THE OFFICIAL SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN

Aly Renée Amidei

Costume Designer
The Beaux' Stratagem: A Comedy of Bad Manners
USA
Aly is an Associate Professor of Costume Design and the Associate Chair of the Department of
Theatre and Drama at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
She is a costume designer and playwright focusing on new works and re-envisioned classics.
She has designed at Lifeline Theatre, Strawdog Theatre, Steep Theatre, Buffalo Theatre Ensemble,
Children's Theatre of Madison, and Irish Theatre of Chicago, to name a few.
Previous Michigan Shakespeare Festival designs include: She Stoops to Conquer, Cymbeline,
As You Like It, Merry Wives of Windsor, and Pericles.
Previously, she worked for fifteen years as the costume and makeup coordinator for the
College of DuPage theater and dance department and as a professor at UNC-Charlotte for seven years.