Laurel Peterson

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Laurel Peterson
Instructional Associate and Costume Designer/Shop Manager

Ford Hall T128

503-883-2613

lpeterso@linfield.edu

Laurel Peterson, a 2007 Linfield alum, rejoined Linfield as the costume designer and costume shop manager in 2013. She designs and creates the hair, makeup and costumes for the theatre program's stage productions, and teaches courses in costume design, stage makeup and practicum classes in costume construction. She mentors student designers and technicians who work in the costume shop learning the art and craft of theatrical costuming. A number of her designs have been acknowledged with The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Meritorious Achievement Award. In the summer, she often designs costumes for Western Oregon University’s Valley Shakespeare Company.

Education

• B.A., Linfield College
• M.F.A., Boston University