Cheyenne Pellicoro
Costume Designer — Elton John and Tim Rice’s AIDA
Cheyenne is currently working in New York City on the costume design team for the Tony Award-winning Hamilton – An American Musical. Additionally, Cheyenne was the Assistant Costume Designer for the Idaho Shakespeare Festival summer 2018 season and she also worked during New York Fashion Week as a Makeup Artist with Bobbi Brown Cosmetics. Previous design work includes projects for Steffi Nossen Dance Company and Terra Loop (Proteo Media) at Triskelion Arts, Hair/Makeup Assistant for a Nylon magazine music video, and Wig Master Assistant for touring Broadway shows performed at the Morristown Performing Arts Center (MPAC) including Annie, Beauty and the Beast and Rock of Ages. Cheyenne is a Certified Freelance Makeup Artist for Bobbi Brown Cosmetics. In the spring 2017, Ms. Pellicoro was awarded the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Theatrical Design Excellence for Costume Design, Aida (2016).
Cheyenne is originally from Green Book, New Jersey, received her degree from Montclair State University, and is based in New York City.
AIDA was directed by Gary John LaRosa for Montclair State University, October 2016.
We wanted to tell the story of the title character, Aida, the powerful, the strong, and the courageous. We also wanted to show how Aida deals with social and cultural obstacles while being torn between her country and her love, Radames, the Egyptian Captain. Our team established a vision that supported the historical setting, while incorporating the modern rock sensibility found in Elton John’s music. It was important that the creative team consistently kept a high contrast world between the rich and powerful Egyptians and the struggling and oppressed Nubians. Through my research, I was able to incorporate silhouettes from Ancient Egypt and Nubia while adding modern qualities.
