Molly Irelan

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Molly Irelan is a Los Angeles based costume designer. She prides herself on a holistic approach to her work and is formally trained in the history and construction of garments as well as costume design. Molly holds a Bachelor’s degree in Costume History and Design from the University of Redlands (2010), an Associate degree in Fashion Design from the Art Institute of Portland (2012), and a Master’s in Costume Design from UCLA (2016). Molly has designed for operas L’elisir d’amore (2017), I due Figaro (2018), and Cold Mountain (2019) at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara; Amadigi (2016) and Orphée (2020) at UCLA; Rev 23 (2020) at Prototype Festival; and the Pulitzer Prize winning p r i s m (2018) in Los Angeles, New York, Sao Paolo, and at the Kennedy Center. For the screen, Molly designed for the opera miniseries desert in (2021) and the feature Mirror Flores (2021). In 2022, she designed for La clemenza di Tito at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, The Tragedy of Carmen at Velaa Island in the Maldives, The Central Park Five at Long Beach Opera, Onegin at the Music Academy of the West, and I due Figaro at the Handel and Haydn Society in Boston. Most recently, Molly designed for the world premiere of Kate Soper’s The Romance of the Rose (2023) as well as for The Feast (2023), a collaboration between Long Beach Opera and Martha Graham Dance Company.