Professor Jacqueline Firkins Costume Designs the Court Theatre’s Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex”!
Theatre Design and Production’s Costume Professor, Jacqueline Firkins, costume designed Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex translated by Nicholas Rudall and directed by Charles Newell in a beautiful production that ran November 7- December 8 at the Court Theatre in Chicago and it received excellent reviews.
“If you’ve seen Court Theatre Artistic Director Charles Newell helm a Rudall translation before … you know to expect an emotionally pulverizing tale of gods, mortals and deadly hubris.” —Crain’s Chicago
★★★★ “Court Theatre serves up A MASTERPIECE” —Chicago Sun-Times
“A STARK MARVEL … Court’s production renders the ancient tragedy with stunning visual impact.” —Newcity Stage
“Newell’s show is, as is typical at this venerable Hyde Park theater, RICH, STYLISH, complicated and restlessly wrought, constantly in dialogue with the issues on our minds …” —Chicago Tribune
Court Theatre: http://bit.ly/2siy4iU
Theatre Design and Production Costume alumna, Nicolette Szabo, holding Ffiona.
Jacqueline is also a published author and her Young Adult novel, Hearts, Strings, and Other Breakable Things will be released December 17.
Description: In her last days of freedom before college, Edie Price must navigate the suburban intrigues of Mansfield, Massachusetts—along with schoolwork, scholarship applications, and the inevitable boys of summer. Don’t look back, you can never look back.
To purchase: http://bit.ly/348UkbZ
Jacqueline is combining her design and sewing skills with her writing expertise by offering a contest where readers can win a beautiful dress! One of them here is modelled by Theatre Design and Production Costume alumna, Nicolette Szabo, who is holding Ffiona, Jacqueline’s favourite editor.
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