Carey Hanson, Assistant Professor
Carey Hanson holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Utah State University. Her costume work has covered a wide range of theatre, dance, opera, musical theatre, and theatre for youth. Carey has worked professionally with The Santa Fe Opera, Utah Opera, Utah Festival Opera, Unicorn Children’s Theatre, Sundance Summer Theatre, Old Lyric Repertory Company, The Harper Joy Theatre, and Playmill Theatre-Jackson. Her most recent designs include She Loves Me, Cyrano de Bergerac, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Singing in the Rain, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Music Man, and A Winter’s Tale.
Carey is a past participant of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology Young Designers Forum. She is currently a member of the USITT Costume Commission and serves as the Costume Editorial Liaison for the USITT publication Sightlines. Carey is also a member of the Southeastern Theatre Design and Technology Commission. She presently chairs the SETC Marian Smith Costume Award Committee and was recently listed in the Who’s Who Among American Educators and Who’s Who Among American Women.
In addition to the courses Carey teaches on the University of Mississippi campus, she has developed study abroad courses dedicated to exposing students to theatre performance and design in London, England, and Sydney, Australia.
Contact Information
- Office Location: Isom 110
- Phone: (662) 915-6990
- E-Mail: costumes@olemiss.edu
- Web site: http://picasaweb.google.com/CareyHanson
Courses Taught
- Thea 171: Rendering for the Theatre
- Thea 201: Appreciation of the Theatre
- Thea 209: Theatre on Location
- Thea 246: Costume Crafts
- Thea 374: Intro to the History of Dress & Decor I
- Thea 375: Introduction to Costume Design
- Thea 393: Production Studies for Designers I
- Thea 405 Directed Studies
- Thea 474: Costume Design
Areas of Specialization
- costume design: costume for the theatre, dance, opera, musical theatre and theatre for youth; research on children's wear; textile production; armor creation; millinery, wig ventilation, and fabric modification (batik, silk screening, silk painting, theatrical distressing, and fiber-reactive dye).
Education
- MFA (Utah State University)
