Associate Professor of Theater Design and the Department of Theater and Dance
Contact
Email: odell_clinton@wheatoncollege.edu
Phone: 508-286-3585
Website: https://www.clintonodell.com/
Education
M.F.A., University of Tennessee
B.F.A., West Virginia University
About
Main Interests
- Costume and Scene Design
- Costume History and the evolution of Fashion
- Watercolor/Mixed Media Painting
Publications
Creative Works
FINE ART EXHIBITS:
- Solo exhibit (invitational) at Gather Here, Cambridge, MA, 2011
- Works on Paper (juried) curated by Laura Francis, Gallery 263-Cambridge, MA, 2010
- Birds of a Feather (invitational) curated by Kathrine Lovell, Kathrine Lovell Studios-Barrington, RI 2010
- Union Work (invitational) curated by James Toleman, Tulip Street Gallery- Salem, MA 2008
Selected Stage Design Credits:
WHEATON COLLEGE
Lysistrata (costumes) directed by Don Mays, 2024
Rent (costumes) directed by Stephanie Daniels, 2023
Julius Caesar (cancelled – COVID) directed by Joe Wilson, Jr., 2020
Stupid F**king Bird (scenery) directed by Stephanie, 2019
Once on this Island (scenery) directed by Clinton O’Dell, 2019
Much Ado About Nothing (costumes) directed by David Fox , 2018
The Glass Menagerie (costumes & scenery) directed by David Fox, 2018
A Brief History of the Universe (costumes) directed by Stephanie Daniels, 2017
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (costumes & scenery) directed by David Fox, 2016
Servant of Two Masters (costumes) directed by David Fox, 2016
Rabbit Hole (scenery) directed by Stephanie Daniels, 2015
The Trojan Women (cost. & scenery) directed by David Fox, 2014
Rumors (cost. & scenery) directed by David Fox, 2013
Cabaret (costumes & scenery) directed by Christien Poulos, 2012
Cloud 9 (scenery) directed by Stephanie Daniels, 2012
Romeo and Juliet (costumes & scenery) directed by Andrea Grapko, 2011
Machinal (costumes & scenery) directed by Jennifer Madden, 2011
The Importance of Being Earnest (scenery) directed by David Fox, 2010
The Pillowman (costumes & scenery) directed by David Fox, 2010
Macbeth (costumes & scenery) directed by David Fox, 2008
Dracula (costumes & scenery) directed by David Fox, 2008
A Chorus Line (costumes) directed by Stephanie Daniels, 2007
A Streetcar Named Desire (costumes & scenery) directed by David Fox, 2007
The Long Christmas Ride Home (costumes & scenery) directed by Stephanie Daniels, 2006
REGIONAL:
The Paper Maker (costumes) Sally Wood Portland Stage, 2015
Veils (costumes) Sally Wood Portland Stage, 2014
Melena (scenery) Ken Prestininzi BT Playwrights’ Rep, 2013
The Gospel of Lovingkindess (scenery) Kym Moore BT Playwrights’ Rep, 2013
The Hunchback of Seville (scenery) Taibi Magur BT Playwrights’ Rep, 2013
Big River (costumes) directed by Dennis Jones, Sierra Repertory Theatre, 2010
Stand By Your Man: The Tammy Wynette Story (costumes) directed by Michael Liccata, Sierra Repertory Theatre, 2010
No Sex Please, We’re British (costumes) directed by Dennis Jones, Sierra Repertory Theatre, 2009
Prayer (costumes and scenery) directed by Joseph Beuerlein, NYC Fringe Theatre Festival/Pace University, 2008
South Pacific (costumes) directed by Scott Viets, Artistic Director, Sierra Repertory Theatre, 2008
The Oldest Story Every Told (costumes) directed by Sally Wood, Theatre at Monmouth, 2007
Measure for Measure (costumes) directed by Jeri Pitcher, Theatre at Monmouth, 2007
My Three Angels (costumes) directed by Janis Stevens, Theatre at Monmouth, 2007
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (costumes and scenery) directed by Jeffrey Thomas, Theatre at Monmouth, 2006
Tonya and Nancy: The Opera (costumes) directed by Meron Langsner, Tufts University/ ART’s Zero Arrow Theatre, 2006
Romeo and Juliet (costumes) directed by Alexander Torra, Trinity Repertory/Brown University Consortium, 2006
