Theater Faculty
Howard Kurtz
Winner of the 2001 Teaching Excellence Award
Howard
(B.F.A., Clarion University
of PA; M.F.A. Penn State University) Professor Kurtz is an Associate Professor of Theater teaching costume design, clothing construction, and makeup, as well as an introductory theater course to non-majors. Howard was the recipient of the 2004 Fenwick Fellowship and the 2001 Teaching Excellence Award. Howard has designed sets, costumes, and directed productions for the GMU Players. He is a member of the United Scenic Artists and has designed many productions for the Theater of the First Amendment at George Mason. Outside the University Howard designs for professional theaters throughout the Washington D. C. area. Howard is the resident Costume Designer for Olney Theatre Center in Olney Maryland. He has been nominated for two Helen Hayes Awards, receiving the Outstanding Costume Design Award for TFA’s Dream of a Common Language. When Mr. Kurtz is not designing costumes he serves as the costumes and textiles curator for the Hillwood Estate Museum and Gardens in Washington, D.C. the former home of Marjorie Merriweather Post.
Design Projects: Fall 2007
Shayna Maidel, Rep Stage
Fiddler on the Roof, Olney Theatre
Design Projects: Spring 2008
Doubt Olney, Theatre
Humble Boy, GMU Players
1776, Olney Theatre Center
Two Bit Taj Mahal, Theater of the First Amendment
Lectures: Fall 2007
100 years of costume collecting, Hillwood Estate and Gardens Museum
Square Dancing Fashions of Mrs. Post, Hillwood Estate and Gardens Museum
Current Lectures: Spring 2008
Desiging and Collecting Costumes, Hillwood Estate and Gardens Museum
Women Designers, Hillwood Estate and Gardens Museum
Directing Projects: Spring 2008
Enchanted April, Little Theater of Alexandra
Course List:
THR 101 Theatrical Medium
THR 215 Stage Makeup
THR 235 Fundamentals of Costume Construction
THR 335 Costume Design
THR 490 History of Fashion and Costume
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