Aly Renee Amidei

Biography:

Aly Amidei joined the UNC Charlotte faculty in 2015. She teaches Costume Design I and II, Stage Makeup and special topics courses in costuming, clothing history and costume crafts. She has worked as a designer and playwright based in Chicago for the last 18 years.

An ensemble member of Chicago’s Strawdog Theatre Company and Lifeline Theatre, Amidei started Cartage Theatre, based in Charlotte, with her husband in 2017, and she is a founding member and served as the artistic director for the horror theatre company, WildClaw.

Her costume and makeup designs have been seen at Michigan Shakespeare Festival, Magic Theatre of San Antonio, Irish Theater of Chicago, Buffalo Theater Ensemble, Dupage Opera, Stage Left, Artistic Home, House Theater of Chicago, Piven Workshop, Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre and Vitalist Theater.

Her creative research concerns the role of the ‘designer as dramaturg’. She practices this research by designing new works and re-envisioned classics through the concept of ‘world building’. Her design projects this year include “For Services Rendered” for Griffin Theatre in Chicago. She also is a co-writer for “Masque Macabre” at Chicago’s Strawdog Theatre Company.

Amidei received a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from Knox College, an MFA in Costume Design from Carnegie Mellon and a Certificate in Fashion Design from the College of Dupage. Previously, she worked for 15 years as the costume and makeup coordinator for the College of DuPage Theater and Dance Department.

Highest Degree:

M.F.A

Highest Degree Institution:

Carnegie Mellon University

College/Organization:

College of Arts + Architecture