Tamara Marie Kucheran
is an award-winning set and costume designer who centers her practice in an atmosphere of collaboration, trust and respect, supporting performers to do their best work.
“Obsidian Theatre’s production of Intimate Apparel, designed by Tamara Marie Kucheran to suggest the rich variety of this bustling city, literally fills the broad Berkeley stage. Her splendid costumes, some plush and others plain, give further vividness to the period drama.”
How He Lied to Her Husband (Shaw Festival) - Costume design Tamara Marei Kucheran; Set and Lighting design by Steve Lucas. Pictured (left to right) David Adams, Krystal Kiran, Shawn Ahmed
Intimate Apparel (Obsidian Theatre Company, Canadian Stage, Citadel Theatre), Set & Costume by Tamara Marie Kucheran, Lighting Design by Renee Brode. Close up picture Raven Dauda and Lisa Berry.
The Color Purple (Neptune Theatre) Set & Costume Tamara Marie Kucheran
Tamara has had the privilege of working with some of the world's top theatre professionals on stages across Canada.
Select credits include
COSTUME for "Gypsy" (postponed due to Covid-19), "How He Lied to Her Husband" and "Man of Destiny" (Shaw Festival), "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" (Stratford Festival),"The Power of Harriet T." (Young Peoples Theatre);
SET for "Honour Beat" (The Grand Theatre), "Peter Pan" (Neptune Theatre); and SET & COSTUME for "The Color Purple" (Neptune Theatre), "Salt Baby" (The Belfry Theatre), "The Penelopiad" and "Cabaret" (Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre), "Intimate Apparel" (Obsidian Theatre Co., CanStage, Citadel Theatre), and "Fanny Kemble" (Stratford Festival).
Tamara is a recipient of the prestigious Virginia and Myrtle Cooper Award in Costume Design (2017). Other awards include a Robert Merritt Award for Outstanding Costume Design ("The Colour Purple"), a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Costume Design ("Intimate Apparel"), a Tyrone Guthrie Award (Stratford Festival), and the Ian and Molly Lindsay Young Design Fellowship (Stratford Festival).
Tamara's teaching credits include Sessional, Lecturer, and Guest Artist Instructor positions at The National Theatre School of Canada, Off the Wall Stratford Artists Alliance, the University of Victoria, and Michigan State University.
Tamara is a graduate of the University of Victoria (BFA with Distinction) and the National Theatre School of Canada.
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