Biography

Nan Cibula-Jenkins

Nan has designed costumes for over 16 productions at Steppenwolf including: Good Boys and True, Love-Lies-Bleeding, The Dresser, Topdog/Underdog, Glengarry Glen Ross, Molly Sweeney and Death and the Maiden. In Chicago, her work is seen regularly at Goodman Theatre, Court Theatre and Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. Regional costume design credits include: Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Arena Stage, McCarter Theatre, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Hartford Stage Company, Dallas Theatre Center, the Alley in Houston, Texas, American Repertory Theatre, Public Theatre, ACT Seattle, Manhattan Theatre Club and The Kennedy Center. She was the original costume designer for the American premiere of Glengarry Glen Ross at the Goodman Theatre and also designed the original Broadway and tour productions of Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-the-Plow. Film credits include: House of Games, Things Change and Homicide. Ms. Cibula-Jenkins is a recipient of the Michael Merritt Award for Design and Collaboration, and she has been a recipient of the Hollywood Dramalogue Critics Award and the Joseph Jefferson Award for Costume Design. She is the head of the Costume Design program at The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago.