ILANA
BREITMAN

DESIGN FOR STAGE AND FILM

imbreitman@gmail.com
215.285.5227
@ilana_makes_stuff

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The Make America Project (MAP)

COSTUME DESIGN - STAGE

GUYS AND DOLLS (upcoming)
SPAMALOT (upcoming)
THE IMPORTANCE...EARNEST (upcoming)
HOOTENANNY TWELFTH NIGHT
​TWELFTH NIGHT
INTO THE WOODS
MANIFESTO: THE DIAGHILEV PROJECT
PETER PAN
​BALLOONACY
THE MIDNIGHT HOUR
THE NEXT 100 YEARS
100 YEARS! STAY TUNED
​​THE RAFA PLAY
WASHED UP IN THE POTOMAC
TANIA IN THE GETAWAY VAN
ALL OF MY BLOOD
​INTO THE WOODS  
CUT PIECE FOR PANTS SUIT​

​A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
BURIED CHILD
​BEWARE OF DOG
​ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
OTHELLO
HAMLETGHOSTS   
CHASING SHADOWS                          
LOVE SUICIDE/ HIKIKOMORI                    

​DANNY + THE DEEP BLUE SEA
​ANDROMACHE
THE LADY FROM THE SEA      

​LYDIA + TOM: A NEW MUSICAL         HAMLET                                                  
119TH ANNUAL VARSITY SHOW       
THE OWL ANSWERS
THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA                        THYESTES                                                
CANDIDE                                                   
LYDIA + TOM: A NEW MUSICAL               118TH ANUAL VARSITY SHOW     
​BRIGHT LIGHTS BIG CITY                        AUTUMN SONGS: A MUSICAL  
ALCESTIS

​The Dalton School
​The Dalton School
​The Dalton School
Corkscrew Festival
​Duende Productions
​The Dalton School
​In Absentia Productions
​Summer Theatre of New Canaan
​Summer Theatre of New Canaan
The Women's Salon
The Women's Salon
​The Women's Salon
​The Pool @ The Flea Theater​
​The Pool @ The Flea Theater​
The Pool @ The Flea Theater​
Corkscrew Theater Festival
​Friends Seminary Upper School
The Women's Salon​

​​Friends Seminary Upper School
​NYU Tisch Graduate Acting
​The Brewing Department
​NYU Tisch Graduate Acting
The Brewing Department
​The Brewing Department
Columbia University
NYU Tisch Graduate Acting

​Green Hills Theatre Collective 
Greek Theatre Festival
​The Brewing Dept.      
​
​FringeNYC 
Hudson Guild Theatre     
Columbia University     
Barnard Theatre Thesis Festival  
​Columbia Musical Theatre Society 
Barnard/Columbia Ancient Drama  
​Columbia Musical Theatre Society  
CU Performing Arts League     
​Columbia University
Columbia Musical Theatre Society 
Columbia Musical Theatre Society
Barnard/Columbia Ancient Drama ​

dir. Bob Sloan
dir. Kevin Gallagher
​dir. Bob Sloan
dir. Tom Kapusta
​dir. Amy Hayes
dir. Bob Sloan
dir. Nadia Foskolou
​dir. Christian Libonati
dir. Christian Libonati
dir. JoAnne Akalaitis
​dir. JoAnne Akalaitis
​dir. JoAnne Akalaitis
​by Peter Gil-Sheridan
​dir. Jose Zayas
​dir. Portia Krieger​
​dir. Taylor Haven Holt
​dir. Steve Borowska​
dirs. JoAnne Akalaitis + Ashley Tata
​dir. Steve Borowska​
​dir. Pamela Berlin
​dir. Tom Kapusta
​dir. Richard Hamburger
dir. Tom Kapusta
dir. Cody Haefner 
dir. Rachel Karp   
dirs.  Jonathan Rosenberg +
​Dawn Akemi Saito   
​dir. Yasmeen Jawhar  
by Euripides
​dir. Cody Haefner + Tom Kapusta
​dir. Alex Hare  
dir. John Schiffbauer       
dir. Chris Silverberg  
dir. Rebecca Clark    
​dir. Alex Hare                            dir. Claire Catenaccio              dir. Shelley Farmer  
dir. Chris Silverberg             
​dir. Alex Hare 
dir. Rae Binstock   
dir. Alex Hare   
​dir. Claire Catenaccio 

2020
2019
2019
2019
​2019​
​2019​
​2018
​2018
2018
​2018
​2018
​2017
​2017
2017​
2017​
​2017
​2017
​2016​
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2016
​2016​
​2016
​2016
​2015
2015
2015
2014

