Amber Cook

AMBER IS...

a costume and scenic designer, artist, collaborator, educator.

Amber is the Assistant Professor of Costume Design at the Conservatory of Theatre and Dance at Southeastern Missouri State University. She is also a freelance designer who has worked all over the country and continues to explore new opportunities. She is a proud member of United Scenic Artists, USA Local 829.

NEWS/CURRENT PROJECT

NEWS:
Amber will be headed back to the Black Hills Playhouse in the Summer of 2016 as Costume Designer for The Addams Family, Scenic Designer for Shipwrecked!, and Costume Shop Supervisor.

UP NEXT:
--Scenic Design Remount for "Rounding Third" at Tipping Point Theatre

--Costume design for "The Most _____ City" at Flint Youth Theatre

--Costume and Scenic design for "The White Snake" by Mary Zimmerman at Albion College

An article featuring work from Amber's Props and Costume Crafts Class was recently featured on MLive.
http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2014/11/fake_food_on_display_at_albion.html#incart_river

Amber was recently featured through interview, costumes and renderings as part of the production team of "Dead Man's Shoes" in Live Design Magazine and on Live Design Online at:

http://livedesignonline.com/theatre/1108_dead_mans_shoes/

PRESS

THE BEST BROTHERS
"Directed by Lynn Lammers, "The Best Brothers" runs without an intermission and the transitions between scenes are carefully managed by Shannon T. Schweitzer’s lighting design and the simple moving of curtains and furniture on Amber Marisa Cook’s white set. The back wall is adorned with empty white picture frames, allowing the audience to fill in pictures of a life while easily moving between locations with simple changes." -Bridget Redman for Encore Michigan, February 8, 2015


THE KING AND I
"As always, Amber Marisa Cook’s costumes are stunning..." -Ohio Light Opera Opens 35th Season with Regal Production of 'The King and I' by John Finn for Ohio.com, June 20, 2013

"...lovely costuming, fine sets, Jerome Robbins’ original choreography, and especially imaginative lighting, ... The colorful costumes, quick changes, and skillful choreography all made the show flow well. Though very young, she brought the role of a mature widow to life fully with the help of the fine costuming and her gorgeous voice."
-Review: The King and I by Robert Rollin for Cleveland Classical, June 22, 2013

THE GONDOLIERS
"Amber Marisa Cook merits high marks for her festive and colorful costumes."
-Ohio Light Opera Captures Spirit of Gilbert & Sullivan in “The Gondoliers” by John Finn for Ohio.com, July 24, 2013


THE VELVETEEN RABBIT
"Amber Marisa Cook's costuming is brilliant in the way she created the idea of particular toys, from the sailboat to a baseball to the china doll to the piggy bank. "
-Rabbit leaps into Flint Youth Theatre's Charming Tale
by Bridgette M. Redman for EncoreMichigan.com

DEAD MAN'S SHOES
"Amber Marisa Cook's costumes - particularly the versatile clothes worn by Meyer and Hopper to accommodate quick changes - hit the right notes, both in style and palette..."
-Jenn McKee for AnnArbor.com 04/17/2012

"Amber Marisa Cook's costumes -- from Froggy's moth-eaten cavalry uniform (he survived Custer's fated charge at Little Big Horn) to the duster, Stetson and boots that define Bill's badass man in black -- are dusty and tired, just like the characters they cloak."
-John Monaghan for the Detroit Free Press, 03/08/2012

"Costumes by Amber Marisa Cook evoke a period feel without strict authenticity, lavishing attention onto details that reward the up-close advantages of intimate seating, including a particular compelling-reviling accessory."
- Carolyn Hayes for www.roguecritic.com 02/18/2012

http://www.williamstontheatre.com/wp/thoughts-from-behind-the-scenes-costume-designer

COX AND BOX, TRIAL BY JURY, EVENING WIND
"...costume designer Amber Marisa Cook added wonderful designs appropriate for the setting."
-J.D. Goddard for ClevelandClassical.com 08/02/11

--Amber was recently honored to be nominated for the
Zelma H. Weisfeld Costume Design & Technology Award from USITT for her work on the Triple Bill at the Ohio Light Opera in 2011.

HOME: VOICES OF FAMILIES FROM THE MIDWEST
"Costumes by Amber Marisa Cook play with neutrals and accents, sometimes defining a character but just as often letting the vignettes speak for themselves."
- Carolyn Hayes for The Rogue Critic 05/28/10

KID PURPLE
"The set, costume and property designs were given stylistic cohesion by Amber Marisa Cook."
-"Grape-est of All Time" by Paul Wozniak, City Pulse, July 1, 2009

HEDDA GABLER
"Amber Marisa Cook costumes the women exquisitely in period pieces."
-Staring into the Void by Tom Helma, City Pulse, 2009

CABARET
"Designed by Samantha Bostwick, the lighting throughout the play is fantastic, as are Amber Marisa Cook's costumes."
-"Dread Can Dance" by Mary Cusack, City Pulse, 2008

Amber Marisa Cook