Benjamin Burton Costume Designer

BENJAMIN BURTON

COSTUME DESIGNER
Contact: benjxburton@gmail.com

UPCOMING
BACHELOR PARTY!
/ World Premiere / by Elliot Conners / directed by Louis Blachman / NYC / 2027
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM / Associate Design / designed by Heather C. Freedman / directed by Simon Godwin / Shakespeare Theater Company / Washington D.C. / 2026
DEGENERATES
/ Assistant Design / designed by Kindall Houston Almond / directed by Emma Went / Playwrights Horizons / NYC / 2026
MEAN GIRLS
/ Associate Design / designed by Johanna Pan / directed by Al Blackstone / Cape Playhouse / MA / 2026

COSTUME DESIGN - PLAYS
THE CHERRY TORTURED / World Premiere / adapted by Aaron Posner / directed by Jeff Wise / NYU Graduate Acting / NYC / 2025
TOP GIRLS / by Caryl Churchill / directed by Janet Zarish / NYU Graduate Acting / NYU / 2025
MUST WIN
/ by Larry Phillips / directed by Ben Liebert / The Chain Theater / NYC / 2023
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
/ adapted by Kate Hamill / directed by Paul Mason Barnes / University of Oklahoma / 2019
MIRROR, MIRROR / directed by Esther M. Cohen / Williamstown Theater Festival PTP / 2019
TIME STANDS STILL
 
/ directed by Kameron Knott / University of Oklahoma / 2018
BALTIMORE 
/ directed by Alexis Ward / University of Oklahoma / 2017
BILOXI BLUES
/ directed by Russell Treyz / University of Oklahoma / 2017

COSTUME DESIGN - MUSICALS AND OPERAS
THE MET OPERA LYADP PATRON CONCERT / directed by Patricia Racette / Peter Jay Sharp Theater / The Metropolitan Opera & The Juilliard School / NYC / 2024
JUNG HEE / World Premiere / book and music by Edison Hong / directed by Delia Dumont / Columbia University / NYC / 2024
CABARET
 / directed by Lyn Cramer / University of Oklahoma / 2019
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT / [Coordination and Additional Design] / directed by Lyn Cramer / University of Oklahoma / 2018
CITY OF ANGELS / directed by Shawn Churchman / University of Oklahoma / 2017

COSTUME DESIGN - FILM
ASTOR
/ written and directed by Maya Zaleski / Produced by Brian Goodwin and Alex Jiang / NYU Grad Film / 2026
A RARE AND UNIQUE ITEM
/ Costume and Production Design / written and directed by Caroline Gohlke / Produced by Devin Carey / NYU Grad Film / 2025 / FIRST RUN FILM FESTIVAL: Craft Award for Costume Design, Craft Award for Production Design

COSTUME DESIGN - DANCE
BECOME A MOUNTAIN
 / choreographed by Justin Peck / original music by Dan Deacon / BalletX / The Mann Center (PA) - 2027 / The Kennedy Center (DC) - 2025 / Vail Dance Festival (CO) - 2025 / The Mann Center (PA) -  2023 / The Wilma Theater (PA) - 2023 / originally designed at The Juilliard School (NYC) - 2021
JUILLIARD CELEBRATION GALA 2026 / directed and choreographed by Jamar Roberts / The Juilliard School / NYC / 2026
A LONG NIGHT
/ choreographed by Amy Seiwert / Smuin Ballet (CA) - 2025 / originally designed at BalletX (PA) in 2023
JUILLIARD CELEBRATION GALA 2025 / directed and choreographed by Pam Tanowitz / The Juilliard School / NYC / 2025
EVERYTHING INBETWEEN
/ choreographed by Stina Quagebeur / The Wilma Theater / BalletX / PA / 2024
ECLIPSE
/ choreographed by Annika Mankin and Mika Eppstein / 2nd Ave Dance Company / NYC / 2024
BEYOND THE PALE
/ choreographed by Jack Pallante and Addie Levandowski / 2nd Ave Dance Company / NYC / 2024
JUILLIARD CHOREOGRAPHIC HONORS
/ directed by Alicia Graf Mack / The Juilliard School / NYC / 2023
JUILLIARD CELEBRATION GALA 2023
/ directed by John Giampietro / choreography by Jamar Roberts, Rachel Lockheart, and Isaiah Day/ The Juilliard School / NYC / 2023
FLUENCY
/ choreography by Norbert De La Cruz III / The Juilliard School / NYC / 2021
I RISE
/ choreography by Amy Hall Garner / The University of Oklahoma / OK / 2018

ASSISTANT DESIGN - BROADWAY
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBOR OF FLEET STREET 
/ Assistant Design / designed by Emilio Sosa / associate designed by Johanna Pan / directed by Thomas Kail / Lunt-Fontanne Theater / NYC / 2023

ASSISTANT DESIGN - OFF-BROADWAY AND NYC
DEGENERATES / Assistant Design / designed by Kindall Houston Almond / directed by Emma Went / Playwrights Horizons / NYC / 2026
ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN?
/ Associate Design / designed by Johanna Pan / directed by Anna D. Shapiro / MTC Stage 1 / NYC / 2026
NBC UNIVERSAL UPFRONTS - OPENING NUMBER
 / Assistant Design / designed by Christopher Vergara / Radio City Music Hall  / NYC / 2023
DANCE SHOWCASE
/ Assistant Design / designed by Márion Talán / The Juilliard School / NYC / 2021
L'ELISIR D'AMORE
/ Assistant Design / designed by Audrey Nauman / directed by John Giampietro / The Juilliard School / NYC / 2021
NEW DANCES
/ Assistant Design / designed by Luke Simcock / choreographed by Tiler Peck and Bobbi Jene Smith / The Juilliard School / NYC / 2021

