Pakledinaz, Martin (Martin P. Pakledinaz, Marty Pakledinaz)

PERSONAL

Full name, Martin P. Pakledinaz; born in Detroit, MI; raised in Sterling Heights, MI; son of James (a model maker for an automotive company) and Dorothy C. (a secretary at a library) Pakledinaz. Education: Wayne State University, B.A.; University of Michigan, M.F.A., costume design; briefly studied dance.

Career:

Costume designer. New York University, instructor of costume design.

Awards, Honors:

Helen Hayes Award, outstanding costume design in a resident production, Washington Theatre Awards Society, 1987, for The Piggy Bank; Helen Hayes Award nomination, outstanding costume design in a resident production, 1987, for The Taming of the Shrew; Jeff Award, Joseph Jefferson Awards Committee, 1988, for Pal Joey; Helen Hayes Award nomination, outstanding costume design in a resident production, 1988, for All's Well That Ends Well; Helen Hayes Award nomination, outstanding costume design in a resident production, 1989, for The Cocoanuts; Helen Hayes Award nomination, outstanding costume design in a resident production, 1990, for Twelfth Night; Helen Hayes Award, outstanding costume design in a resident production, 1991, for Mary Stuart; Helen Hayes Award nomination, outstanding costume design, resident play or musical, 1992, for King Lear; Helen Hayes Award nomination, outstanding costume design, resident play or musical, 1993, Much Ado about Nothing; CableACE Award nomination, best costume design, National Cable Television Association, c. 1993, for Grand Isle; Drama-Logue Award, outstanding costume design, and Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, costume design, both 1996, and Ovation Award, costume design/larger theatres, LA Stage Alliance, c. 1996, all for Changes of Heart; Helen Hayes Award, outstanding costume design, resident play or musical, 1997, for Volpone; Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best costume design, and Drama Desk Award nomination, outstanding costume design, both 1997, for The Life; Antoinette Perry Award nomination, 1998, and Friends of New York Theatre Award nomination, c. 1998, both best costume design, for Golden Child; Irene Sharaff Young Master Award, excellence in costume design, Theatre Development Fund, 1998; Obie Award, best costume design, Village Voice, 1999, for The Misanthrope; Lucille Lortel Award, outstanding costume design, League of Off-Broadway Theatres and Producers, and Drama Desk Award nomination, best costume design, both 2000, for The Wild Party; Lucille Lortel Award, outstanding costume design, 2000, for Waste; Helen Hayes Award nomination, best costume design in a resident production, 2000, for The Merchant of Venice; Antoinette Perry Award, best costume design, Drama Desk Award, outstanding costume design, outstanding costume design, Y2K Tony Winners Circle Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award nomination, outstanding costume design, all 2000, Addison Award (award honoring theatrical productions in and around Boston), Theater Mirror, 2004, and Friends of New York Theatre Award nomination, all for Kiss Me, Kate; Antoinette Perry Award, best costume design, 2002, Drama Desk Award, outstanding costume design, 2002, and Laurence Olivier Theatre Award, best costume designer, Society of West End Theatre, 2003, all for Thoroughly Modern Millie; Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best costume design of a musical, 2006, for The Pajama Game; Lucille Lortel Award nomination, outstanding costume design, 2006, for The Trip to Bountiful; Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best costume design of a musical, 2008, for Gypsy.

CREDITS

Stage Costume Designer:

(As Marty Pakledinaz) Assistant costume designer, Onward Victoria (musical), Joseph Jefferson Theatre Company, beginning 1979, Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, 1980.

The Duchess of Malfi, Tyrone Guthrie Theater, c. 1980.

I Won't Dance, Helen Hayes Theatre, New York City, 1981.

Inacent Black, Biltmore Theatre, New York City, 1981.

Associate costume designer, La Cage aux Folles (musical), Palace Theatre, New York City, 1983-87.

The Rainbow Room (dance production), American Ballroom Theatre, Joyce Theatre, New York City, 1984.

On the Twentieth Century (musical), York Theatre at St. Peter's, New York City, 1985.

Moby Dick (musical), York Theatre at St. Peter's, 1986.

The Time of the Cuckoo, York Theatre at St. Peter's, 1986.

The Taming of the Shrew, Arena Stage, Washington, DC, c. 1986.

You Never Can Tell, Circle in the Square, New York City, 1986-87.

Ghost on Fire, Goodman Theatre, Mainstage, Chicago, IL, 1987.

The Juniper Tree (opera), Opera Omaha, Omaha, NE, 1987.

