Elizabeth Flauto Costume Crafts is a Chicago-based independent studio specializing in millinery and masks for theatre, opera, and dance. Past work includes projects for:
Regional Theatres: Steppenwolf Theatre Co, The Goodman Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, Hartford Stage Co, Alley Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, Asolo Theatre, Ahmanson Theatre, Goodspeed Opera Co
Broadway Sho
ws: Dr Zhivago, On The Town, Honeymoon in Vegas, Pacific Overtures, Julius Caesar, The Homecoming, Good Vibrations, Cymbeline
National Tours: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Flashdance
Opera Companies: Lyric Opera of Chicago, New York City Opera, Chicago Opera Theatre, Opera Santa Barbara
Costume Designers: Jess Goldstein, Paul Tazewell, David Zinn, James Schuette, David Woolard, Constance Hoffman, Virgil Johnson, David Murin, Mara Blumenfeld, Alejo Vietti, Catherine Zuber, Leon Dobkowski, Ann Hould-Ward, Paloma Young, Dede Ayite, Jennifer Caprio, Brian Hemesath
A 20-year professional in costume design and technology, Elizabeth trained in theatre design and crafts under Susan Tsu and James Glavan at the University of Texas, Austin, following a BS in Theatre at the University of Evansville, IN. After four years in NYC as an assistant, craftsperson, and designer, she is happy to have established her home and studio in a historic bungalow in Jefferson Park, Chicago, right in the flight path of incoming planes to O’Hare. She is the lucky partner of Kelly Kessler and tired mother of twins.
