Nanette Acosta

Nanette Acosta has been designing costumes, building costumes and teaching costuming for over 20 years for theatre, film and television across the country. Seattle design credits include The Lamp Is The Moon, A Single Shard, Elephant and Piggie Are In A Play, Mwindo and The Boy At The Edge of Everything for Seattle Children's Theatre; Bright Star, An Ideal Husband (Gregory Award nomination for outstanding costumes), Beams Are Creaking, Moreau and Joyful Noise for Taproot Theatre; Smokey Joe's Café, The Prince and the Pauper and Miss Saigon for the 5th Avenue Theatre; Great Men of Science Nos. 21 & 22, Hanging Lord Haw Haw, The Empress of Eden and Lauren Weedman's one woman show Amsterdam for Empty Space Theatre; Hamlet for Seattle Shakespeare; and Grease and Babes In Arms for The Village Theatre. Chicago design credits include award-winning costumes for Northlight Theatre, The Court Theatre, John Cusak's New Criminals, Chicago Shakespeare, Shattered Globe Theatre, Touchstone Theatre, Drury Lane Oakbrook and Bailiwick Repertory. Film design credits include the independent film The Basket, starring Peter Coyote and Karen Allen. Acosta has taught at University of Illinois at Chicago, Columbia College, Loyola University Chicago, University of Washington

What do you enjoy most about being part of UT Theatre and Dance? 

I enjoy the students. Their energy, creativity and spirit continuously reminds me why I do theatre. 

What is your favorite thing about Austin? 

Hands down, the music!