Sewing Haven (2025)

23/04/2025

This morning I lost my grandmother, far sooner than I had expected I would as a child. She taught me how to sew and was the family member that inspired me to get into the arts. My grandmother painted, sewed, did wood working art, mosaics, amongst other things. She was a strong woman with a big personality and she never got to see my career start to pick up. About a year ago she caught Covid which got really bad and left her stuck in a bed at a care facility. For awhile she was still moving but Alzheimer’s started to impact her to the point where on this past Sunday when I visited her she could almost not speak at all. It took her awhile but I did hear what she said “I’m going to die tomorrow morning, I’m going to miss you so much, I love you.”

28/03/2025

Happy World Theatre Day, a day late!

I’ve been at this for awhile and while it’s exhausting I couldn’t be more grateful for all the people and theatres I’ve been able to work with along the way!

11/01/2025

Shall we dance!

I’m not sure how to summarize this post. I just wanted to get it posted. It took me years to work on this project cause I hadn’t found enough time to get parts of it done I made every part of this dress from the corset to the hoop skirt. It’s not perfect as I tried to rush it to be finished by this week because my sister is going back out of state, but I would guess that I put in a good 3 to 400 hours possibly more into this ensemble the base of this costume starts with the corset that I built with 1860s corset pattern, I hand drafted the elliptical cage (hoop skirt) with its widest at 200”, for the dust ruffle alone was about 7 yards long. I used 13 yds of a ovaltine color satin for the dress, the bodice is interfaced and structured with 4 layers and about 14 boning channels. This fabric I could say some unkind words about in regards to how difficult it was to not pucker while sewing even with the right needles, the right tension it kept wanting to pucker, which resulted me hand hemming 360 inches of fabric for the skirt hem. What’s so odd about this piece that Irene sharaff designed is that it’s an 1860s ball gown but it’s an elliptical years before they were in fashion and it has 1830s beret sleeves and overall a very 1950s look even the gloves are 1950s gloves and the sequins that they had on their n**e which I couldn’t make in time were feathers that were very fashionable sequin feathers in the 1940s and 50s. this was a huge challenge just finding the time to make this happen was just not possible but years of trying to finally get this done. I made something that I am fairly happy with and I think looks pretty darn close to the movie. Thank you so much for agreeing to do this wig on a weeks notice!

10/12/2024

Rapunzel and Her Holiday Wish Opened this Weekend! I honestly can’t remember my official title, but I costume designed this show, deigned makeup, painted scenery and handmade many of the costumes in the show. I had 2 days to make purple dress and scrolling through my page you’ll recognize a great deal of the costumes I had made in my own style/ take of fantasized period costumes. This show has as many of my friends would say a very Haven Look, bright poppy and untraditional colors for the period, of which is not directly stated. Now since all online sources only write about a few of the people that put this show together I’d like to list the people that I know that helped put this world premiere together:

Found my title!: Costume Design Head & Coordinator, Set Dresser, hair and makeup designer:
Lighting Design:
Sound Design:
Stage Manager: Bridget Rooney
Assistant Stage Manager:
Choreography:
Technical Producer:
Wardrobe Supervisor: Stacey Nezda
Wig stylist:

I know I don’t have everyone but these are just some of the amazing people that put up these crazy big projects! Special thanks to .mp3 for all of her help!

04/11/2024

So sad that Beauty and the Beast at closed, this was the best show experience I’ve had the joy to work on in a couple years. I spent almost half a year designing and building scenery and costumes for this piece and working with my friend to put this whole show together. It could not have been a better experience, cast, staff and crew ❤️

Amazing Photos:
Director:
Assistant Director:
Producer:
Production Designer:
Stage Manager:
Dance Captain:
Music Direction:
Lighting Design:
Sound Design: Trevin Welty
Costume Design:
Assistant Costume Design: Marisa Albert
Stitchers: Marisa Albert
Wig Design:
Makeup Design:
Assistant Makeup Design:
Set Design:
Assistant Scenic Design:
Special effects props:
Props:

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01/11/2024

Happy Halloween! Oh shoot I’m gonna be late ⏰

Threw this together last minute as life has been hectic!

28/10/2024

Beauty and the Beast opened this weekend to big audiences and amazing feedback! You have one more week to catch this show!

Thank you so much for the kind words! Here are some of there excerpts:
“Haven Hanson is captivating as Lumière, one of the many castle servants cursed to be a household object. From the moment he appears alongside Emma Price (Cogsworth), these two are in perfect sync.”
“Hanson happens to wear many important hats in this production. On top of playing the icon candelabra, he helps with the choreography while serving as the show’s designer for production, scenery, costumes, and make-up. Each of these areas succeeds in its own right, creating a fully thought-out experience that pays homage to the original animation without simply copying from it. All of these elements come together beautifully for a night of classic Disney magic.”

Amazing Photos:
Director:
Assistant Director:
Producer:
Production Designer:
Stage Manager:
Dance Captain:
Music Direction:
Lighting Design:
Sound Design: Trevin Welty
Costume Design:
Assistant Costume Design: Marisa Albert
Wig Design:
Makeup Design:
Assistant Makeup Design:
Set Design:
Assistant Scenic Design:
Special effects props:
Props:

Ran out of tags! .hamze please let me know if I forgot anyone!