ASSISTANT DESIGN - FILM AND TELEVISION
THE GILDED AGE - SEASON 2
/ Costume Department Coordinator / designed by Kasia Walicka Maimone and Patrick Wiley / assistants: Isabelle Simone, Caroline Spitzer, Rebecca Freund, Gregory Poplyk / HBO Max / 2022
THE HEIRESS STRIKES BACK
/ Costume Supervisor / designed by Dan Wang / directed by Roku Long / Crazy Maple Productions / 2024
DIRECTOR FEST 2021
/ Assistant Designer / designed by Christopher Vergara / The Drama League / 2021
ONE DECEMBER NIGHT
/ Additional Set Costumer / designed by Bree Perry / wardrobe supervisor: Taylor Barnett / The Hallmark Channel / 2021
NEW AMSTERDAM - SEASON 4
/ Costume PA / designed by Tina Nigro / assistants: Jessica Leslie, Amy Ritchings / NBC Universal / 2021

ASSISTANT DESIGN - REGIONAL THEATER, OPERA, AND DANCE
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
/ Associate Design / designed by Heather C. Freedman / directed by Simon Godwin / Shakespeare Theater Company / Washington D.C. / 2026
MEAN GIRLS
/ Associate Design / designed by Johanna Pan / directed by Al Blackstone / Cape Playhouse / MA / 2026
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Opera)
/ Associate Design / designed by Emma Kingsbury / directed by Tim Albery / Opera Theatre of St. Louis / St. Louis, MO / 2025
HÉRMES - BOUTIQUE OPENING EVENT
/ Assistant Design / designed by Carlos Soto / Anchor Street Collective / Aspen, CO / 2023
ROMEO AND JULIET
/ Associate Design / designed by Lloyd Cracknell / Oklahoma Shakespeare / OKC / 2020
GHOSTS / Assistant Design / designed by Dane Laffrey / Williamstown Theater Festival / MA / 2019
ORLANDO
/ Assistant Design / designed by Brynne Oster-Bainnson / Williamstown Theater Festival / MA / 2019
THE NUTCRACKER
/ Associate Design / designed by Lloyd Cracknell and Michael Buckwald / University of Oklahoma / OK / 2019
ROMEO AND JULIET
/ Assistant Design / designed by Aaron Patrick DeClerck / Trinity Shakespeare Festival / TX / 2018
TWELFTH NIGHT
/ Assistant Design / designed by Lloyd Cracknell / Trinity Shakespeare Festival / TX / 2018
HANSEL AND GRETEL
/ Assistant Design / designed by Ciara Niamh Smith / University of Oklahoma / OK / 2018
DON PASQUALE IN HOLLYWOOD
/ Assistant Design / designed by Lloyd Cracknell / University of Oklahoma / OK / 2017
OKLAHOMA FESTIVAL BALLET
/ Assistant Design / designed by Lloyd Cracknell / University of Oklahoma / 2016

SWATCHING AND SHOPPING
PLAGUED HOUSES
/ Swatcher and Shopper / designed by Emma Kingsbury / choreographed by Melissa Hough / Atlanta Ballet / GA / 2026
PIENSA EN MÍ
/ Swatcher and Shopper / designed by Emma Kingsbury / choreographed by Ma Cong / Richmond Ballet / VA / 2025
PETRUSKA
/ Swatcher and Shopper / designed by Emma Kingsbury / choreographed by Amy Hall Garner / BalletX / PA / 2025
DISCOSHOW
/
New York City Shopper / designed by David Zinn, associate designed by Johanna Pan / Spiegelworld Las Vegas / NV / 2024

COSTUME RESEARCHER
HAIR / Costume Researcher / designed by Christopher Vergara / University of Michigan / MI / 2022
HIGHWAY ONE USA / Costume Researcher / designed by Christopher Vergara / University of Michigan / MI / 2022
RISE FOR FREEDOM
 / Costume Researcher / designed by Christopher Vergara / University of Michigan / MI / 2022
JUNK
/ Costume Researcher / designed by Christopher Vergara / University of Michigan / MI / 2021
CENDRILLON
/ Costume Researcher / designed by Christopher Vergara / University of Michigan / MI / 2021

AWARDS
MARTIN PAKLEDINAZ MEMORIAL AWARD
/ NYU Tisch Department of Design for Stage and Film
FIRST RUN FILM FESTIVAL
/ Craft Award for Costume Design / A Rare and Unique Object / 2026
FIRST RUN FILM FESTIVAL
/ Craft Award for Production Design / A Rare and Unique Object / 2026

EDUCATION
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
/ MFA in Costume Design / Advisors: Susan Hilferty, Constance Hoffman
THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL
/ Apprenticeship in Costume Design / Advisors: Luke Simcock, Audrey Nauman, Nicola Gardiner, Márion Talán
WILLIAMSTOWN THEATER FESTIVAL
/ Apprenticeship in Costume Design / Advisors: Nicole Slaven, Anna Blazer, Nora Fisher
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
/ BFA in Dramaturgy / Advisors: Dr. Alicia Kae Koger, Lloyd Cracknell, Judith Pender, John Young, Susan Shaughnessy

AFFILIATIONS
UNITED SCENIC ARTISTS LOCAL 829
/ Member / Costume Design