About Abigail
Biography
Abigail Larsen is a native of the suburbs of Chicago. She began doing theatre at a young age and fell in love with the arts. She has performed in over 21 productions and decided to continue pursuing theatre at Anderson University in South Carolina. In her undergrad, she fell in love with the art of costumes. She has taken Costume Rendering, Design, Construction, and Special Topic courses focused in tailoring, corsetry, embroidery and a research based class called Period Styles. She currently is pursuing her MFA of Costume Design at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Abigail had the opportunity to design costumes and hair and makeup for main stage productions at both universities, and for multiple student series. She has presented her work on Eurydice, The Seagull and The Secret Garden at KCACTF Region IV and received the Dons Child Award for Collaboration for Eurydice.
About My Design Process
"My first step in my artistic process is to take in the source material, whether a script, music, story, etc., and begin initial research. I create Pinterest board with initial mood, emotion, color, texture, and look. I like to play with color theory, associating certain characters with different colors based on their actions, moods, and relationships. Through many meetings with the director or choreographer, I can focus in onto the specific story that is being told. I provide multiple sketches that fit the parameters of the director's vision but allow my artistic choices to flow. Once the design is finalized, I begin turning it into reality. The costume shop executes all designs that need to be built or altered. My favorite part of the process is getting to see the work come together with all the other elements."
