Martin Thaler; Costume Designer

Biography

Martin received his M.F.A. from Penn State University in 1984 and is a Full Professor in the Department of Theatre. Prof. Thaler was awarded the University of Vermont’s Kroepsch- Maurice Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2007. Design credits include work at the Champlain Shakespeare Festival, the Theatre-by-the-Sea, Brandeis University, Rowan University, Dartmouth Summer Repertory, Stage One: The Louisville Children’s Theatre, Tri-Cities Opera and West Virginia Public Stage. New York credits in costume construction include The Muppet Arena Show, SHOGUN: The Musical, My Favorite Year at Lincoln Center, the American revival of Hello Dolly that opened in NYC and toured internationally, and the Chicago premiere of Miss Saigon. Professor Thaler has also styled clothing for Maryland Public Television’s nationally syndicated “Wall Street Weekly”. During the summer he teaches drawing and painting to senior adults at the Rehoboth Art League, Rehoboth, DE. Professor Thaler was Department Chair from 1991-2001, during which the department saw the creation of the Holiday Production for Children and the Season Subscription Series while building partnerships with the Vermont Stage Co. and the University Resident Theatre Association. With all of his accomplishments at UVM Professor Thaler is most proud of his work in the classroom, placing many UVM students in graduate schools on full scholarships. In the winter of ‘06, he designed the Off-Broadway production of Goldoni’s comedy Servant of Two Masters for the New Globe Theatre in NYC. Later this month he will be a guest artist for Rowan University where he will design Moliere’s The Misanthrope, and in April, his designs for Donezitti’s Elixer of Love will be seen at the Tri-Cities Opera, in Binghamton, NY

Martin Thaler; Costume Designer

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