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Jeremiah Hines\u2019 senior theater project, \u201cRedefine Me,\u201d is breaking the norms: of gender, American culture, costume design, and senior projects themselves. \u201cRedefine Me\u201d is a costume showcase which will be performed April 21 and 22 at 7:30 p.m. in Eastern Mennonite University\u2019s (EMU) Lee Eshleman Studio Theater.<\/p>\n

Traditionally, senior projects have been staged performances or written theses. But Hines envisioned a costume show with designs based on architecture he saw during the Central Europe cross-cultural<\/a> last semester. His cross-cultural leader, Professor Justin Poole<\/a>, agreed to advise the project.<\/p>\n

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Senior Jeremiah Hines works on a fashion design in the Theater Department’s costume shop as Holly Labbe, adjunct instructor, gives some feedback. His senior show will challenge gender norms in clothing design.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Senior theater projects, Poole says, are \u201ca place for students to experiment and take the art they\u2019ve been working on for four years in new directions \u2026 and do it in a way that\u2019s going to help them further enhance their creative expressions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Once in Europe, however, Hines was inspired by more than just art and architecture.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything is less constricted within society,\u201d he explains. He particularly noticed the contrast in rigidity between American and European gender roles.<\/p>\n

In the show, traditionally male clothing will be worn by female actors. However, a formal gown inspired by Austrian painter Gustav Klimt\u2019s work will be displayed on a mannequin.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was hard to get men who are willing to wear clothing that would not be considered men\u2019s clothing. So I\u2019m embracing that \u2026 it\u2019s a part of our community, and something we need to address,\u201d says Hines. Other pieces were inspired by a clock tower in Prague, Austrian Jewish folklore and a Parisian experimental theater piece reflecting on European religiosity.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to try to break away from that strong dichotomy of male and female. I want to show that it\u2019s a spectrum. Also, if you feel you fit into that strong dichotomy, what that looks like is going to be very different to different people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another norm Hines eschews in \u201cRedefine Me\u201d is buying new materials to create costumes. While he has a rich history of involvement in EMU drama \u2013 from student-run GONZO theater to Mainstage productions \u2013 last spring\u2019s The Prophet<\/i> was his first experience both designing and constructing costumes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI found that with creating costumes from new material, there\u2019s a lot of waste involved,\u201d he says. Hines is using that \u201cwaste\u201d from The Prophet, <\/i>as well as donated and thrift shop-bought materials, to create all the costumes in \u201cRedefine Me.\u201d Also unique is his method of \u201cdevised costuming,\u201d in which he provides materials, designs, and direction to a team who influences the finished costume as they construct it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited to see what happens,\u201d says Poole.<\/p>\n

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Hines in the costume shop.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hines has loved theater since childhood, when his family attended performances at James Madison University. He entered EMU as an education major, but a Theater for Youth and Children class with Professor Heidi Winters Vogel<\/a> caused him to rethink. Along with Poole and theater major Ezrionna Prioleau, he\u2019s volunteered with On the Road Collaborative to bring after-school theatrical expression to Skyline Middle School students.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a natural progression\u201d into theater, he says, \u201cbecause that\u2019s what I really love.\u201d After graduation, Hines plans to move to Washington, D.C. to pursue theater production or movement-based drama.<\/p>\n

Hines stresses that all are welcome and all will encounter the unexpected at \u201cRedefine Me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI would encourage anyone to come and see the interactive gallery no matter what they know about it, no matter how they might think they\u2019ll feel about it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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