{"id":92875,"date":"2022-08-04T13:39:55","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T17:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=92875"},"modified":"2022-08-04T15:33:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T19:33:56","slug":"theatre-alum-creates-costumes-for-hit-shows-on-hulu-hbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/04\/theatre-alum-creates-costumes-for-hit-shows-on-hulu-hbo\/","title":{"rendered":"Theatre Alum Creates Costumes For Hit Shows on Hulu, HBO"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p>Alicia Austin &rsquo;16 had never even attended a play before coming to the University of Mary Washington. But after her first costume design course, she realized theatre was the perfect fit.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_92877\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92877\" style=\"width: 325px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"92877\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/04\/theatre-alum-creates-costumes-for-hit-shows-on-hulu-hbo\/austin-alicia-no-photo-credit-155\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Austin-Alicia-No-Photo-Credit-155.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"650,406\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"1\"}' data-image-title=\"Austin-Alicia-No-Photo-Credit-1[55]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Austin-Alicia-No-Photo-Credit-155-300x187.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Austin-Alicia-No-Photo-Credit-155.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-92877\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Austin-Alicia-No-Photo-Credit-155-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"Alicia Austin '16 earned a bachelor's degree in theatre at Mary Washington and an MFA at Yale University. She has recently worked on the costume design teams for remakes of HBO&rsquo;s 'Sex and the City' and Steven Spielberg&rsquo;s 'West Side Story,' as well as the Hulu hit 'Only Murders in the Building.'\" width=\"325\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Austin-Alicia-No-Photo-Credit-155-300x187.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Austin-Alicia-No-Photo-Credit-155-250x155.jpg 250w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Austin-Alicia-No-Photo-Credit-155-600x375.jpg 600w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Austin-Alicia-No-Photo-Credit-155.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alicia Austin &rsquo;16 earned a bachelor&rsquo;s degree in theatre at Mary Washington and an MFA at Yale University. She has recently worked on the costume design teams for remakes of HBO&rsquo;s &lsquo;Sex and the City&rsquo; and Steven Spielberg&rsquo;s &lsquo;West Side Story,&rsquo; as well as the Hulu hit &lsquo;Only Murders in the Building.&rsquo;<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>&ldquo;It was so interesting to me that I changed my major,&rdquo; said Austin, who planned to study psychology but found elements of that in her new field. &ldquo;I discovered that costuming could be a visual language to express each character&rsquo;s personality.&rdquo;<\/p><p>Now she&rsquo;s putting those sartorial skills to work. After earning a bachelor&rsquo;s degree in theatre from Mary Washington, Austin completed an MFA at Yale University. Graduating just before COVID shuttered Broadway, she made a leap from stage to screen, joining design teams for remakes of HBO&rsquo;s <em>Sex and the City<\/em> and Steven Spielberg&rsquo;s <em>West Side Story<\/em>, as well as the Hulu hit <em>Only Murders in the Building<\/em>, which just began its second season.<\/p><p>It&rsquo;s a success story she&rsquo;s been stitching together a little at a time.<\/p><p>&ldquo;I grew up sewing out of utility, because it was cheaper to buy fabric and make clothes myself,&rdquo; said Austin, who began coursework at Mary Washington, but took a break from her studies to open an upscale consignment shop in downtown Fredericksburg. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not someone who goes around saying &lsquo;I love fashion,&rsquo; but clothing always held a deeper meaning for me.&rdquo;<\/p><p>She sold funky jackets and floral frocks, designer jeans and buttery leather boots at Madeline Ruth and later Forage. With a prime location in a college town, Austin&rsquo;s small business was booming. But she still wanted to earn a college degree, so she returned to Mary Washington.<\/p><div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":7,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/04\\\/theatre-alum-creates-costumes-for-hit-shows-on-hulu-hbo\\\/\",\"likes_blog_id\":230672515}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 791px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"791\"> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 528px; height: 791px;\" data-original-width=\"528\" data-original-height=\"791\"> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/04\/theatre-alum-creates-costumes-for-hit-shows-on-hulu-hbo\/unknown-35\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"524\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"787\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"92899\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Unknown.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"853,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"1475112623\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"0\"}' data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Unknown-200x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Unknown-682x1024.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Unknown.jpeg?w=524&amp;h=787&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Unknown.jpeg 853w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Unknown-200x300.jpeg 200w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Unknown-682x1024.jpeg 682w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Unknown-768x1152.jpeg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Unknown-760x1140.jpeg 760w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Unknown-400x600.jpeg 400w\" width=\"524\" height=\"787\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"524\" data-original-height=\"787\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"At Mary Washington, Austin designed costumes for Leslye Headland's workplace satire, 'Assistance.' In the photo: Madeleine Dilley &rsquo;17. Photo by Geoff Greene.\" style=\"width: 524px; height: 787px;\"> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> At Mary Washington, Austin designed costumes for Leslye Headland&rsquo;s workplace satire, &lsquo;Assistance.&rsquo; In the photo: Madeleine Dilley &rsquo;17. Photo by Geoff Greene. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 572px; height: 791px;\" data-original-width=\"572\" data-original-height=\"791\"> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/04\/theatre-alum-creates-costumes-for-hit-shows-on-hulu-hbo\/frozen\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"568\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"404\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"92900\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Frozen.