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    Grace Cochran Keenan Headshot

    Grace Cochran Keenan

    School of Theatre and Dance
    Assistant Professor of Costume Technology
    Campus:
    Kent
    Contact Information
    Email:
    gcochran@kent.edu

    Biography

    Grace Keenan is an Assistant Professor of Costume Design/Technology as well as a freelance Tailor/Draper.

    Grace received her Master of Fine Arts in Costume Design/Technology from Pennsylvania State University and her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Design/Production from Kent State University.

    Prior to joining the Kent State faculty full time, Grace served as Part-Time Faculty for four years.  During her tenure as Part-Time Faculty she developed six new courses for the costume area to help expand their offerings in the costume production.   Grace has worked as a freelance Tailor/Draper for the past six years with credits at Carnegie Mellon University, Great Lakes Theatre, The Cleveland Playhouse, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, and Baldwin-Wallace University.  She has over 40 credits to her name as a Draper and Tailor including Deathtrap, Sweeney Todd, Intimate Apparel, and The Plague of Venice.

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    B.F.A., Kent State University
    M.F.A., Pennsylvania State University
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