Biography
Bethany Marx (Assistant Professor of Theatre) teaches costume design and construction, makeup and theatre history at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks. She holds an MFA in Costume Design from the University of Massachusetts and a BFA in Costume Design and Technology from the University of Evansville in Evansville, IN. Outside of TheatreUAF, her design credits include the Fairbanks Light Opera Theatre, the Phoenix Theatre in Indianapolis, IN, the Chester Theatre Company in Massachusetts, and the Hope Summer Repertory Theater in Holland, MI. She has also held various positions in costume construction and wardrobe at the Indiana Repertory Theatre, the Virginia, Texas and Maine Shakespeare Festivals, the Utah Shakespearean Festival and others.
Contact Information
Email: bethaclaire@yahoo.com
Design Resume
The University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK
The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare. Spring 2011. Directed by Stephan Golux
Can Can Plays the Bay at Nice: A Collection of One-Acts by Romulus Linney, Samuel Beckett and David Hare. Fall 2010. Directed by Stephan Golux
Vinegar Tom by Caryl Churchill. Spring 2010. Directed by Stephan Golux
How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel. Fall 2009. Directed by Carrie Baker
Fairbanks Light Opera Theatre, Fairbanks, AK
Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine. Fall 2010. Directed by Gwen Brazier
The Phoenix Theatre, Indianapolis, IN
Octopus by Steven Yockey. Summer 2009. Directed by Bryan Fonseca
The Zippers of Zoomerville by Jack O'Hara and Tim Brickley. Spring 2009. Directed by Jack O'Hara
Chester Theatre Company, Chester, MA
Rounding Third by Gordon Osmond. Summer 2006. Directed by Mike Dowling
Random Acts: An educational tour. Winter 2005, remount 2006. Directed by Byam Stevens
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht. Spring 2007. Directed by Keith Langsdale
The Reincarnation of Jamie Brown by Lynne Alvarez. Fall 2006. Directed by Sheila Siragusa
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Spring 2006. Directed by Jeannie-Marie Brown
Gum by Karen Hartman. Fall 2005. Directed by Maryann Lombardi
The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown. Spring 2005. Directed by Keith Langsdale
Technical resume is posted on costume contruction page. Click here to view
Other Design Experience
Virginia Shakespeare Festival, Williamsburg, VA
Assistant to Costume Designer Jen Tiranti, Summer Productions 2011
YMCA Camp Norwich, Northampton, MA
Costume Designer for Children's Shows, Summer Productions 2006
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Co-Costume Designer with June Gaeke on Life is a Dream by Calderon, Spring 2005
Education
Masters of Fine Arts in Costume Design. University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 2004-2007.
Bachelors of Fine Arts in Costume Design and Technology. University of Evansville, 2000-2004.