Sophie Hood

MFA COSTUME PRODUCTION, 2014

Sophie Hood is a costume maker and teacher who explores the connection between theater arts, technology and fine arts. She is specifically interested in using technologies such as arduino and eco-friendly materials in her costumes. One of her creations, the Tech Dress, was featured on the Tony Awards red carpet in 2017. 

While in Pittsburgh, Sophie worked as an adjunct professor at CCMU and as an instructor at Cut and Sew Studio teaching adult and children’s classes. After moving to Berkeley, CA in 2018, she opened her own sewing studio, Little Bird, where she taught private and small group lessons in costume construction and sewing out of her home studio. She also worked on shows at Berkley Repertory Theatre and California Shakespeare Theater as a draper and craftsperson before moving to Colchester, VT, where she reopened Little Bird and continues to teach today.