Biography & Press

Tyler Kinney is a freelance costume designer for the screen & stage. For the last ten years he has worked in costume departments of major motion pictures.  Highlighted work includes assistant costume designing DEFENDING JACOB (Apple TV+) CASTLE ROCK (Hulu) and THE SOCIETY (Netflix).  Tyler is also an award winning costume designer for theater.  He has worked with regional theaters (Shakespeare & Company, Speakeasy Stage, Lyric Stage Company, Actor Shakespeare Company, New Repertory Theater, Company One) and universities in the greater Boston area including Brandeis, Berklee, and Suffolk. Tyler taught costume design at Emerson College where he also received his BFA in Theatre Design/Technology.  He is an alumni of Rutgers at the Shakespeare Globe program in London UK and was a co-designer for the 2015 Prague Quadrennial USA student exhibit.  Tyler is a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829, Costume Designers Guild Local 892, and New England Studio Mechanics Local 481.

 

AWARDS

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• Berkshire Theatre Awards: Outstanding Costume Design of a Play or Musical, Cymbeline, 2017

• Elliot Norton Award: Outstanding Design, Midsize Theater, Astro Boy & the God of Comics, 2015

• IRNE (Independent Reviewers of New England) Best Costume Design, Midsize Theater, Henry VIII, 2014

• Kennedy Center American Theatre Festival national finalist for Scenic Design (Region 1 Barbizon Award Winner)

 

FEATURED ARTIST

 

American Theatre Magazine, October 2015 - Role Call, 20 Theatre Workers to Watch

 

Prague Quadrennial 2015, Design and Curation team for the USA's student exhibition

 

Show Case, [Second Edition]

Developing, Maintaining, and Presenting a Design-Tech Portfolio for Theatre and Allied Fields - By Rafael Jaen

 

Period Corset's Blog - Into the Woods