Miranda Boodheshwar (she/her) is a Guyanese-American costume designer and mixed-media artist who grew up in South Florida.

 

For the 2022-2023 school year, she is working at The Juilliard School as a Costume Design Assistant through their Professional Apprentice Program.

 

She received her BFA in Drama with a concentration on Costume Design from Carnegie Mellon University with college and university honors. Upon graduation, she was awarded the Crystal Marie Gomes Memorial Costume Design Award, as well as the West Coast Drama Alumni Clan Award.

 

She has a passion for social justice and strives to always be the voice at the table who speaks up for those who are unable to. Her aim is to tell stories from a valuable and ethical perspective. Miranda also loves bringing abstract craftwork and non-traditional materials into her work.

 

She worked under Mindy Eshelman as a teaching assistant for Carnegie Mellon's Costume History class and is dedicated to continuing to research and educate on the history of clothing in underrepresented cultures.  She is available for hire as a design research consultant.

 

Some recent designs include Yebba's Voice Memo's for CMU's Dance/Light Festival, La Finta Giardiniera for CMU’s School of Music, an independent work share of the new musical Birds and Beansprouts, and in my dreams, meditations and moments of reflection for CMU’s School of Drama. 

 

To learn more about Miranda, download or view her resumé below.