Artist Profiles

Ana Kuzmanic

Ana Kuzmanic is a Yugoslav-born, Chicago-based costume designer for theatre and opera. She made her Broadway debut with the Pulitzer and Tony award-winning play August: Osage County by Tracy Letts. Other Broadway credits include Desire Under the Elms, Superior Donuts and The Minutes. Internationally her costume design work was seen at Sydney Theatre Company, National Theatre of London, Cannon Theatre in Toronto and BITEF Theatre in Belgrade. Kuzmanić’s opera design work includes productions for The Lyric Opera of Chicago, The Dallas Opera, Los Angeles Opera and the Metropolitan opera premiere of Eurydice, composed by Matthew Aucoin with the libretto by Sarah Ruhl, directed by Mary Zimmerman. Ana holds a degree in Costume and Fashion Design from Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade, Serbia and an MFA in Theatre Design from Northwestern University where she is an associate professor. Personal Website: anakuzmanic.com