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Meghan E. Healey

Meghan E. Healey is a designer based in NYC who specializes in new plays and experimental work. Her most recent work includes costumes for The Body of an American (Wilma Theater), WE ARE PROUD... for Woolly Mammoth Theater, costumes for Love On San Pedro and scenery for Plumas Negras (both for Cornerstone Theater Company), and costumes created from plants native to the Northeast for a dance tribute to the opening of the Native Plants Garden at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden (Delirious Dances). She has designed costumes and scenery for more than fifty world premiere productions, from playwrights such as Eduardo Machado, Lars Noren, Jose Cruz Gonzalez, Andrea Thome, Clive Barker, Michael John Garcés, Najla Said, Nilaja Sun, Rob Handel, Jonathan Leaf, and Adam Krarr, among others.

Ms. Healey was the recipient of both the 2007 ACE and HOLA awards for Best Costume Design (Zanahorias, Duke Theater, NYC). Other notable work includes world premiere productions of Blues for Grey Sun (INTAR), September Shoes (Geva Theatre), and Kissing Fidel (INTAR). She received her MFA in Design from NYU’s Tisch School, and teaches costume and scenic design at Queens College CUNY, where she is chair of the Department of Drama, Theater, and Dance.

The Unicorn Paradox or What Is Design Anyway?
Essay

The Unicorn Paradox or What Is Design Anyway?

10 June 2015

Meghan Healey breaks down what designers do.