CHARLENE ALEXIS GROSS is an Assistant Professor of Costume Design at Penn State's School of Theatre and Resident Costume Designer for Ohio Light Opera (OLO) since 2005. Prior to PSU she was the Production Manager for OLO and Resident Costume Designer at the College of Wooster. She has worked at Cleveland Playhouse, Florida Repertory Theatre, Merrimack Rep Theatre, the Flea, Rattelstick Theatre, Perry Street Theatre, NYC Fringe Festival, Joyce SoHo, Symphony Space, & Kunnigham Studios. Dance designs have been seen at the Yard (Martha’s Vineyard), Cleveland Museum of Art, Gibney Studios NYC, West Wave Dance Festival, NBC Nightly News, & The Gamesters’ Manhattan Magic at the Sands Casino, Atlantic City with choreographers such as David Shimotakahara, Diane McIntrye, Doug Elkins, & Kim Tritt. As an assistant costume designer her work was seen on and Off-Broadway at Seattle Repertory, Guthrie, NY Public Theater, Florida Stage, New York Shakespeare Festival, Manhattan Theatre Company, Berkshire Theatre Festival, & the Classic Stage Company. Educational design credits include work at Penn State, Berkeley Carroll School, Eastman School of Music, the Juilliard School, Columbia University, NYU, Ashland University, Baldwin Wallace University, University Memphis & The College of Wooster. She is a proud graduate of NYU and member of USA Local 829.