Community Interview:Gregory Graham
Sierra Smith
Meet gregory!
Most recently he...
Designed Love & Information at the Wirtz Center!
Title: Costume Designer/Milliner (creating hats) Gregory is working towards his MFA in Stage Design with a costume focus!
Also designed Hand to God at Wirtz and shows throughout the Chicago area!
Take a guess...what Did gregory study as an undergrad?
Gregory in drag!
Gregory studied Zoology, but hated it. He took time off before grad school and found a passion in sewing and drag...
In this time, Gregory met costume designer Raquel Adorno. The pair discussed their interests and Raquel recommended Gregory try costume design. Despite having no theatre experience, Gregory found his passion designing!
why northwestern?
Seeing the collaborative, holistic approach to theatre at Northwestern, Gregory was drawn to this program. You might interact with Gregory in Wirtz shows for costume fittings or working on wardrobe!
Gregory's Costume design Process
Click the number to learn more about each step of the process!
1.
Read the play!
2.
Initial Meeting
3.
Research & Paperwork
4.
Preliminary Sketches
Gregory's Costume design Process Cont.
Click the number to learn more about each step!
5.
Final Looks
6.
To the Shop!
7.
Fittings
8.
Opening & Celebrating!
Fun Fact: costume mishaps...
When Gregory costumed Fireflies for Northlight theatre, during a run an actresses' dress split from armpit to waist...he and the actress locked eyes and laughed!
Match the show to the costume design!
Enough to Let the Light In
Private Lives
1. ________
2. ________
Drag the show title to the design you think it corresponds to! Once you think you've matched each correctly, click submit to reveal the correct answers!
Ernest Shackleton Loves Me
Private Lives
Enough to Let the Light In
Routes
Ernest Shackleton Loves Me
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins
Routes
5. ________
4. ________
3. ________
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins
Submit
Gregory's advice...
Look to people who have done/achieved what you want to—you can learn a lot from them!
Click to reveal!
Gregory's advice...
I found Gregory's advice helpful given the uncertainty that comes with the theatre career I hope to achieve. Gregory provides sound advice that looking at instances in which others have found success in this field can help to guide your individual path.
The end!
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Step 1. Read the play
The very first step of a process for Gregory is to read the play. He then prints out a photo of the playwright of the show to ground him through his work. By having a photo of a playwright, this humanizes the show for him throughout his process.
Caryl Churchill: Love & Information Playwright
Step 2. initial meeting
Next, Gregory meets with the director. Gregory shares his initial ideas for designs and gets the director's vision as well. Conversation and communication with the director is crucial throughout the entire process. Since the director is entrusting the costume designer to build their world, it's very important to Gregory that he has a connection with the director.
Step 3. Research & Paperwork
Next, Gregory begins his research, looking into the playwright and characters within a show. Gregory creates a costume plot—a huge grid tracking all the characters and their respective scenes. After this, he researches the costumes. He often turns to Pinterest, the Library of Congress, or Shutterstock to find inspiration.
Example of a costume plot!
Step 4. Preliminary Sketches
Preliminary sketches can take many forms. Traditional outlines of an outfit, a collage of inspiration pictures, or even ink blots if Gregory feels that best represents his vision for costumes at this stage. With Love & Information Gregory began with looking at abstract paintings, then created paintings of his own. This allowed him to pinpoint the colors and patterns he was wanting.
Step 5. Final looks
Gregory then presents his final looks to the directors, which are approved or edited. After these notes, a couple of weeks are taken to paint and draw out the final figures.
<-- From Gregory's design of Private Lives at Raven Theatre!
Step 6. To the Shop!
Designs are then sent to the costume shop, at which point Gregory asks how he can best support shop workers as they bring his designs to fruition.
Step 7. Fittings
Once the costumes are made, the actors have fittings. Gregory has an emphasis on ensuring he connects with his actors and they feel fully comfortable in their costumes. If they don't, he makes adjustments as needed per the actor's requests.
Step 8. Opening & Celebrating!
Then—it's opening night! Gregory takes opening to let go of his designs, knowing his work is fully done, and celebrate the work he has put into a production!
Community Interview:Gregory Graham
Sierra Smith
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Community Interview:Gregory Graham
Sierra Smith
Meet gregory!
Most recently he...
Designed Love & Information at the Wirtz Center!
Title: Costume Designer/Milliner (creating hats) Gregory is working towards his MFA in Stage Design with a costume focus!
Also designed Hand to God at Wirtz and shows throughout the Chicago area!
Take a guess...what Did gregory study as an undergrad?
Gregory in drag!
Gregory studied Zoology, but hated it. He took time off before grad school and found a passion in sewing and drag...
In this time, Gregory met costume designer Raquel Adorno. The pair discussed their interests and Raquel recommended Gregory try costume design. Despite having no theatre experience, Gregory found his passion designing!
why northwestern?
Seeing the collaborative, holistic approach to theatre at Northwestern, Gregory was drawn to this program. You might interact with Gregory in Wirtz shows for costume fittings or working on wardrobe!
Gregory's Costume design Process
Click the number to learn more about each step of the process!
1.
Read the play!
2.
Initial Meeting
3.
Research & Paperwork
4.
Preliminary Sketches
Gregory's Costume design Process Cont.
Click the number to learn more about each step!
5.
Final Looks
6.
To the Shop!
7.
Fittings
8.
