Shoot & Splice: Costume Design on a Budget

Bruce is originally from Southern California and a graduate of CLU, who now lives in Memphis, and is going into his sixteenth season as the Wardrobe Director and Resident Costume Designer for Ballet Memphis.  His works can be seen regularly on the Orpheum stage and numerous other venues around the mid-south, and nationally.  His designs have been praised as “dazzling” by Critical Dance Magazine, and a “Master of Chiffon” by the Commercial Appeal.  He has worked with companies such as Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival, Tennessee Shakespeare Company, Trey McIntyre Project, Ballet De Moines, The Harid Conservatory, The Western Stage, among others.  Some of his specialty garments can be seen on Mrs. Tennessee for Mrs. America, At Home Tennessee Magazine’s featured wedding issue, The Memphis Mystic Krew court, Curb Couture Trashion Show, and Condomonium.  Bruce has also worked on several commercials here in the Mid-South.  When not working behind the scenes, Bruce enjoys acting, and regularly appears in The Break-Up Show, and shows with Friends of George’s.