Raquel Adorno

Raquel Adorno (She/Her/Ella)
Costume Design, August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

RAQUEL ADORNO is a costume designer and educator based in Chicago. Selected credits: CHICAGO: The Thanksgiving Play, POTUS, Describe the Night (Steppenwolf Theater); Measure for Measure, I, Banquo (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre); Georgiana and Kitty, Intimate Apparel* (Northlight Theatre); Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Antigone, Gospel at Colonus, The Island, The Tragedy Of Othello, The Moor of Venice (Court Theatre); The Band’s Visit, Wife of a Salesman (Writers Theatre); Mies Julie (Victory Gardens Theater); Unelectable You (The Second City); Plano (First Floor Theater); Top Girls (Remy Bumppo Theatre Company); D.O.A*., The Long Christmas Ride Home, Desperate Dolls (Strawdog Theatre Company); The Music Man (Marriott Theatre); PERSONALITY: The Lloyd Price Musical (Hard Kill LLC); Murder Ballad, Princess Mary Demands Your Attention, CARRIE: The Musical (Bailiwick Chicago); Angry Fags (Steppenwolf Garage) The Submission, Songs from an Unmade Bed (Pride Films and Plays); Barefoot in the Park, Crimes of the Heart, Dead Accounts (Step Up Productions); A Number, Scenes from an Execution (Runcible Theatre). REGIONAL: The Wolves (McCarter Theatre Center); The Tempest, Intimate Apparel (Utah Shakespeare Festival); A Raisin in the Sun, The Taming of the Shrew, Cymbeline, A Doll’s House, A Doll’s House, Part 2 ( American Players Theatre); Small Mouth Sounds (UCCS Theatreworks). FILM: Limerence. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY: The Flick, The Cherry Orchard, Jane Eyre, The Orange Garden, Vinegar Tom EDUCATION: MFA in Stage Design, Northwestern University, MM in Opera Performance, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; BM in Opera, Vocal Performance and Vocal Pedagogy. AWARDS: The Michael Maggio Award 2022, The Michael Merritt Academic Achievement Prize for Collaborative Design 2019. www.raqueladorno.com