A LIFE OF COSTUMES
The Hours of Life
Theatre22
Directed by: Corey McDaniel
December 2014
"Costumes by Janessa Jayne Styck were outstanding."
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http://seattleactor.com/news/modules.php?name=SeattleReview&rop=showcontent&id=636
"the period costumes evoke the finely wrought detail of the Dickensian era and leave the mind to fill in the architecture of the scenes."
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Henry VIII
GreenStage
Directed by: Teresa Thuman
July 2012
"The costumes by Janessa Jayne Styck made this show extremely visually appealing, in spite of the ugliness of the Volunteer Park amphitheatre."
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Amadeus
SecondStory Repertory
Directed by: Corey McDaniel
April 2012
"Janessa J. Styck’s costumes are sumptuous, the satin gowns and velvet knee breeches lush with details of delicate lace and fluttering ribbons, and coupled with judicious fabric selection and sharp tailoring."
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http://crosscut.com/2012/04/10/theatre/22186/Musical-genius-verges-on-maniacal-in-new-Eastside/
" . . . the costumes by Janessa Jayne Styck were sumptuous and versatile"
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http://culturemob.com/theater-review-%E2%80%98amadeus%E2%80%99-a-secondstory-rep-triumph
"The physical production was rich and elegant, especially enhanced by the beautiful costumes of Janessa Jayne Styck."
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http://seattleactor.com/news/modules.php?name=SeattleReview&rop=showcontent&id=477
Tartuffe
SecondStory Repertory
Directed by: Corey McDaniel
August 2011
"Costumer Janessa Jayne Styck festoons him in lace-kneed bloomers beneath his puritanical waistcoat; and in the crucial scene where he's framed for indecency, he unties his shirt collar with his teeth. Such tiny, character-revealing moments burst like juicy grapes on a parched palate."
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http://www.seattleweekly.com/2011-08-17/arts/tartuffe/
"That made Janessa Jayne Styck's lovely costumes seem even more colorful and vital."
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Much Ado About Nothing
SecondStory Repertory
Directed by: Corey McDaniel
February 2011
"Set in 1598 Sicily, the costume designs for Much Ado About Nothing follow the popular fashion of the day."
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http://www.secondstoryrep.org/mainstage/season12/muchado.html
Macbeth
GreenStage (Hard Bard)
Directed by: Ken Holmes
October 2010
"I very much enjoyed the "Steam Punk" design sense used for sets, props and especially costumes. On a small budget, the designers have come up with some witty and charming designs and Peter Burford, (sets); Laura Garcia, (props); and especially Janessa Jayne Styck's costumes are to be commended and admired."
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http://www.seattlegayscene.com/2010/10/review-greenstages-hardbard-macbeth-is.html
Titus Andronicus
GreenStage (Hard Bard)
Directed by: Tony Driscoll
October 2009
"GreenStage doesn't have anything like the budget of OSF, I presume, but Janessa Jayne Styck does the absolute most with what they have."
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http://gscheiderer.blogspot.com/2010/01/wisey-best-costume-comedy-of-errors.html
Comedy of Errors
GreenStage
Directed by: Ryan Higgins
July 2009
BEST COSTUMES (WINNER) - Second Annual Weisenheimer Awards
"Comedy of Errors directed this summer by Ryan Higgins did pretty much everything exactly right, and costumes were no exception. Cross-staging and cross-dressing take some effort and imagination and everyone pulled it off with panache. I won't soon forget Michael Blum in Marge Simpson pink hair and a red dress, or Patrick Bentley and Rio Codda in drag. The Dromio twins really did look alike, which was partly magnificent casting (where did Higgins find Adria LaMorticella and Esra Chelen Guler? They were fantastic!) but also meticulous costuming. The comedy in this production is very, very physical (it has to be in Errors, doesn't it?) and the costumes—or should I say fabrications?—by Janessa Jayne Styck held up."
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http://gscheiderer.blogspot.com/2010/01/wisey-best-costume-comedy-of-errors.html
My Antonia
Book-It Repertory Theatre
Directed by: Susanna Burney
December 2008
"Janessa Jayne Styck's frontier costumes plumb Midwestern practicality and poverty, offering some Victorian splash for the marginally more prosperous."
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http://www.seattlepi.com/theater/390182_antonia02q.html
"Costumes by Janessa Jayne Styck . . . gracefully enhance the event."
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Twelfth Night
GreenStage
Directed by: Amelia Meckler
July 2008
"Costumes by Janessa Jayne Styck, especially for the women and Viola, were entrancing. Olivia's costume changes lent color to the performance space."
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