Amanda Gladu
Amanda teaches courses in costume design including History of Clothing, Introduction to Costume Design, and Digital Drawing. She also advises costume design students through their realized design processes from initial concept to final technical rehearsals.
Amanda Gladu is a costume designer working in theater, dance, opera, and film. She’s designed and associate designed at esteemed companies such as Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Opera Theatre Saint Louis, Boston Lyric Opera, Lincoln Center Theatre, Joe’s Pub, Manhattan Theatre Club, The Spoleto Festival, The Wilma Theater, Arena Stage, Roundabout Theatre Company, New York Theatre Workshop, and Second Stage. Select recent projects include Macbeth (Boston Lyric Opera), Amadeus (Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago) (Jeff Award Nomination), La Passion de Simone (Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia), A Streetcar Named Desire (Opera Theatre Saint Louis), Lunch Dances (Monica Bill Barnes & Co, NYC), Scales on the Wings of a Butterfly (BalletX, Philadelphia), Ghosts of Versailles (Shepherd School of Music, Houston), Silent Light (National Sawdust, NYC), and Peerless (59 E 59, NYC). Upcoming: A Streetcar Named Desire (Boston Lyric Opera), Opposites Attract (Ballet Collective, NYC), Susannah (Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia), The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World (BalletX). Amanda received the 2017 Michael Merritt Academic Award for Collaborative Design for Northwestern University. She holds an M.F.A. in Stage Design from Northwestern University, and dual B.A. degrees in Dance and Art History from the University of Texas at Austin.