The Piggy Bank, Arena Stage and Tyrone Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MN, both 1987.

The Turn of the Screw (opera), Opera Omaha, 1987.

The School for Wives, La Jolla Playhouse, The Warren Theatre, La Jolla, CA, 1987, and Hartford Stage, Hartford, CT, 1988.

All's Well That Ends Well, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, DC, 1987-88.

The Cocoanuts (musical), Arena Stage, Kreeger Theater, Washington, DC, 1988.

(As Marty Pakledinaz) Pal Joey (musical), Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1988.

Coriolanus, New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp Public Theater, Anspacher Theater, New York City, 1988-89.

Orfeo et Euridice (opera), Mark Morris Dance Group, Seattle Opera, Seattle, WA, 1988, Hancher Auditorium, Iowa City, IA, 1996, and Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York City, 1996.

Twelfth Night (also known as Twelfth Night, or What You Will), Shakespeare Theatre Company, 1989.

Werther (opera), Seattle Opera, 1989.

Wonderland (dance production), Mark Morris Dance Group, Theatre Royale de la Monnaie, Brussels, Belgium, 1989.

Ein Hertz (ballet), Mark Morris Dance Group, Paris Opera Ballet, Paris Opera, Paris, France, 1990.

The Illusion, Hartford Stage, 1990.

Mary Stuart, Shakespeare Theatre Company, 1990.

A Lake (dance production), Mark Morris Dance Group and White Oak Dance Project, Wolf Trap Farm Park, Filene Center, Vienna, VA, 1991.

Le nozze di Figaro (opera), Mark Morris Dance Group, Theatre Royale de la Monnaie, 1991.

Pygmalion, Union Square Theatre, New York City, 1991.

The Hard Nut (ballet; version of The Nutcracker), Mark Morris Dance Group, Theatre Royale de la Monnaie, 1991, and Theatre at Brooklyn Academy of Music, 1992, 1993.

La Boheme (opera), Seattle Opera, 1991, 2007.

Hamlet, Roundabout Theatre Company, Criterion Center Stage Right, New York City, 1992.

King Lear, Shakespeare Theatre Company, 1992.

Much Ado about Nothing, Shakespeare Theatre Company, The Landsburgh Theatre, Washington, DC, 1992.

Anna Christie, Roundabout Theatre Company, Criterion Center Stage Right, 1992-93.

Luck, Pluck & Virtue, La Jolla Playhouse, Mandell Weiss Theatre, La Jolla, CA, 1993.

A Grand Night for Singing (musical revue), Roundabout Theatre Company, Criterion Center Stage Right, 1993-94.

Vanessa (opera), Dallas Opera, Dallas, TX, 1993, Washington Opera, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, 1995, Seattle Opera, 1999, New York City Opera, Lincoln Center, New York State Theater, New York City, 2007.

Hedda Gabler, Roundabout Theatre Company, Criterion Center Stage Right, 1994.

Lohengrin (opera), Seattle Opera, 1994.

Street Scene (opera), Houston Grand Opera, Wortham Center, Brown Theater, Houston, TX, 1994, Theater im Pfalzbau, Ludwigshafen, Germany, 1994, and Theater des Westens, Berlin, Germany, 1995.

Jenufa (opera), Canadian Opera Company, Canada, 1995.

Maelstrom (ballet), Mark Morris Dance Group, San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA, 1995.

Twelve Dreams, Lincoln Center, Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, New York City, 1995.

Holiday, Circle in the Square, 1995-96.

Changes of Heart (also known as The Double Inconstancy), Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1996.

The Father, Roundabout Theatre Company, Criterion Center Stage Right, 1996.

Summer and Smoke, Roundabout Theatre Company, Criterion Center Stage Right, 1996.

Volpone, Shakespeare Theatre Company, The Landsburgh Theatre, 1996.

The Game of Love and Chance, McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ, and Boston University, Huntington Theatre, Boston, MA, both 1997.

Going Places in the Berkshires, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Main Stage, Williamstown, MA, 1997.

Misha's Party, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Main Stage, 1997.

Norma (opera), Lyric Opera of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1997, also produced at the Metropolitan Opera.

Rhymes with Silver (dance production), Mark Morris Dance Group, Cal Performances, University of California, Berkeley, Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley, CA, 1997.

The Diary of Anne Frank, Colonial Theatre, Boston, MA, 1997, and Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1997-98.

The Life (musical), Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1997-98.

A Midsummer Night's Dream (ballet), Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Center Opera House, Seattle, WA, 1997, Edinburgh International Festival, Playhouse Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1998, and Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, 1999.