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1065,758\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"1455136894\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"1\"}' data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Frozen-300x214.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Frozen-1024x729.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Frozen.jpg?w=568&amp;h=404&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Frozen.jpg 1065w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Frozen-300x214.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Frozen-1024x729.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Frozen-768x547.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Frozen-600x427.jpg 600w\" width=\"568\" height=\"404\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"568\" data-original-height=\"404\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"Austin also designed costumes for UMW Theatre's production of Bryony Lavery's chilling drama, 'Frozen.' In this photo: Jackie Filicko &rsquo;16 and Jake Crowley &rsquo;16. Photo by Geoff Greene.\" style=\"width: 568px; height: 404px;\"> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Austin also designed costumes for UMW Theatre&rsquo;s production of Bryony Lavery&rsquo;s chilling drama, &lsquo;Frozen.&rsquo; In this photo: Jackie Filicko &rsquo;16 and Jake Crowley &rsquo;16. Photo by Geoff Greene. <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/04\/theatre-alum-creates-costumes-for-hit-shows-on-hulu-hbo\/unknown-2-17\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"568\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"379\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"92901\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Unknown-2.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,853\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"1475110101\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"0\"}' data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Unknown-2-300x200.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Unknown-2-1024x682.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Unknown-2.jpeg?w=568&amp;h=379&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Unknown-2.jpeg 1280w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Unknown-2-300x200.jpeg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Unknown-2-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Unknown-2-768x512.jpeg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Unknown-2-680x453.jpeg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Unknown-2-1140x760.jpeg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Unknown-2-600x400.jpeg 600w\" width=\"568\" height=\"379\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"568\" data-original-height=\"379\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"Alex Newton &rsquo;17 and Lauren Frautschi &rsquo;18 in UMW Theatre's production of Leslye Headland's 'Assistance,' wearing costumes designed by Alicia Austin '16. Photo by Geoff Greene.\" style=\"width: 568px; height: 379px;\"> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Alex Newton &rsquo;17 and Lauren Frautschi &rsquo;18 in UMW Theatre&rsquo;s production of Leslye Headland&rsquo;s &lsquo;Assistance,&rsquo; wearing costumes designed by Alicia Austin &rsquo;16. Photo by Geoff Greene. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div><p>Choosing from an ensemble of electives, Austin discovered fabric modification, patterning and costume design. She had no idea what these courses entailed, she said, &ldquo;but they sounded very cool.&rdquo; So she reached out to <a href=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/theatre\/\">Department of Theatre and Dance<\/a> Chair Gregg Stull about switching majors and fast-tracking the next two years of her degree.<\/p><p>&ldquo;Alicia brought both intention and passion to everything she did &ndash; every class, production and project,&rdquo; Stull said. &ldquo;She&rsquo;s a remarkable and gifted artist, and I&rsquo;m eager to see the great work in her future.&rdquo;<\/p><p>Running her own business helped Austin set the stage for the pressures of doubling up on classes, while also creating costumes for UMW Theatre productions like <em>Frozen<\/em> and <em>Assistance<\/em>.<\/p><p>&ldquo;The caliber of education I had at Mary Washington prepared me to seek the same level of academic experience at Yale,&rdquo; Austin said.<\/p><div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":7,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/news\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/04\\\/theatre-alum-creates-costumes-for-hit-shows-on-hulu-hbo\\\/\",\"likes_blog_id\":230672515}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 377px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"377\"> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 284px; height: 377px;\" data-original-width=\"284\" data-original-height=\"377\"> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/04\/theatre-alum-creates-costumes-for-hit-shows-on-hulu-hbo\/the-tempest\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"280\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"373\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"92882\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/The-Tempest-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"0\"}' data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/The-Tempest-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/The-Tempest-768x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/The-Tempest-scaled.jpg?w=280&amp;h=373&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/The-Tempest-scaled.jpg 1920w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/The-Tempest-225x300.jpg 225w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/The-Tempest-768x1024.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/The-Tempest-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/The-Tempest-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/The-Tempest-855x1140.jpg 855w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/The-Tempest-450x600.jpg 450w\" width=\"280\" height=\"373\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"280\" data-original-height=\"373\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"After UMW, Austin earned an MFA at Yale School of Drama, where she designed costumes for theatre productions like William Shakespeare&rsquo;s &lsquo;The Tempest.&rsquo;\" style=\"width: 280px; height: 373px;\"> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> After UMW, Austin earned an MFA at Yale School of Drama, where she designed costumes for theatre productions like William Shakespeare&rsquo;s &lsquo;The Tempest.