Professor Becca Janney
Lecturer
College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
They/Them/Theirs/Themselves
About
Becca Janney is a costume designer and theatre educator for costume design and construction. Their design interests range from the spectacular to the mundane. As both an artist who creates costumes at every step of the process – from research to stitching – they believe in costume artists having a strong foundation in both design and construction. Their professional design credits include: Barrington Stage Company (Next to Normal), Gala Theatre (The Return of Eva Peron: Momia en el Closet), Chesapeake Shakespeare Company (The Merry Wives of Windsor), Imagination Stage (Cinderella, A Salsa Fairytale), Creede Repertory Theatre (Cinderella), WaterTower Theatre (Everything is Wonderful, Godspell, Harvey) and Stage West Theatre (Ada and the Engine). Educational design credits include: Rochester University (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead), American University (Damn Things Will Kill Ya)¸ Maryland Opera Studio (Don Giovanni), University of Maryland (A Bicycle Country, Fefu and her Friends), Baylor Theatre (Rhinoceros, Peter and the Starcatcher). They got their MFA in costume design at the University of Maryland and BFA in theatre performance at Baylor University.
Research interests
Costume Design for Queer & Plus Size Bodies, AI Relationship to Theatrical Design
Teaching interests
Young Designer as Personal Design Resource, AI Relationship to Design, Costume as Method of Personal and Cultural Communication
Education
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MFA, Theatre Design
— University of Maryland Baltimore County (2024) Decadence, Decay and Divine Retribution: Reframing Don Giovanni Through Costume Design