Elise Turner Costume designer
I design and make costume for theatre and opera — where a production’s direction and design tell the story, and the actor becomes their character. All the way from Texas to the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, I’m now in my second year of BA Production Arts (Costume).
Open to assisting, making and wardrobe work, 2027

Selected work
All productions
Opera 1
Costume Design & Making · 2026

Hadestown
Costume Designer · 2025

UIL State Champions
Theatrical Design, Group Entry · 2025

Doll’s House
Costume Design & Making · 2024

The Little Mermaid
Costume Construction & Artisan · 2024

Stained Glass
Costume Design & Making · 2024

Kintsugi
Design & Making · 2024

Stuck at Prom
Costume Design & Making · 2024

Sketchbook — Part I
Costume Illustration · 2024

Sketchbook — Part II
Costume Illustration · 2024

Paper Doll
Costume Design & Making · 2022
Costume is where storytelling and embodiment meet. I work with the direction and design so the clothes carry the story, and with the performer so a costume becomes a character they can live inside. Marrying the two — the show’s vision and the actor’s role — is the whole of the work.