Associate Professor
Costume Design and Construction
Hair, Wigs, and Make-up
she/her/hers
maile.speetjens@hawaii.edu
Courses:
THEA 200/400D: Wardrobe Practicum
THEA 240: Introduction to Production Design
THEA 354: Introduction to Costume Construction
THEA 356: Beginning Costume Design
THEA 357: Stage Makeup Workshop
THEA 499: Directed Work
THEA 641: Historic Costume and Decor
THEA 650: Professional Advancement in Design
THEA 654: Advanced Costume Construction
THEA 656: Advanced Costume Design
THEA 657: Design Seminar
THEA 690: Graduate Theatre Workshop
THEA 692: Practicum in Teaching
Maile Speetjens (BFA in Musical Theatre, Emerson College; MFA in Costume Design and Technology, University of Georgia, Athens) serves as Associate Professor of Costumes, Hair, and Makeup at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Maile’s work in costumes has spanned from Boston to Hawaii and in between. Recent creative research includes Aloha Attire (Kumu Kahua Theatre, Honolulu), Twelfth Night (Lyric Repertory), Conversion of Ka’ahumanu (Kumu Kahua Theatre, Honolulu), and ‘Au’a ‘Ia: Holding On (UH Mānoa Hana Keaka).
Current research interests include empathy-centered pedagogical strategies, alternative approaches to design work and course construction, design for Hana Keaka (Hawaiian medium theatre), and new strategies in digital draping technology. Maile serves as the Design, Technology, and Management Chair of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Region 8.