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I'm Kara Waala, a passionate Wisconsin native designer with an eye for great design, a joy for collaboration, and a desire to always grow. Well versed in developing creative ideas, achieving desired style concepts and actively managing high quality visual story telling.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions or with interest in collaborating together. 

RESUME

Costume Design:  Going to a Place You Already Are Directed by Colin Hodve (Theater Alliance).  Buried Cities Directed by Ryan Maxwell (CulturalDC).  Static Directed by Bridget Sheaff (Cultural DC). Ballast Directed by Margot Manburg (CulturalDC). The Wizard of Oz Directed by Kevin Schwartz (Pabst Theatre Stage). Harvey Directed by Michael Chamberlin (1st Stage Theatre).  Avenue Q Directed by Allison Stockman (Constellation Theatre).  Mary Kate Olsen is in Love Directed by Holly Twyford (Studio Theatre's 2nd Stage) The Human Capacity (World Premiere) Wirtten by Jennifer Barclay & Directed by Micheal Dove (TDPS). Collidescope: Adventures in Pre and Post Racial America (Divised and an Original work) Written and Directed by Ping Chong (TDPS). Spring Awakening Directed by Brian MacDevitt, Sara Pearson, and Patrik Widrig (TDPS). While Waiting Choreographed by Alvin Mayes (Maryland Dance Ensemble)

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Mask & Makeup Design: Molière Impromptu Directed by Matthew Wilson (TDPS).

 

Assistant Costume Design: La Cage Aux Folles (Skylight Music Theatre) Girlstar (Studio Theatre). Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Folger Theatre), The Laramie Project (Ford’s Theatre), Marrige of Figgaro, Madame Butterfly, Carmen, & La Traviatai (Wolf Trap Opera), The Convert (Woolly Mammoth Theatre) 

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Assistant Costume Design (FILM): Lyric Suite: A Music Love Story (In Production) Written & Directed by Hilian Warshaw (Overtone Films) 

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