Ashleigh Poteat is a costume and scenic designer who has designed costumes and scenery for Off-Broadway, regional and professional shows around the country. Ashleigh completed her undergraduate BA in Design & Production at the University of North Carolina at Asheville and her MFA in Production Design at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Ashleigh has taught courses in costume, scenic and properties design and production at UNLV, LaGrange College, Centenary University and Coastal Carolina University before coming to teach at The University of Incarnate Word.
- MFA Production Design, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2010
- BA Drama, with a concentration in Design and Production, University of North Carolina at Asheville, 2007
- 2023- University of Incarnate Word, Assistant Professor, Theatre Arts
- 2019-2023 - Coastal Carolina University, Guest Designer, Teaching Associate, Theatre
- 2016-2019 - Centenary University, Assistant Professor, Theatre Arts and Fashion
- 2010-2015 - LaGrange College, Assistant Professor, Theatre Arts
RECENT DESIGN WORK
- 2023 - Costume Director, Carmen, Bluebeard's Castle, The Love for Three Oranges; Des Moines Metro Opera
- 2023 Costume Designer, The Falling and the Rising, Des Moines Metro Opera
- 2023 Costume Designer, POTUS, Charlotte Repertory Theatre
- 2023 Costume Designer, Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice and As You Like It, The American Shakespeare Center
- 2022 Costume Designer, Hitler's Tasters, Theatre Row, NYC
- Costume Designer, Juliet and Romeo, Access Theatre, NYC
- Costume Designer, STIFF, Abingdon Theatre, NYC
- Costume Designer, Time Stands Still, 13th Street Rep, NYC
- Scenic Designer, Less Than 50%, 59E59, NYC
- Scenic Designer, A Burial Place, Dorothy Strelsin Theatre, NYC
- Southeastern Theatre Conference 2023: Is It Cake? Food Props
- Southeastern Theatre Conference 2023: From Costume to Cosplay
- Southeastern Theatre Conference 2019: Costume Design and Technology
- Southeastern Theatre Conference 2018: So You Want to Have Kids? Program presentation
- Southeastern Theatre Conference 2018: There’s An App For That, Program presentation
- “Outside the Box: Make Your own Recycled Paper” in Southern Theatre Magazine, vol. 54 issue 4 November 2013
- Southeastern Theatre Conference 2015: A Green Midsummer Night’s Dream, presentation on sustainable production
- Southeastern Theatre Conference 2014: Six Ways to Go Green, presentation on sustainable theatrical practices
- Southeastern Theatre Conference 2013: Embodied Energy and Sustainable Theatre Practices, presentation on sustainable theatrical practices
- Southeastern Theatre Conference 2012: Toward a Sustainable Theatre, presentation on sustainable theatrical practices
- Southeastern Theatre Conference 2011: Toward a Sustainable Theatre, presentation on sustainable theatrical practices
- Teaching and Learning Conference 2014 “Persistent Worlds: Persistent Challenges”
- Teaching and Learning Conference 2013 “What Video Games Can Teach Us About Teaching”
SETC
- Podcasts
- History of Fashion
- Embroidery
- History of Fashion
- Textiles
- 3D printing applications in theatre and fashion
- Sustainability