• Program Description
    Students focus on learning the basic tools and procedures for designing and creating costumes, hair, and makeup, with particular attention to technical knowledge of safety procedures and demonstrating safe operation of theatre equipment, tools, and raw materials. Students also learn the standard conventions of design presentation and documentation; the organizational structure of theatre production and creative work in a collaborative environment; and the resulting artistic improvement. Public performances may serve as a culmination of specific instructional goals. Students may be required to attend or participate in technical work, rehearsals, and/or performances beyond the school day to support, extend, and assess learning in the classroom.

    Faculty

    Betty-Jane Parks, Costume Design Director, Theater Department

    Betty-Jane Parks

    Contact: betty-jane.parks@hcps.net

    Ms. Parks has worked as a professional theatre artist in the Tampa Bay area for over a decade. She has been a professionally contracted designer, director, builder, actor, painter, playwright, and teaching artist, and has worked with every professional theatre company in the Tampa Bay area. She won a Theatre Tampa Bay Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Flannery O’Connor in the one-woman show, A Peculiar Crossroads in 2015, and was nominated for best Costume Design that year as well for the same production. She graduated from Eckerd College in 2007 with a Bachelor’s degree in Theatre with a minor in Visual Arts. Ms. Parks has headed the Costume Design major in Blake’s Magnet Theatre Department since 2019. In addition to teaching all costume classes and running the costume shop, Ms. Parks also teaches Theatre History and Literature, Theatre Cinema and Film, and Play Writing at Blake.

    Audition Requirements
    Use the link at the bottom of the page to access audition information. Once you have applied, you will receive an email with step-by-step instructions for your audition!

    Audition/Portfolio Requirements:
    Costume Design Audition