About
Lonnie Miller has 6 years of experience as a passionate costume designer, stitcher, and wardrobe hand. She has worked on professional summer stock and college productions, and trained extensively in the classroom, on the job, and in her own sewing room. They are particularly passionate about historical design and construction, and they bring their various perspectives as a theatre-maker to the table in all their costuming work.
Sewing Portfolio
To create garments, Lonnie researches and implements historical patterns and construction methods of the 18th, 19th, and 20th century, taking joy in the silhouettes and details. These photos show a selection of Lonnie's creations, sewn by hand and machine.
Design Portfolio
Intimate Apparel
This design for Lynn Nottage's play Intimate Apparel was a costume class project at Barnard College. Period clothing is a central focus of the play, and Lonnie loved interpreting the playwright's descriptions of fabrics, textures, and silhouettes to create a vibrant and detailed world. The contrast in style and material between the characters highlights their different social positions, as well as each character's relationship with clothing.
The Thaumatrope Game
This is the design board for a new work produced at Columbia University: a murder mystery set in the 1940s. As head of a three-person costume team, Lonnie designed, pulled and altered pieces from stock to bring these vibrant characters to life.
Play Here, Please
These are two of four character designs from a costume class project, designed for one of Suzan-Lori Parks' 365 Days/365 Plays.
Sunday in the Park with George
Lonnie designed and built this student-produced show as head of a two-person costume team. They constructed 1880s day bodices and skirts from historical patterns on a 2-week timeline, as well as pulling items from stock.
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The designs were researched and sketched, and then items were pulled from stock to fulfill the design vision as closely as possible.