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