03/10/2024

We open at the end of the month! This is probably one of the most exciting shows I’ve gotten to design and roles I’ve played in the past couple years! Thank you to my best friend for working with me to put this on . Tickets are selling! The link is in my bio, we’re in a huge proscenium theatre so don’t worry about getting a bad seat, though I’d sit close to center! Come support this amazing cast and design team!

Director:
Assistant Director:
Producer: , myself and Carina as well 😅
Production Designer:
Stage Manager:
Dance Captain:
Lighting Design:
Sound Design: Trevon!
Costume Design:
Assistant Costume Design: Marisa Albert
Wig Design:
Makeup Design:
Assistant Makeup Design:
Set Design:
Assistant Scenic Design:
Special effects props:
Props:

20/09/2024

Life has been nothing short of problems and stress, but right now the one thing that’s bringing a lot of light is going to rehearsals for beauty and the beast. It has been such a joy working with my great friend who is directing our show and the cast is nothing short of wonderful every time I walk into rehearsal they bring so much joy and excitement, and they are all so incredibly motivated and talented and hard-working people that have come in consistently to help me put the set together and get the show on its feet. We have an amazing show in store and it would mean the world to me if people could come and support this group, I’ve done this before, and my last Director of the show is now in the show with me as Mrs. Potts . We have a huge ambitious set designed by me and my talented friend and amazing wig work by , I am doing make up and costume design as well on this incredibly colorful and exciting show. The cast has been working so hard and so has production, and we would love people to help support push our show out there. It would mean a lot to me right now life has been hard and I would really appreciate if people could help me get this one out there tickets have already been selling. They’ve fully been on sale for a little while now but we have a good feeling about this!

20/08/2024

Saying goodbye to the 7 pound beauty today as it makes its way to ! This is a heavy dress with a lot of layers based off of I believe a video game, I’m not completely sure 😅. I know the characters name is Cloud, this is likely one of my last individual commissions as I have had a lot change for my small business these past two years and am having to restructure to a theatrical costume rental business instead of commissions. But I’m so glad that was patient with me, this one is adorable!

12/08/2024

Your the one that I want… except for Eugene! Unfortunately I was one of the characters not included in that sentiment 🥲, still a very fun show!

We closed Grease on Saturday, what a crazy journey we had with 12 days of rehearsal and 3 tech days. I costumed this production and did wigs, except for did Frenchies! So glad I got to work with for the third time, this time both as a designer and as a performer. While I will honestly say performing as the character that gets bullied isn't much fun, costuming this show was. So glad to have had .saruh and on my costume team!

25/07/2024

Excited to announce that I’m costuming Broadway in the Park production for the third year in a row! Also that I’m performing in this years production as Eugene in Grease!

09/07/2024

I thought these were funny, we took family pictures last week.

22/04/2024

“No one is alone, truly, no one is alone”
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Into the Woods opened this week and what a process this has been. I will likely end up making a second post as this was a big show for me. Very grateful to collaborate my and my friend the director . I production designed the show including the costumes, makeup, Wigs ( styled Cinderellas wigs), scenery, and props. .saruh designed the puppets! The costumes are monochromatic by fairytale and are designed in a way to create a sense of familiarity to ease the rising tension that occurs in the show. The set is made to look like it is all sketched out on partridge paper and because of this it allows the lighting to have a greater impact on the world, I wanted the lighting and the performers to be the ones to affect the world around them and not the other way around. As it’s the performers actions that change the direction of the show. There are a lot of little costume nuances such as Cinderellas indecisiveness that can be seen by her isolated color that never changes even when she becomes part of a new family. Little red on the other hand after a traumatic encounter loses some color becoming monochromatic like the other adults. The saturated colors fade into duller and less vibrant colors in the second act as they have yet to realize at its beginning that they are further from the happiness or wishes they sought than where they started. My amazing costume intern Marissa helped me create so many costumes from scratch for this show. It was a long 3 month build process!

08/04/2024

It was a total eclipse of the sun!

14/03/2024

Into the Woods Tickets are On Sale and while we’re a month away from the show Milky White would greatly appreciate your support! Jokes aside this show is very important to me, I designed Costumes, Hair, Makeup, Scenery and Props for this show as well performing as one of the leads Jack. My costume company is making over 30 costumes for this show from the pattern up we’ve already spent weeks sourcing fabrics, patterning the show and fitting costumes! On top of costumes we’re doing the full face and neck prosthetic for the witch and wolf, building 16ft trees and making the entire stage/ set appear as if it’s sketched on partridge paper. If you know my work you know that means the floor is painted, there’s a false proscenium arch, the scenery is layered and grand and the costumes contrast visually to differentiate the actors. While I might have taken on a lot I have a wonderful team and staff around me helping make this production happen!

30/01/2024

As we are about to embark on our production of Into the Woods at , I thought I’d share some pictures of our last production of the Music Man our third production of our new program. Directed by , I was the Scenic/ Set Designer, Costumer, and Hair and Makeup designer/ lead scenic painter. I like these pictures it shows the directors intent and some of the details on the set and costumes. The wonderful performed as Ms. Paroo as well as styling her and Marian’s wigs. Sorry that I could not have everyone!

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