

            Into the Woods                                                             Hair and Makeup Design