Professor of Theatre
B.C.A., University of North Carolina, Charlotte; M.F.A., University of North Carolina, Greensboro
jmatthew@sewanee.edu
Tennessee Williams Center 21 / ext. 1126
Jennifer K. Matthews is a professional costume designer in theatre and dance. Her design interests include sustainable design and practices in the costume studio. In her design work, she incorporates second hand materials whenever feasible, and teaches her students to reuse and recycle in their designs. Believing in the transformative power of theatre for good, Jennifer has spent the last 3 years studying and practicing devised, site-specific and community engaged theatre in rural Tennessee, working with students and community members to create performances based on anything from historical events and legends to current community concerns.
Jennifer has designed for Mockingbird Public Theatre, Chattanooga Theatre Centre, the Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte, innovative Theatre (iT), Central Piedmont Summer Theatre, the Blowing Rock Stage Company, the New Stage Ensemble, Renaissance Theatre, Winthrop University and other theatres in Alabama, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and South Carolina. She has a BCA from University of North Carolina at Charlotte in Theatre and a MFA from University of North Carolina at Greensboro in Sceneography, where she studied with Tony Award Winner Desmond Heeley.
