Kara Harmon is a Costume Designer based in New York City. Kara’s design work can be seen in theatre, opera, film, television, commercials and live events across the country. She earned her MFA from Tisch School of the Arts for Design in Stage and Film and BFA in Theatrical Production Arts from Ithaca College. Kara designs with both heart and dramaturgy at the center of her work. She acknowledges that the clothes are an extension of a character and the relationship between the actor and their costume is paramount.
Kara was awarded the 2019 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Costume Design for The Wiz! (Ford’s Theatre) directed by Kent Gash and the 2017 NAACP Theatre Award for Best Costume Design for Barbecue (Geffen Playhouse) directed by Colman Domingo.
Let’s tell a story together.
Upcoming 2024-2025:
The Mountaintop, The Alliance Theatre, director: Tinashe Kajese-Bolden
The Other Americans, Arena Stage, director: Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Beautiful, Pioneer Theatre & Geva, director: Karen Azenberg
Lalovavi, Cincinnati Opera, director: Kimille Howard
Photo by: Ken Jones
Kara Harmon
Costume Designer
| THEATRE DESIGN | DIRECTOR | PRODUCER/VENUE |
|---|---|---|
| 42nd Street | Randy Skinner | Goodspeed Musicals |
| Diary of a Wimpy Kid | Jen Thompson | Children’s Theatre Company |
| Choir Boy | Kent Gash | Steppenwolf |
| Angry, Raucous & Shamelessly Gorgeous | Susan V Booth | Hartford Stage |
| Hometown to the World | Kristine McIntyre | Santa Fe Opera |
| Toni Stone | Tinashe Kajeese Bolden | Milwaukee Rep/ The Alliance Theater |
| Cullud Wattah | Candis Jones | The Public Theater |
| Darlin’ Cory | Susan V Booth | The Alliance Theater |
| Shutter Sisters | Donya K Washington | The Old Globe |
| Eclipsed | May Adrales | Milwaukee Rep |
| Master Harold & The Boys | Kent Gash | Arizona Theatre Company |
| Steel Magnolias | Lisa Rothe | The Guthrie Theatre |
| The Purists | Billy Porter | Huntington Theatre |
| Dot | Colman Domingo | People’s Light |
| Guys & Dolls | Kent Gash | The Guthrie Theatre |
| Lockdown | Kent Gash | Rattlestick Playwrights |
| Angry, Raucous & Shamelessly Gorgeous | Susan V. Booth | The Alliance |
| Goodnight, Tyler | Kent Gash | The Alliance |
| Black Odyssey | Joe Wilson, Jude Sandy | Trinity Rep |
| Two Trains Running | Timothy Douglas | Cincinnati Playhouse |
| The Niceties | Kimberly Senior | Huntington, MTC, McCarter |
| We, The Invisibles | Dámaso Rodriguez | Humana Festival ATL |
| The Wiz | Kent Gash | Ford’s Theatre |
| A Raisin in the Sun | Timothy Douglas | IRT & Syracuse Stage |
| Nina Simone: Four Women | Timothy Douglas | Arena Stage |
| A Guide for the Homesick | Colman Domingo | Huntington Theatre |
| In The Heights | Melissa Rain Anderson | GEVA |
| Native Gardens | Blake Robinson | Guthrie Theatre, Arena Stage |
| The Legend of Georgia McBride | Kent Gash | Marin Theatre Company |
| The Mountaintop | Kent Gash | Trinity Repertory Company |
| Barbecue | Colman Domingo | Geffen Playhouse |
| The Rape of Lucretia | Louisa Muller | Wolf Trap Opera |
| Dot | Susan Stroman | Vineyard Theatre |
| Seven Guitars | Colman Domingo | Actors Theatre of Louisville |
| Much Ado About Nothing | Lileana Blain-Cruz | Oregon Shakespeare Festival |
| The Comedy of Errors | Kent Gash | Oregon Shakespeare Festival |
| FILM DESIGN | DIRECTOR | PRODUCER |
|---|---|---|
| The Roe Effect | Kiel Scott | OmniAmerican Pictures |
| How to Rock a First Date | Pablo Gomez-Castro | New York Film Academy |
| With You, Without You | Kiel Scott | NYU Tisch Graduate Film |
| Esquinero | Dominique Deleon | NYU Tisch Graduate Film |
| ACD TELEVISION | DESIGNER | PRODUCER |
|---|---|---|
| The Marvelous Mrs Maisel | Donna Zakowska | Amazon |
| Daredevil Season 2 | Lorraine Z Calvert | Netflix/Marvel |
| Boardwalk Season 5 | John Dunn | HBO, Bootleg Productions |
REFERENCES
Contact information available upon request
Kent Gash
Director
Paul Tazewell
Costume Designer
Susan Hilferty
Costume Designer
United Scenic Artists
Local 829, NY, NY
Get in touch!
Or contact my agent directly:
Leah Hamos
Gersh Agency
lhamos@gersh.com
212-634-8169
41 Madison Avenue, 33rd Floor, New York, NY 10010