About Abbie
Abbie Hagen is the Resident Costume Designer at The Rose Theater in Omaha, Nebraska. With an MFA in Costume Design and Technology from Kent State University, Abbie Hagen has experience working as a costume designer, stage manager, wardrobe head, and costume shop assistant manager. Abbie also has an Honors BFA in Theatrical Production and Design from Westminster College. She has worked with Porthouse Theatre, the Salt Lake Acting Company, and the Idaho Shakespeare Festival in a professional capacity and is extremely passionate about the power of creative storytelling.
Theatrical Work Experience
2025-Present
The Rose Theater
Resident Costume, Hair, and Makeup
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Designed costumes, hair and makeup for The Rose's season of main stage shows
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Served as craft/dye head for all productions in The Rose's main stage season
2022-2025
Kent State University
Graduate Assistant
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Created curriculum for and taught introductory sewing lab classes and introductory production design lecture classes
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Designed costumes, hair, and makeup for Main Stage productions
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Worked in the Kent State Costume Shop as a wardrobe captain, stitcher, dyer, first hand, and draper on various productions
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Summers 2023, 2024, 2025
Porthouse Theatre
Costume Designer and Craft/Dye Head
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Designed all costumes, hair, and makeup for School of Rock in 2025, Annie in 2024, and The Marvelous Wonderettes in 2023
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Dyed fabric, painted custom prints onto textiles, airbrushed extant garments, and crafted jewelry pieces as craft/dye head
Summers 2019, 2021, 2022
Idaho Shakespeare Festival
Stitcher, Wardrobe Crew, Shop Intern
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Constructed and altered costumes at the direction of head draper
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Worked as a stitcher (2021, 2022), wardrobe crew (2019), and costume shop assistant (2019)
2018-2022
Westminster College Costume Shop
Assistant Costume Shop Manager
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Led undergraduate students in costume construction for productions
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Began work as a stitcher (2018-2019), promoted to assistant costume shop manager in 2020
Winter 2019
Salt Lake Acting Company
University Professional Theatre Program (Assistant Costume Designer)
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Assisted costume designer on SLAC's production of The Cake
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Aided in purchasing, fittings, alterations, and in dress rehearsals
Education
2022-Present
Kent State University
Current MFA Candidate in Costume Design and Technology
Graduate Assistantship starting Fall 2022
Degree Anticipated May 2025
2018-2022
Westminster College
Graduated Summa Cum Laude with an Honors Bachelor's of Fine Arts in Theatrical Design and Technology, 3.98 GPA