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Theatrical Costume Design & Production

Undergraduate Major

Conservatory for the Performing Arts

Numerous production opportunities challenge and inspire while helping students build a strong design portfolio and prepare for industry success.

A BFA in Theatrical Costume Design and Production prepares graduates to go directly into the industry or to a competitive MFA program.

Program Features

Accelerated BFA program — 3 years/2 summers (8-semester program).
Technical Theatre and Stage Management focus on collaboration for a comprehensive learning experience.
Varied production schedule across a wide range of styles and genres.
Significant opportunities to work with guest actors, directors and designers.

Career Preparation

Emphasis is placed on career preparation and personalized feedback from mentors and advisers beginning in the first semester.
Two intensive summers are spent at Okoboji Summer Theatre (OST), which Stephens has owned and operated since 1958.

Application and Portfolio Submission

A portfolio submission is required for the BFA in Theatrical Costume Design program. Applications received without an accompanying portfolio will automatically be considered for the Interdisciplinary Theatre Studies BFA.

Learn About Portfolio Submission

Costume Design & Production is a unique degree offered at the Conservatory for the Performing Arts at Stephens College.

A beautiful example of costume design, seen live in a production at the Conservatory.

Two professional costume designers at work.

Elaborate costume design featuring a giant eyeball alien

Student designed costume piece from the play “She Kills Monsters.”

A design under construction.

Theatrical Costume design student at work in the shop.

There are ample opportunities to design — from mainstage productions on campus to our summer stock theatre in Okoboji, Iowa.

Stephens College allowed me to focus on what I knew I wanted. They gave me the training that has helped me through my entire career. The faculty and staff have always been a source of knowledge and inspiration for me that I will never stop being grateful for.
Cami Hubert ’12