The Glass Menagerie (costumes) directed by Heath Cullens, Trinity Repertory/Brown University Consortium, 2006
Medea (costumes) directed by Birgitta Victorson, Trinity Repertory/Brown University Consortium, 2006
Death and the Maiden (costumes) directed by Geordie Broadwater, Trinity Repertory/Brown University Consortium, 2005
Othello (costumes) directed by Geordie Broadwater, Trinity Repertory/Brown University Consortium, 2005
Women on the Verge of HRT (costumes) directed by Robert Scanlan, Sugan Theatre Company, 2005
The Wizard of Oz (costumes) directed by Eunice Ferriera, Eastern Nazarene College, 2005
Big Love (costumes) directed by Birgitta Victorson, Trinity Repertory/Brown University Consortium, 2005
Costume Design: Film and Television
Space Oddity, Director: Kyra Sedgwick, Space Oddity Films, LLC, 2021
Christmas a la Mode, Director: John Stimpson, Lifetime Television, 2019
Long Lost Daughter, Director: Christopher Lang, Network, Lifetime Movie Network, 2018
A Snow White Christmas, Director: Kristin Fairweather, ION Television, 2018
Visitors’ Center Orientation Video, John Adams National Historic Park, 2011
FURTHER SELECT FILM AND TELEVISION CREDITS:
Costumer/Fitter – Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Costume Designer: Colleen Atwood, US Supervisor: Dana
Pacheco, Warner Brothers, 2024
Costumer – Masterpiece feat. Alan Cumming, Stylist: Katy Robbins, WGBH- Boston, 2015-2023
Costume Ager – Salem’s Lot (reshoots) Costume Designer: Virginia Johnson, Warner Brothers, 2022
Fitter – Boston Strangler, Costume Designer: Arjun Bhasin, Supervisor: Jeanie Baker, 20th Century Studios, 2022
Fitter – The Holdovers, Costume Designer: Wendy Chuck, Supervisor: Lori DeLapp, Miramax, 2022
Lead Fitter- Salem’s Lot, Costume Designer: Virginia Johnson, Warner Brothers, 2021
Background Fitter- The Tender Bar, Costume Designer: Jenny Eagan, Amazon Studios, 2021
Lead Fitter- Black Mass, Costume Designer: Kasia Walicka-Maimone, 2014
Costume Ager- NOS4A2 Season 1&2, Head Textile Artist: Hannah Abelow, AMC Television, 2018-19
Costume Ager- The New Mutants, Head Textile Artist: Jill Thibault, 20th Century Fox, 2017
Costume Ager- Ghostbusters, Head Textile Artist: Jill Thibault, Sony Pictures, 2015
View my work on my personal website
Featured in Sightlines Magazine, for the United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Inc.: © 2005 Volume XLV, Number 2
Teaching Interests
Introduction to Stage Design
Stage Makeup
Costume Construction
First Year Experience: Fashioning Selves
Student Projects
Ben Campbell ’23 – scenic artist, Stupid F**king Bird, 2019
Jordan Zimba ’20 – student Costume Designer, Stupid F**king Bird, 2019
Alivia Cross ’19 – student Stage Manager, Once on this Island, 2019
Ian Hamilton ’19 – student Assistant Director, Once on this Island, 2019
Alivia Cross, ’19 – Watson Fellowship Applicant, 2018
Alivia Cross ’19 – student Scene Designer, Much Ado About Nothing, 2018
Elizabeth Broszki ’18 – student Scene Designer, Servant of Two Masters, 2016
Elizabeth Broszki ’18 – student Scene Designer, Our Town, 2018
Elizabeth Broszki ’18 – student Scene Designer, Brief History…, 2017
Robert Moore ’15 – student Scene Designer, Closer, 2015
Rebekah Bryer ’13 – student Stage Manager, 2010-1013
Griffin Patria – costume designer for Cloud 9, Wheaton College 2012
Griffin Patria – Wheaton College Fellowship Fit for a Queen. Research and production of historical clothing, culminating in a fashion show focused on historical political figures.
Mia Khayat – costume designer for An Inspector Calls, Wheaton College 2008
Mia Khayat – costume designer for Endgame, Wheaton College 2007
Nicole Beal – scene designer for A Chorus Line, Wheaton College 2007
Research Interests
- Appalachain theatre and storytelling
- Costume and fashion as historical benchmark
- The Arts in rural communities