ANN CLOSS-FARLEY
COSTUME DESIGNER
COSTUMER@SBCGLOBAL.NET
(213) 944-8608

Profile
ANN CLOSS-FARLEY is a Los Angeles Award Winning Designer. Her recent credits include: Disney’s TOY STORY: THE MUSICAL, WINTER WONDERETTES,  HEDWIG and THE ANGRY INCH, MENOPAUSE:THE MUSICAl, JEWTOPIA,  99 CENT ONLY SHOWS,THREE PENNY OPERA, TITIS THE CLOWNICUS, TEN THOUSAND YEARS, HARDTIMES, HURLY BURLY, GROWING WITH GHOSTS, STAGE DIRECTIONS, ORLANDO, MAYHEM and many more. She has earned multiple Ovation, LA Weekly and Garland Awards for her work in: BATBOY: THE MUSICAL, WHEN TIGERS SMOKED LONG PIPES, ECHOS HAMMER,MEPHISTO, THE SEAGULL, EXONERATED, EUPHORIA, PLASTICA FANTASTICA, BROADWAY, XXX LOVE ACT, CINDERELLA MEDEA MACBETH and UGLYS 1ST WORLD. She also won a LA Drama Critics Award for her work in SNEAUX and GOREY STORIES:THE MUSICAL,as well as, the LOCAL HERO AWARD from Backstage West.  She designed the wigs and hair pieces for a Snapple Ad campaign, clothes for Disney Merchandise, sets for movie publicity, furniture/ Toy construction for MGA Entertainment (Bratz), and has led recycled-fashion workshops sponsored by C.A.R.S at the Santa Monica Arts Festival and GETTY museum.

RECENT THEATRICAL PRODUCTION
Toy Story: The Musical (Costume Designer)
News13:http://www.cfnews13.com/Entertainment/HeyJohn/2008/4/11/toy_story_becomes_a_musical.html
Toy Story Link to costume interview /http://www.cdbproductions.com/TSCostumeDeSpudRev2.mov
Reviews of costumes for Toy Story:
Costume designer Ann Closs-Farley created an extraordinary vision for what the characters would look like on stage. With a combination of articulated puppets and inflatable costumes, the Toy Story characters come to life - including Mr. Potato Head, Slinky Dog, a nearly 9-foot-tall Rex the dinosaur and a 4-foot-round Hamm the piggy bank.

Costume Designer Ann Closs-Farley did a brilliant job creating the floppy, rag-doll, sewn-looking Woody and contrasting that with the plastic ball and joint design that makes Buzz stand tall, chest out. The effect, along with great casting, is these guys look like Woody and Buzz come to life.

FILM/ TELEVISION/EVENTS/ DESIGN

Walt Disney Toys
Clothing Design for the collectables Mambo Mickey, Mambo Minnie and “Lucky” Donald.

MGA Entertainment
BRATZ series furniture and accessory design.

Mighty Oak Media
Sets for movie publicity. Constantine, Sahara, 8 Crazy Nights, etc..

Snapple
Costume and Wig design for Snapple beverage Ad Campaign.

Mc Donald’s Inc.
Full re-design of hair and make-up for young Ronald Mc Donald.

World Stunt Awards
Stunt costumes with guidance from Michael Curry Designs at Paramount Studios

Swap Meet Dir. David Schweitzer
Hair and Make-up Design

Fag Hag Dir. Damien Dietz
Costume Design

The Kiss Off Dir. Lawerence Walsh
Costume Design

Mile Marker 40/ Nothing So Strange Dir. Brian Flemming
Costume, Hair and Make-up Design

PAST THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS
(more extensive list available by request)

Bat Boy: The Musical Union Square Theater, New York
Hedwig and The Angry Inch The Roxy, Los Angeles
Norman’s Ark Ford Ampitheater, Los Angeles
Winter Wonderettes El Portal Theater, Los Angeles
Menopause: The Musical Coronet Theater, Los Angeles
Evel Knievel the Rock Opera Bootleg Theatre, Los Angeles
Animal Logic P.L.A.Y Mark Taper, Los Angeles
Hippoytos J.Paul Getty Villa, Los Angeles
Gorey Stories Sacred Fools, Los Angeles
Mephisto Dir. Tim Robbins Actors’ Gang, Los Angeles
Be Aggressive Center Theater Group, Los Angeles
Aliens in America (Sandra Tsing Loh) Tiffany Theatre, Los Angeles
Sneaux Matrix Theater, Los Angeles
Jewtopia Coast Playhouse, Los Angeles
Three Penny Opera Long Beach Opera
The Exonerated The Actors’ Gang, Los Angeles
Hurly Burly The Met, Los Angeles
Stage Directions Atlantic Theatre Co., Los Angeles
Mayhem (starring Megan Mullally) evidEnce Room Theater, Los Angeles
99 Cent Only Store Shows evidEnce Room Theater, Los Angeles
Echo’s Hammer Boston Court Theater, Pasadena
Eddie Legs Lillian Theater, Los Angles
Last Summer At BlueFish Cove Ed Gould Theater, Los Angeles
When Tigers Smoked Long Pipes Victory Playhouse, Burbank

Awards and Related Work
(Los Angeles)

8 Ovation Awards
13 Backstage West Garland Awards
12 LA Weekly Awards
2001 Local Hero Award for work in Los Angeles Theater

Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA) Theater Program: Artistic Director: 1998-2000
St. Micheals Wigs for Cancer Program: Volunteer
Image Consultant: Weddings/ Theater Publicity/ Head shots/ Personal Make-overs
Miguel Contreras High School/ Birmingham High school Costume Instructor
C.A.R.S. Guest Artist for MOCA and Getty Museums and the Santa Monica Art Festival