Susanne Houstle is a set & costume designer from Cleveland, OH, now living just outside NYC in Maplewood, NJ. She specializes in design for theater, dance & film. Susanne has been working on the East Coast for over 15 years. She loves working with students and teaches design at Drew University. Collaborators include: Kareem Fahmy, Ashley Teague, James Palmer, Rachel Dart, Rory McGregor, Richard Aven, Scott Illingworth, and Jolie Tong. Susanne has an MFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she was awarded a TSOA full-tuition fellowship. She particularly enjoys storytelling in devised work, world building and history.
Contact: susannehoustle@gmail.com
Up Next:
Julius Caesar @ FDU, Madison NJ
CV:
Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 (costume design)—Dir. Jessica Pearson-Bleyer—Williams College—2024
A Chorus Line (costume design)—Dir. Suzanne Agins—Drew University—2024
A Class Act (costume design)—Dir. Cynthia Thole—Fairleigh-Dickensen University—2023
She Kills Monsters (costume design)—Dir. Barbara McAdams—Drew University—2023
gerstl took the easy way out—Dir. Ashley Teague—Notch Theater Company—2023
Don Pasquale (costume design)—Dir. Meaghan Dieter—Opera Saratoga—2023
Gentlemen’s Guide to Love and Murder (costume design)—Dir. David Gram—Opera Saratoga—2023
Into the Woods (costume design)—Dir. Suzanne Agins—Fairleigh Dickensen University—2023
Iphigenia in Aulis (costume design)—Dir. Jolie Tong—Drew University—2023
La Calisto (costume design)—Dir. Emma Griffin—Mannes School of Music—2022
Crimes of the Heart (costume design)—Dir. Stacie Lents—Fairleigh Dickensen University—2022
Dom Juan (assistant costume designer to Asta Bennie-Hostetter)—Bard SummerScape—2022
Working (costume design)—Dir. Chuk Obasi—Drew University—2022
Singin’ In the Train (costume design)—Dir. Rachel Dart—Princeton Triangle Club—2022
Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow (costume design)—Dir. Claire Karpen—Columbia University—2021
Men On Boats (costume design)—Dir. Jolie Tong—Drew University—2021
Another Rose (associate costume designer to Tilly Grimes)—Virgin Voyages—2020
Hay Fever (costume design)—Dir. Stephen Hollis—Fairleigh Dickensen University—2019
Anna Karenina (set & costume design)—Dir. Ashley Teague—Notch Theater Company—NYC—2019
Conway (costume design)—Dir. Rory McGregor—Theater Lab—NYC—2019
Everybody (costume design)—Dir. Jordana De La Cruz—The New School—NYC—2019
The Balcony (costume design)—Dir. Ellen Orenstein—Marymount Manhattan College—NYC—2019
rail. (set & costume design)—Dir. Rachel Dart—Missing Bolts Productions—Philadelphia, PA—2019
Decky Does a Bronco (costume design)—Dir. Ethan Nienaber—Starting 5 Productions—NYC—2019
Cagney (assistant costume design to Gregory Gale)—Pioneer Theater Company—Salt Lake City, UT—2019
OK OK (set design)—Dir. Katie Pearl—KO Festival—Amherst, MA—2019
Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike (costume design)—Dir. John Neville-Andrews—Weathervane Playhouse—Newark, OH—2019
Spring Awakening (costume design)—Dir. Nick Brennan—Gallery Players—Brooklyn, NY—2019
Steel Magnolias (costume design)—Dir. Carole Heeley—Fairleigh Dickenson University—Madison, NJ—2019
Once (costume design)—Dir. Victoria Bussert—Beck Center for the Arts—Cleveland, OH—2019
IVANKAPLAY (set & costume design)—Dir. Rachel Dart—Edinburgh Fringe—Edinburgh, UK—2019
Be More Chill (costume design)—Dir. Jon Martinez—Playhouse Square—Cleveland, OH—2019
The Hound of the Baskervilles (associate costume designer to Charlotte Yetman)—Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival—Lake Tahoe—2017
The Things That Were There (associate set & costume design to Carolyn Mraz)—The Bushwick Starr—Brooklyn, NY--2018
Gypsy (costume design)—Dir. Kevin Connell—Weathervane Playhouse—Newark, OH—2018
The Triumphant (costume design)—Dir. Kareem Fahmy—Target Margin Theater—Brooklyn, NY—2018
Cracks (set & costume design)—Dir. Anna Strasser—NYC Fringe Festival—NYC—2018
The Full Monty (costume design)—Dir. Stephen Hollis—Fairleigh Dickinson University—Madison, NJ—2019
Avenue Q (costume design)—Dir. Cynthia Thole Loewus—Fairleigh Dickinson University—Madison, NJ—2018
Twelfth Night (costume design)—Dir. Ashley Teague—Gallery Players—Brooklyn, NY—2018
Julius Caesar (costume design)—Dir. James Palmer—Gallery Players—Brooklyn, NY—2017
An American Daughter (costume design)—Dir. Janet Zarish—NYU Grad Acting—NYC—2018
Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone? (costume design)—Dir. Laura Braza—Starting 5 Productions—NYC—2017
Damn Fool (costume design)—Dir. Richard C. Aven—Fig Productions—NYC—2017
Go Get the Axe (costume design)—Dir. Richard C. Aven—Fig Productions—NYC—2017
Over There (costume design)—Dir. Scott Illingworth—NYU Grad Acting—NYC—2017
Kimberly Akimbo (costume design)—Dir. Allison Choat—Moonbox Productions—Boston, MA—2015
The Importance of Being Earnest (costume design)—Dir. Allison Choat—Moonbox Productions—Boston, MA—2013
Company (costume design)—Dir. Allison Choat—Moonbox Productions—Boston, MA—2014
SexyBack: or what you will (costume design)—Dir. Marissa Roberts—Touch Performance Art—Boston, MA—2014
Elemeno Pea (costume design)—Dir. Scott Zigler—American Repertory Theater Institute—Cambridge, MA—2014