Cheyenne Smith 

 

 About Me:

              

I am a Costume Designer and Technician who loves a creative and challenging project. I have designed shows set in various settings such as the imaginary and colorful world of Dungeons and Dragons, in which I had the unique opportunity to dress three fierce warrior women, as well as the many fearsome monsters in She Kills Monsters.

 

I have also designed the emotionally war torn family of historical post WWII New York in 1946 portrayed in the beautiful play A Shayna Maidel. I have worked on shows such as Disenchanted, Legally Blond and Always...Patsy Cline working as a Technician and Dresser.

 

I am comfortable draping and pattern making, but often enjoy more craft-based projects that exercise my varied skills. My training includes puppetry, millinery as well the art of surface design, all of which I strive to incorporate into my work. I thoroughly enjoy learning new skills; no challenge is too big and anything I don’t know I am willing to learn.

 

I chose to dedicate my life to the art of theater because I love to be a part of the birth of a new world and I relish in the process of intertwining the imagination of the designers and actors. It is a joy to see the final product and the collective use of imagination that brings it to life.

 

           

Bio:

 

Cheyenne Smith is a Magna Cum Laude Graduate of Stephens College where she graduated May of 2015 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatrical Costume Design. She has designed for shows including She Kills Monsters, A Shayna Maidel, The How and the Why, and Next to Normal. She was also part of the construction teams and crews with many others such as Disenchanted, Legally Blond and Uncle Vanya. 

 

Cheyenne Is currently working as an apprentice for the Arizona Opera where she is assisting for their upcoming production of Don Giovanni. While also getting to work in multiple roles around the shop such as stitcher, dyer/painter, and a little firsthand work. She has also worked wardrobe for the first two shows of the season (Arizona Lady and Florencia en el Amazonas) and was able to lend a hand for the Ballet Arizona’s production of The Nutcracker working as a dresser in the women’s dressing room.

Cheyenne worked this past summer at the Tibbits Summer Theatre working as a Designer for two of the Popcorn Theatre’s productions (Miss Nelson is Missing and Rumpelstiltskin) while also serving as an assistant to the main stage designers and getting to put some of her skills to the test- stitching, draping, pattern manipulation, millinery and craft.

While finishing her last semester at Stephens College, Cheyenne signed on to do an Internship with local Talking Horse Productions where she designed for their productions of Next to Normal and the Circle Mirror Transformation.

 

 

She has also worked with children’s theater at the children’s musical theater summer program at Stephens College where she did both set and costume design for musical numbers performed by the different groups from beloved musicals like The Wizard of OZ, Newsies, High School Musical and a Stomp Tribute.  

 

In the summer of 2014 Cheyenne had the opportunity to step in backstage impromptu for a Lions Club Cabaret performance in Washington State. She helped organize a cast of more than 80 performers.