COSTUME DESIGN
My portfolio includes work with Monumental Theatre Company, Keegan Theatre, Taffety Punk Theatre Company, and Olney Theatre Center. I have also designed a wide range of education theatre productions.
DC AREA
American Psycho ○ Dir. Michael Windsor ○ Monumental Theatre
“The costumes did a good job expressing the world of the co-operate 80s, most of the cast in businessware for the majority of the show.”
“Elizabeth Morton’s costume design had all the necessary trappings of the 80s power suits, softened by silk chemises and neutral colors.”
“The costume design by Elizabeth Morton utilized a muted business-attire palette, primarily black, white, and gray, mirroring the set’s sterility and allowing the red of Patrick’s tie and his bloody horrors to pop. Although restrained in color, the costumes were vibrantly 1980s in style: shoulder pads, poofy sleeves, baggy suits, and countless skirts delightfully flooded the stage.”
Merrily We Roll Along ○ Directed by Christina Coakley & Jennifer Hopkins ○ Keegan Theatre
This Inherent Echo ○ Choreographed by Erin Nelson ○ Taffety Punk Theatre Company
Our Black Death ○ Associate Designer ○ Designed by Jen Gillette ○ Taffety Punk Theatre Company
"Jen Gillette has dressed the cast in costumes adorned with such rich layered tapestries of fabrics and leathers and textures and colorful detail that seen up close these clothes seem the quality of grand opera."
Shakespeare in Love (Helen Hayes Award Nomination) ○ Dir. Ricky Drummond & Douglas Dubois ○ Keegan Theatre
"Elizabeth Morton’s costumes were sumptuous period pieces, with plentiful frills and petticoats."
"The sets and costumes are evocative and clever, each always giving you something new to watch with each scene."
Othello ○ Dir. Kelsey Mesa ○ Taffety Punk Theatre Company
A Comedy of Tenors ○ Assistant Designer ○ Designed by Seth Gilbert ○ Olney Theatre Center
"Elizabeth Morton's costumes survey the 70s-50s with an accurate eye. Standouts include the terrible multi-colored dress shirts that men began to wear in the 1970s, the sleek, A-line mini-dresses that women wore in the 1960s, and the berets that were "in" in the Village in the 50s and 60s."
"Designer Elizabeth Morton effectively fits the show’s costumes to the variety of styles prevalent in the 20 years covered by the story, as well as to the nature of the characters. Beth’s dresses are rather wholesome girl-next-door in tone, for example, while Gussie’s tend to a more studied glamorous and slinky look. Charley wears mostly nerdy sweaters and sportcoats, while Frank, until the final scene, wears white shirts and ties with suspenders, neither seemingly changing much with the times. The ensemble costumes for the 1960s “Blob” sequence are a riot of colors."
