Cheri Vasek, MFA
Associate Professor of Costume Design

208-885-4383
cvasek@uidaho.edu

Cheri is Associate Professor of Costume Design and Technology at the UI.  In addition to courses in costume design and theatrical makeup, she also teaches advanced costume technology, costume crafts (masks and millinery) and Asian Theatre History.  Ms. Vasek has worked as a costume crafts person in professional regional theatres throughout the United States, including The Guthrie Theatre and American Conservatory Theatre, and was the head Costume Dyer at the Santa Fe Opera from 2003-2005. Ms. Vasek’s recent costume design credits include The Corps of Discovery and Pirates of Penzance for University of Idaho, Comedy of Errors and No Fish in the House for IRT, Death and the Kings’ Horseman for Washington State University, and the world premiere of An American Wife for the Northeast Theatre.  Ms. Vasek designed scenery, costumes and masks for Noh Telling, a double bill of traditional Noh and Kyogen plays at Central Washington University.  She is currently designing costumes for Mary Rose for West Virginia University, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream for UI.