​2014
2014
​2013

​2013
​2013
2013
2013
2013
​2013
2013
​2012
2012
2012
2012
​2012

SET DESIGN + COSTUME DESIGN - STAGE 

LOST IN YONKERS
AND A CHILD SHALL LEAD
ONCE UPON A MATTRESS

SAR High School
SAR High School
​SAR High School

dir. Dorit Katzenelenbogen
​dir. Dorit Katzenelenbogen
dir. Dorit Katzenelenbogen
​​

2019
​2019
​2018

​​PRODUCTION + COSTUME DESIGN - FILM​

UNDER THE SILVER MOON  (short)
A BITE  (short)

Producer Lauren Fritz
​Columbia Grad Film

dir. Lauren Fritz
​dir. Nick Singer

2019
​2016

​COSTUME DESIGN - FILM 

UNTITLED MUSIC VIDEO
THE SWEET SUBLIME  (short)
REFLECTION  (short)

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NYU Grad Film                   
NYU Grad Film   

​dir. Mira Stroika
dir. Alik  Barsoumian
dir. Stephanie E. Bollag  

2016
2015
​2015

​COSTUME DESIGN - DANCE​

MPW
​"TENEBRIS/LUX"
​MPW
​Chrystal Theater Dedication
"SYMBOLIC LOGIC"
​"CC&D: ESCHER'S FISH"
"PANTHER"

NYU/Tisch  Dance
​New York Choreographic Institute
NYU/Tisch Dance
​NYU/Tisch Dance
NYU/Tisch Dance
NYU/Tisch Dance
​Youth America Grand Prix, CT  ​​

chor. Annie Robson Smock
​chor. Silas Farley
​chors. N. Collazo + A. Texidor
​chor. Sean Curran
chor. Sean Curran
chor. Alison DeFranco
​chor. Jason Ambrose

2019
​2017
​2017
​2015
2015
2014
2013

 
RELATED EXPERIENCE - STAGE + FILM

Assistant Costume Designer
Assistant Costume Designer
Costume PA
​Costume PA
​Costume PA
​Assistant Costume Designer
​Office Manager + Assistant
Assistant Costume Designer
Assistant Costume Designer
​​Assistant Costume Designer
Assistant Costume Designer        
Assistant Costume Designer     
Assistant Costume Designer      Assistant Costume Des. + Makeup Des.​

I DUE FIGARO / Manhattan School of Music
NOVENAS / Rattlestick Theater Company
PLOT AGAINST AMERICA / HBO
THE DEUCE / HBO
TELL ME A STORY / CBS
LITTLE GIRL BLUE / George Street Playhouse​
Susan Hilferty Design Studio
DIMITRIJ ​/ Bard College​
DESCRIBE THE NIGHT / NYU/Tisch
​HERE BE SIRENS ​/ Morningside Opera   
GET ME A GUY ​/ Horse Trade Theater Group
​PALE FIRES: KINBOTE ROOM ​/ NYU/Tisch  
​THE WINTER'S TALE /  Barnard College    
​ILIAD IX / Barnard/Columbia Ancient Drama
​      

des. Tracy Dorman
​des. Ari Fulton
​des. Amy Roth
​des. Jenny Gering
​des. Jenny Gering
des. Ari Fulton
​
​des. Constance Hoffman​​
des. Michelle Roy          
des. Annie Holt    
des. Ariel Pellman   
des. Hannah Kittell         
des. Anne Kenney 
des. Kate Halcrow      
​              

2019
2019
​2019
​2019
​2018
2019​
​2016-2018
2017​
​2014
​​2014
2014-2015
2014
2013
2012
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EDUCATION
Tisch School of the Arts, New York University            

M.F.A. Design for Stage and Film

     

Martin Pakledinaz Award, Leigh Rand Jenkins Scholarship, Shubert Foundation Scholarship, J.S. Seidman Scholarship

Barnard College, Columbia University       

B.A. Classics: Ancient Studies

Thesis: "The Clothes That Launched a Thousand Ships: Costume Design and Historical Accuracy in Filmic Portrayals of Helen of Troy,” 

Albert A. List College, JTSA

B.A. Jewish Art, Magna Cum Laude

Dean’s Fellowship + Full Merit Scholarship, Isak, Rosa, and Shifra Thau Memorial Award, Sarah S. Rudavsky Memorial Prize

SPECIAL SKILLS + PUBLICATIONS

Proficient in elementary Hebrew, Latin & Ancient Greek
3rd Degree Kukkiwon Taekwondo Black Belt
“The Forgotten Founding Fathers of America: The Barbary Conflicts, Part II: Navy and Commerce, 1776-1816.”

2009 National Award Winner, Cum Laude Society Historical Research Paper Competition