L.A. CLEVENSON is a freelance costume designer based in Brooklyn, NY. Over her 15+ years of professional experience, she has worked nation-wide and with numerous production companies including The Public Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizons, Nike, Stages Theatre (Houston), Zach Scott Theatre, The KC Rep, and the Houston Grand Opera, among others.​

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L.A. has found that as well as designing, she loves numerous areas of technical costuming including fabric dying, painting, aging and distressing, masks creation, millinery, and most recently has fallen in love with shoe up-cycling!

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She was awarded Best Costume Design by the Houston Press, a city-wide award, and was featured as an “up-and-coming” designer in Texas Arts & Culture Magazine before returning to school and acquired her MFA in Costume Design & Technology from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

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L.A. enjoys attending theatre, visiting museums and trying to find the best sushi spot in the city.