Martin Pakledinaz Biography ((?)-)

Born in Detroit, MI.

Nationality
American
Gender
Male
Occupation
Costume designer

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Stage Work
  • Costume Designer
  • The Rainbow Room, American Ballroom Theatre, New York City, 1984
  • You Never Can Tell, Circle in the Square, New York City, 1986-1987
  • The Piggy Bank, Arena Stage, Washington, DC, 1987
  • All's Well That Ends Well, Shakespeare Theatre, Washington, DC, c.1987
  • Orphee et Euridice (opera), Seattle Opera House, Seattle, WA, 1988
  • Coriolanus, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public/Anspacher Theatre, New York City, 1988-1989
  • The Hard Nut, Brussels, Belgium, 1991 then Theatre at Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York City.
  • Hamlet, Roundabout Theatre Company, Criterion Theatre, New York City, 1992
  • Anna Christie, Roundabout Theatre Company, Criterion Theatre, 1993
  • A Grand Night for Singing, Roundabout Theatre Company, Criterion Theatre, 1993-1994
  • Hedda Gabler, Roundabout Theatre Company, Criterion Theatre, 1994
  • Holiday, Circle in the Square, 1995-1996
  • Changes of Heart, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1996
  • The Father, Roundabout Theatre Company, Criterion Theatre, 1996
  • Summer and Smoke, Roundabout Theatre Company, Criterion Theatre, 1996
  • Going Places in the Berkshires, Main Stage, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA, 1997
  • The Diary of Anne Frank, Colonial Theatre, Boston, MA, 1997 then Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1997-1998
  • Golden Child, Eisenhower Theatre, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, 1997 then Longacre Theatre, New York City, 1998
  • The Life (musical), Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1997-1998
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream (ballet), Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Opera House, 1997 then Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, and Sadler's Wells Ballet, London, England, 1999
  • Il trovatore (opera), Los Angeles Opera, Los Angeles, 1998
  • Impossible Marriage, Roundabout Theatre Company, Laura Pels Theatre, New York City, 1998-1999
  • Cinderella (ballet), Pacific Northwest Ballet, 1999
  • The Misanthrope, Classic Stage Company, New York City, 1999
  • The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare Theatre, c. 1999
  • Give Me Your Answer, Do!, Gramercy Theatre, New York City, 1999-2000
  • Scent of the Roses, Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1999-2000
  • Kiss Me, Kate (musical), Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, beginning in 1999
  • Taller than a Dwarf, Longacre Theatre, 2000
  • Waste, American Place Theatre, New York City, 2000
  • The Wild Party (musical), Stage I, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 2000
  • Der Ring des Nibelungen (also known as The Ring Cycle; series of operas), Seattle Opera House, 2000-2001
  • Cellini, Second Stage, New York City, 2001
  • Kimberly Akimbo, South Coast Repertory Theatre, Costa Mesa, CA, 2001
  • Pacific (ballet), San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco, CA, 2001
  • Prism (ballet), San Francisco Ballet, 2001
  • A Thousand Clowns, Longacre Theatre, 2001
  • Troilus and Cressida, Theatre for a New Audience, New York City, 2001
  • Turning Game (ballet), San Francisco Ballet, 2001
  • Costume designer for other stage productions, including The Cocoanuts and The Taming of the Shrew, both Arena Stage; The Duchess of Malfi, The House of Bernardo Alba, The Piggy Bank, and Uncle Vanya, all Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, MN; Ghost on Fire and Pal Joey, both Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL; The Good Life, Theatre Lab, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; TwelfthNight, Shakespeare Theatre; and Twelve Dreams, Lincoln Center Theatre, New York City. Costume designer for operatic productions, including La Boheme, Lohengrin, Vanessa, Werther, and Xerxes, all Seattle Opera House; Jenufa, Canadian Opera Company; TheJuniper Tree and The Turn of the Screw, Opera Omaha, Omaha, NE; Lucia di Lammermoor, Metropolitan Opera House, New York City; Norma, Lyric Opera, Chicago, IL, then Metropolitan Opera House; Orfeo et Euridice, Brooklyn Academy of Music; Street Scene, Houston Grand Opera, Houston, TX, then Berlin, Germany; Vanessa, Dallas Opera, Dallas, TX, then Washington Opera; and Xerxes, New York City Opera, New York City. Designer for various theatre, opera, and dance productions in the United States, Europe, and Asia, including the Mark Morris Dance Group and the BostonBallet.
  • Major Tours
  • Costume Designer
  • Kiss Me, Kate, U.S. cities, 2001
  • Costume designer for Der Ring des Nibelungen (also known as TheRing Cycle; series of operas), international cities.
  • Film Work
  • Costume Designer
  • Grand Isle, Turner Pictures, 1991
  • Television Work
  • Costume Designer; Specials
  • Hamlet, PBS, 1990
  • "The Rodgers & Hart Story: Thou Swell, Thou Witty," Great Performances, PBS, 1998
  • Also designed costumes for "The Hart Nut," Dance in America, PBS,and for The Last Mile, WNET.