&rsquo; <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 563px; height: 377px;\" data-original-width=\"563\" data-original-height=\"377\"> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/04\/theatre-alum-creates-costumes-for-hit-shows-on-hulu-hbo\/_mg_6693\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"559\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"373\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"92883\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/MG_6693.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2500,1667\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"0\"}' data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/MG_6693-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/MG_6693-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/MG_6693.jpg?w=559&amp;h=373&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/MG_6693.jpg 2500w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/MG_6693-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/MG_6693-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/MG_6693-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/MG_6693-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/MG_6693-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/MG_6693-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/MG_6693-1140x760.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/MG_6693-600x400.jpg 600w\" width=\"559\" height=\"373\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"559\" data-original-height=\"373\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"Austin also designed costumes for regional theatre productions such as Baltimore Center Stage&rsquo;s production of Noah Diaz&rsquo;s &lsquo;Richard &amp; Jane &amp; Dick &amp; Sally.&rsquo;\" style=\"width: 559px; height: 373px;\"> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Austin also designed costumes for regional theatre productions such as Baltimore Center Stage&rsquo;s production of Noah Diaz&rsquo;s &lsquo;Richard &amp; Jane &amp; Dick &amp; Sally.&rsquo; Photo by Teresa Castracane. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 253px; height: 377px;\" data-original-width=\"253\" data-original-height=\"377\"> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/04\/theatre-alum-creates-costumes-for-hit-shows-on-hulu-hbo\/shakespeares-as-u-like-it\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"249\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"373\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"92881\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/YSD-as-u-like-it_0212-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1707,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"T. Charles Erickson\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"shakespeare\\u2019s as u like it, adapted by Emma Weinstein and Michael Breslin, with original music by Julian Hornik, directed by Emma Weinstein. Yale School of Drama 2018. Photo by T. Charles Erickson.\",\"created_timestamp\":\"1540166400\",\"copyright\":\"T. 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Charles Erickson. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div><p>She thrived in the notoriously rigorous three-year theatre program at the Ivy League school, earning the prestigious Princess Grace Award for budding theatre, dance and film artists in 2019.<\/p><p>Now based in Brooklyn, Austin still loves the stage, but her work on <em>Only Murders<\/em>, a streaming show about three amateur podcasters who attempt to solve a homicide in their fancy New York apartment building, allows her talent to reach a wider audience.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_92878\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92878\" style=\"width: 325px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"92878\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/04\/theatre-alum-creates-costumes-for-hit-shows-on-hulu-hbo\/austin-alicia-screenshot\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Austin-Alicia-ScreenShot.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1921,1410\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"1\"}' data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&ldquo;The caliber of education I had at Mary Washington prepared me to seek the same level of academic experience at Yale,&rdquo; said Austin, who served as the costume designer for UMW Theatre productions of &amp;#8216;Frozen&amp;#8217; and &amp;#8216;Assistance.&amp;#8217;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Austin-Alicia-ScreenShot-300x220.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Austin-Alicia-ScreenShot-1024x752.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-92878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Austin-Alicia-ScreenShot-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"&ldquo;The caliber of education I had at Mary Washington prepared me to seek the same level of academic experience at Yale,&rdquo; Austin said. \" width=\"325\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Austin-Alicia-ScreenShot-300x220.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Austin-Alicia-ScreenShot-1024x752.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Austin-Alicia-ScreenShot-768x564.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Austin-Alicia-ScreenShot-1536x1127.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Austin-Alicia-ScreenShot-1140x837.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Austin-Alicia-ScreenShot-600x440.jpg 600w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/07\/Austin-Alicia-ScreenShot.jpg 1921w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&ldquo;The caliber of education I had at Mary Washington prepared me to seek the same level of academic experience at Yale,&rdquo; Austin said.<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Her team&rsquo;s dapper designs &ndash; including Selena Gomez&rsquo;s marigold faux-fur coat, Martin Short&rsquo;s royal purple attire and Steve Martin&rsquo;s dashing fedora &ndash; have landed in the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/movies-tv\/a37432118\/selena-gomez-fashion-only-murders-in-the-building\/\"><em>Elle<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/fashion\/clothing\/only-murders-in-the-building-costume-designer-interview\"><em>InStyle<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/staceynguyen16\/only-murders-in-the-building-mabel-outfits\"><em>Buzzfeed<\/em><\/a>. But Austin said the real stars are the leaders of the all-female costume crew.<\/p><p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;ve taught me so much about the kinds of clothes you put on characters to represent who they are,&rdquo; said Austin, who might not have captured her current role without the education she found at Mary Washington.<\/p><p>&ldquo;If you&rsquo;re ambitious and can figure out what you want,&rdquo; she said, &ldquo;there will always be someone at UMW to guide you and help you reach those goals.&rdquo;<\/p><p><strong><em>Betty Emrey of Mindpower Inc. contributed to the reporting and writing of this story.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alicia Austin &rsquo;16 had never even attended a play before coming to the University of Mary Washington. 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