Clinton O'Dell
Assistant Professor of Theater Design
Office: Watson Fine Arts scene shop
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:30 -4:30
Phone: 508-286-3585
Email: odell_clinton@wheatonma.edu
Degrees
M.F.A., University of Tennessee-Knoxville
B.F.A., West Virginia University-Morgantown
Main Interests
Design as communication, using the visual elements within the medium of theatre to support and expand the communal art of stroytelling; helping students find their individual voices as storytellers.
Research Interests
Appalachain theatre and storytelling; costume and fashion as historical benchmark; the arts in rural communities
Teaching Interests
Currently teaching Introduction to Scene Design and Introduction to Costume Design. Also dedicated to providing students with opportunites to develop the technical skills of a designer which complement the creative process of the discipline.
Student Projects
Mia Khayat, costume designer for Endgame, Wheaton College 2007
Nicole Beal, scene designer for A Chorus Line, Wheaton College 2007
Selected Publications, Creative Work or Performances
Productions:
Costume design for: Measure for Measure, My Three Angels, The Oldest Story Ever Told, Theatre at Monmouth, 2007
Costume and scene design for: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Theatre at Monmouth, 2006
Costume design for: Othello, Medea, Romeo and Juliet, The Glass Menagerie, Brown University/Trinity Repertory Consortium 2005-06
Costume and scene design for: Metamorphoses, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Secret Garden, Midwives(world premiere) Clarence Brown Theatre, 2002-05
Assistant costume designer for: The War that Made America, PBS 2006
Currently working on ongoing series of paintings focusing on narrative text, gay and pop culture iconography, and Clint Eastwood.