Katie Irish - Manhunt, The Americans, & Symbolism in Costumes

Voice Of Costume - Creating Character through Costume Design

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Listen in on this inspirational, one-on-one conversation between Katie Irish and Catherine Baumgardner.

Welcome Katie Irish - This Designer began as an assistant designer for Broadway shows like: Godspell, Jesus Christ Superstar, Fences, Shrek then moved on to The Americans Series and the mini-series about Lincoln's assassination, Manhunt on Apple+

Topics Include:

Raised with a pilot father

Theatre vs Scripted Tv

Swimming in a pool vs swimming in the ocean

Working while raising children

Assistant on Spiderman on Broadway

Working on the Americans

Manhunt -

Surprising Colors of the period

Creating a pitch deck for characters

How to discuss budget with producers

Metaphors/Anchors in Manhunt

Stanton "Mars" as 'the wolf'

Symbolism that helps ground a character

Flower symbolism in the period

Mary Todd Lincoln's dress

Traits she wish she had

Words of wisdom

A top place to travel

A top costume movie

Genre wants to design for