Advisor, Puppet Fabrication
Susan Tolis currently works as the Costume Shop Manager for the University of Connecticut and Connecticut Repertory Theatre. She holds a BFA in Puppet Arts and an MFA in Costume Design. She has worked as a designer and fabricator of puppets, masks, mascots, specialty props and costumes for theatre companies (Lincoln Center Theatre, NETworks Presentations, LLC, Hartford Stage, Theatreworks, Downtown Cabaret Theatre), ballet companies (Hartford Ballet, Boston Ballet, Wausau Ballet), film and television companies (Jim Henson Productions, Walt Disney Productions), and educational and social service companies (Concerned Citizens for Humanity), as well as a variety of other private clients and small businesses.