Clinton O'Dell

Associate Professor of Theater Design and the Department of Theater and Dance

Contact

Phone: 508-286-3585

Website: https://www.clintonodell.com/

Education

M.F.A., University of Tennessee
B.F.A., West Virginia University
 
 

About

Main Interests

  • Costume and Scene Design as communication
  • Costume construction techniques
  • Using the visual elements within the medium of theatre to support and expand the communal art of storytelling
  • Helping students find their individual voices as storytellers.

Publications

Creative Works

FINE ART EXHIBITS:

  • Solo exhibit (invitational)  at Gather Here, Cambridge, MA,  2011
  • Works on Paper (juried) curated by Laura Francis, Gallery 263-Cambridge, MA, 2010
  • Birds of a Feather (invitational) curated by Kathrine Lovell, Kathrine Lovell Studios-Barrington, RI 2010
  • Union Work (invitational) curated by James Toleman, Tulip Street Gallery- Salem, MA  2008

Selected Publications, Creative Work, or Performances

Theatre Credits

AT WHEATON:

  • Cloud 9 (scenery) directed by Stephanie Daniels, Wheaton College, 2012
  • Romeo and Juliet (costumes and scenery) directed by Andy Grapko, Wheaton College, 2011
  • Circus Apocalypse (costumes, co-designed with choreographer Trisha Carr ’08) Wheaton College Dance Company, 2011
  • Machinal (costumes and scenery) directed by Jennifer Madden, Wheaton College, 2011
  • Two Birds (costumes) choreographed by Trisha Carr ’08, Wheaton College Dance Company, 2010
  • The Importance of Being Earnest (scenery) directed by David Fox, Wheaton College, 2010
  • The Crane Wife (costumes) choreographed by Laura Peters ’10, Wheaton College Dance Company, 2010
  • Curse Your Little Heart (costumes) choreographed by Bill McLaughlin, Wheaton College Dance           Company, 2010
  • The Pillowman (costumes and scenery) directed by David Fox, Wheaton College, 2010
  • Any Way the Wind Blows (costumes) choreographed by Trisha Carr ’08, Wheaton College Dance Company, 2009
  • Tango (costumes) choreographed by Adrienne Mincz, Wheaton College Dance Company, 2009
  • Macbeth (costumes and scenery) directed by David Fox, Wheaton College, 2009
  • Hallelujah (costumes) choreographed by Adrienne Mincz, Wheaton College Dance Company, 2008
  • Dracula (costumes and scenery) directed by David Fox, Wheaton College, 2008
  • Hurt (costumes) choreographed by Billy McLoughlin, Wheaton College Dance Company, 2008
  • Coin Operated Boy (costumes) choreographed by Trisha Carr, Wheaton College Dance Company, 2008
  • A Chorus Line (costumes) directed by Stephanie Burlington, Wheaton College, 2007
  • A Streetcar Named Desire (costumes and scenery) directed by David Fox, Wheaton College, 2007
  • 9 Debutantes and 1 Princess (costumes) choreographed by Michael Bolger, Wheaton College Dance Company, 2007
  • The Long Christmas Ride Home (costumes and scenery) directed by Stephanie Burlington,         Wheaton College, 2006

PROFESSIONAL:

  • Big River (costumes) directed by Dennis Jones, Sierra Repertory Theatre, 2010
  • Stand By Your Man: The Tammy Wynette Story (costumes) directed by Michael Liccata, Sierra Repertory Theatre, 2010
  • No Sex Please, We’re British (costumes) directed by Dennis Jones, Sierra Repertory Theatre, 2009
  • Prayer (costumes and scenery) directed by Joseph Beuerlein, NYC Fringe Theatre Festival/Pace University, 2008
  • South Pacific (costumes) directed by Scott Viets, Artistic Director, Sierra Repertory Theatre, 2008
  • The Oldest Story Every Told (costumes) directed by Sally Wood, Theatre at Monmouth, 2007
  • Measure for Measure (costumes) directed by Jeri Pitcher, Theatre at Monmouth, 2007
  • My Three Angels (costumes) directed by Janis Stevens, Theatre at Monmouth, 2007
  • The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (costumes and scenery) directed by Jeffrey Thomas, Theatre at Monmouth,  2006
  • Tonya and Nancy: The Opera (costumes) directed by Meron Langsner, Tufts University/ ART’s Zero Arrow Theatre, 2006
  • Romeo and Juliet (costumes) directed by Alexander Torra, Trinity Repertory/Brown University Consortium, 2006
  • The Glass Menagerie (costumes) directed by Heath Cullens, Trinity Repertory/Brown University Consortium, 2006
  • Medea (costumes) directed by Birgitta Victorson, Trinity Repertory/Brown University Consortium, 2006
  • Death and the Maiden (costumes) directed by Geordie Broadwater, Trinity Repertory/Brown University Consortium, 2005
  • Othello (costumes) directed by Geordie Broadwater, Trinity Repertory/Brown University Consortium, 2005
  • Women on the Verge of HRT (costumes) directed by Robert Scanlan, Sugan Theatre Company, 2005
  • The Wizard of Oz (costumes) directed by Eunice Ferriera, Eastern Nazarene College, 2005
  • Big Love (costumes) directed by Birgitta Victorson, Trinity Repertory/Brown University Consortium, 2005

Select Film Work

  • Costume Coordinator, John Adams National Historical Park Orientation Video, Argentine Productions, 2011
  • Painter/Dyer  We Shall Remain (American Experience) costume design by Virginia B. Johnson, PBS, 2009
  • Add’l Costumer/Shopper, Normal Adolescent Behavior, costume design by Virginia B Johnson, NAB Productions, 2006
  • Assistant costume designer, The War that Made America, design by Virginia B. Johnson, WGBH-PBS, 2006
  • Costumer, Black Irish, design by Virginia B. Johnson, Moody Street Pictures, 2005

View my work on my personal website

Featured in Sightlines Magazine, for the United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Inc.: © 2005 Volume XLV, Number 2

Teaching Interests

Currently teaching Introduction to Design and Intermediate Design. Also dedicated to providing students with opportunities to develop the technical skills of a designer which complement the creative process of the discipline.

Created a first-year seminar entitled Fit for a Queen: The Fashionable and Formidable. The course focuses on specific individuals from western culture who manipulated fashion and to place themselves in powerful positions in society, and examines how image contributes to political or social notoriety.

Student Projects

Griffin Patria, costume designer for Cloud 9, Wheaton College 2012

Griffin Patria, Wheaton College Fellowship Fit for a Queen. Research and production of historical clothing, culminating in a fashion show focused on historical political figures.

Mia Khayat, costume designer for An Inspector Calls, Wheaton College 2008

Mia Khayat, costume designer for Endgame, Wheaton College 2007

Nicole Beal, scene designer for A Chorus Line, Wheaton College 2007

Research Interests

  • Appalachain theatre and storytelling
  • Costume and fashion as historical benchmark
  • The Arts in rural communities

Department(s)

Theatre and Dance

Program(s)

Office

Watson Fine Arts 217, Scene Shop; Watson Fine Arts Costume Shop