Camille Charara is a Costume Designer and Artist based in NYC and Detroit. Her creative work revolves around art, people, and stories. As an artist, she builds worlds, and as a person, she builds communities. As a first-generation American she invested in telling socially relevant stories. She honors people’s histories and individualities while creating characters and meticulously looks at character’s motivations and relationships to uncover truths. Camille’s background in fine art is in service of this, solidifying clear visuals and artistic execution. She is an educator with experience teaching at the undergraduate level and 3rd-12th grade students. Camille has designed plays, musicals, operas, and films, but particularly loves designing pieces connected to music. She holds a BFA in costume design and BA in art & design from the University of Michigan. Upcoming: VisionIntoArt: Impact Lab Fellow, 12th Night, University of Michigan. Baba, Williamston Theater. Asst. CD Der Rosenkavalier, Santa Fe Opera.
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream - The lovers after they ‘awake’ from their dream. Photo by Ella Bromlin
As You Like It, Catskill Mountain Shakespeare - The wedding celebration. Photo by Richard Wade.
Cendrillon - Cinderella’s progression throughout the opera.
Lydia Stays Home - Lydia soft launching her excuse to not go out tonight causing tension between her and her…
A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Oberon spreads the flower’s love juice on Titania’s eyes. Photo by Ella Bromlin
Seeking Man - The exploring philosophers realizing they are lost.
L’étoile - King Oof, Lazuli, and Laoula and their respective yellow, blue, and pink worlds.
The Gardener - A music video design centered around a singer narrating about a paranoid and jealous man who murders…
Major Barbara - Peter Shirley reassures Barbara after she leaves The Salvation Army. Photo by Ella Bromblin
Sequential Disintergration - ‘Flight’ breaks away from the mechanical status quo and takes wing in this dance piece.
Cendrillon - Cinderella’s father and step family at ‘The Ball’.