Opening & Celebrating!
Fun Fact: costume mishaps...
When Gregory costumed Fireflies for Northlight theatre, during a run an actresses' dress split from armpit to waist...he and the actress locked eyes and laughed!
Match the show to the costume design!
Enough to Let the Light In
Private Lives
1. ________
2. ________
Drag the show title to the design you think it corresponds to! Once you think you've matched each correctly, click submit to reveal the correct answers!
Ernest Shackleton Loves Me
Private Lives
Enough to Let the Light In
Routes
Ernest Shackleton Loves Me
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins
Routes
5. ________
4. ________
3. ________
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins
Submit
Gregory's advice...
Look to people who have done/achieved what you want to—you can learn a lot from them!
Click to reveal!
Gregory's advice...
I found Gregory's advice helpful given the uncertainty that comes with the theatre career I hope to achieve. Gregory provides sound advice that looking at instances in which others have found success in this field can help to guide your individual path.
The end!
Why Northwestern?
February
INDEX
About the center
class yearbook
Teaching Staff
schedule
Photo Gallery
grading rubric
holidays
rewards
contact
stickers
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Visual content is a cross-cutting, universal language, like music. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even fromother cultures.
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Chemistry
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Rewards Table
Incredible!
to improve
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First and Last Name
We better capture visual content. Visual content is associated with cognitive and psychological mechanisms. Things enter through the eyes, the first image is what counts. We associate visual content with emotions.
‘Your content is liked, but it engages much more if it is interactive’
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First Last Name
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Disciplines like Visual Thinking facilitate taking visually rich notes through the use of images, graphs, infographics, and simple drawings.Go for it! To manage a team, one must listen
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With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to leave your audience speechless. You can also highlight a specific phrase or fact that will be etched in your audience's memory and even embed external content that surprises: videos, photos, audios... Whatever you want!
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With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to leave your audience speechless. You can also highlight a specific phrase or fact that will be etched in your audience's memory, and even embed external content that will surprise: videos, photos, audio... Whatever you want!
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We don't like to bore. We don't want to be repetitive. Communicating as always is boring and doesn't engage. We do it differently. We sabotage boredom. We create what the brain likes to consume because it stimulates.
Attention! In Genially, we use AI (Awesome Interactivity) in all our designs, so you can level up with interactivity and turn your content into something that adds value and engages.
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Did you know that... In Genially, you will find more than 1,000 templates ready for you to insert your content and customize them, which will help you tell your stories.
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Pose a dramatic question; it is the essential ingredient for keeping the audience's attention. It is often posed subtly at the beginning of the story to intrigue the audience and is resolvedat the end
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With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to leave your audience in awe. You can also highlight a specific phrase or fact that will be etched in your audience's memory, and even embed external content that surprises: videos, photos, audios... Whatever you want!
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Pose a dramatic question; it is the essential ingredient for keeping the audience's attention. It is often posed subtly at the beginning of the story to intrigue the audience and is resolved at the end.
Did you know that... We retain 42% more information when content is animated? It is perhaps the most effective resource for capturing your audience's attention.
Write a brilliant headline
With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to leave your audience in awe. You can also highlight a specific phrase or fact that will be etched in the memory of your audience and even embed external content that surprises: videos, photos, audios... Whatever you want!
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Pose a dramatic question; it is the essential ingredient for keeping the audience's attention. It is often posed subtly at the beginning of the story to intrigue the audience and is resolved at the end.
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Step 1. Read the play
The very first step of a process for Gregory is to read the play. He then prints out a photo of the playwright of the show to ground him through his work. By having a photo of a playwright, this humanizes the show for him throughout his process.
Caryl Churchill: Love & Information Playwright
Step 2. initial meeting
Next, Gregory meets with the director. Gregory shares his initial ideas for designs and gets the director's vision as well. Conversation and communication with the director is crucial throughout the entire process. Since the director is entrusting the costume designer to build their world, it's very important to Gregory that he has a connection with the director.
Step 3. Research & Paperwork
Next, Gregory begins his research, looking into the playwright and characters within a show. Gregory creates a costume plot—a huge grid tracking all the characters and their respective scenes. After this, he researches the costumes. He often turns to Pinterest, the Library of Congress, or Shutterstock to find inspiration.
Example of a costume plot!
Step 4. Preliminary Sketches
Preliminary sketches can take many forms. Traditional outlines of an outfit, a collage of inspiration pictures, or even ink blots if Gregory feels that best represents his vision for costumes at this stage. With Love & Information Gregory began with looking at abstract paintings, then created paintings of his own. This allowed him to pinpoint the colors and patterns he was wanting.
Step 5. Final looks
Gregory then presents his final looks to the directors, which are approved or edited. After these notes, a couple of weeks are taken to paint and draw out the final figures.
<-- From Gregory's design of Private Lives at Raven Theatre!
Step 6. To the Shop!
Designs are then sent to the costume shop, at which point Gregory asks how he can best support shop workers as they bring his designs to fruition.
Step 7. Fittings
Once the costumes are made, the actors have fittings. Gregory has an emphasis on ensuring he connects with his actors and they feel fully comfortable in their costumes. If they don't, he makes adjustments as needed per the actor's requests.
Step 8. Opening & Celebrating!
Then—it's opening night! Gregory takes opening to let go of his designs, knowing his work is fully done, and celebrate the work he has put into a production!