An American in Paris (ballet), Boston Ballet, Citi Performing Arts Center, Wang Theatre, Boston, MA, 1998.

Medium (dance production), Mark Morris Dance Group, Byham Theater, Pittsburgh, PA, 1998.

Impossible Marriage, Roundabout Theatre Company, Laura Pels Theatre, New York City, 1998-99.

Il trovatore (opera), Los Angeles Opera, Los Angeles, 1998, 2004.

Cinderella (ballet), Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Center Opera House, 1999.

The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare Theatre Company, The Landsburgh Theatre, 1999.

The Misanthrope, Classic Stage Company, New York City, 1999.

Give Me Your Answer, Do!, Roundabout Theatre Company, Gramercy Theatre, New York City, 1999-2000.

Scent of the Roses, Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1999-2000.

Kiss Me, Kate (musical), Martin Beck Theatre, 1999-2001.

Taller Than a Dwarf, Longacre Theatre, New York City, 2000.

Waste, American Place Theatre, New York City, 2000.

The Wild Party (musical), Manhattan Theatre Club, Stage I, New York City, 2000.

L'amour de loin (opera), Salzburg Festival, Festival Hall, Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, Austria, 2000, Santa Fe Opera, Sante Fe, NM, 2002, and Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, Finland, 2004.

Hair (musical), produced as part of City Center Encores! (also known as Encores! and Encores! Great American Musicals in Concert), City Center Theatre, Symphony Space, New York City, c. 2001.

Cellini, Second Stage, New York City, 2001.

Kimberly Akimbo, South Coast Repertory Theatre, Costa Mesa, CA, 2001.

Pacific (ballet), San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco, CA, 2001.

Prism (ballet), San Francisco Ballet, 2001.

A Thousand Clowns, Longacre Theatre, 2001.

Troilus and Cressida, Theatre for a New Audience, American Place Theatre, 2001.

Turning Game (ballet), San Francisco Ballet, 2001.

V (dance production), Mark Morris Dance Group, Sadler's Wells Theatre, 2001, and Cal Performances, University of California, Berkeley, Zellerbach Hall, c. 2004.

The Ring (series of operas; also known as The Ring Cycle and Der Ring des Nibelungen), Seattle Opera, 2001, 2005, 2009.

The Boys from Syracuse (musical), American Airlines Theatre, New York City, 2002.

A Letter from Ethel Kennedy, MCC Theater, New York City, 2002.

Loot, McCarter Theatre, 2002.

A Year with Frog and Toad (musical), The Children's Theatre Company, Minneapolis, MN, 2002, New Victory Theater, New York City, 2002, and Cort Theatre, New York City, 2003.

Thoroughly Modern Millie (musical), Marquis Theatre, New York City, 2002-2004, and Shaftesbury Theatre, London, 2003-2004.

All Fours (dance production), Mark Morris Dance Group, Cal Performances, University of California, Berkeley, Zellerbach Hall, 2003.

Juvenilia, Playwrights Horizons Theatre, New York City, 2003.

Kimberly Akimbo, Manhattan Theatre Club, Stage I, 2003.

The Look of Love (musical revue; also known as The Look of Love, The Songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal David), Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 2003.

Regina (opera), Lyric Opera of Chicago, 2003.

The Triumph of Love, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Bagley Wright Theatre, Seattle, WA, 2003.

Wonderful Town (musical), Al Hirschfeld Theatre, New York City, 2003-2005.

The Nutcracker (ballet), San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House, 2004.

Sylvia (ballet), Mark Morris Dance Group, San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House, 2004.

Rodelinda (opera), Metropolitan Opera, Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, 2004-2005.

Tristan und Isolde (opera), Opera National de Paris, Opera Bastille, Paris, France, 2005.

Two Gentlemen of Verona (musical; also known as Two Gentlemen of Verona: The Musical), Shakespeare in the Park, Joseph Papp Public Theater, Delacorte Theater, New York City, 2005.

The Trip to Bountiful, Signature Theatre Company, Peter Norton Space, New York City, 2005-2006.

(And set designer) A Midsummer Night's Dream (ballet), Boston Ballet, Citi Performing Arts Center, Wang Theatre, 2006.

The Pajama Game (musical), American Airlines Theatre, 2006.

Up and Down (ballet), Mark Morris Dance Group, Boston Ballet, Citi Performing Arts Center, Wang Theatre, 2006.

Adriana Mater (opera), Opera National de Paris, Opera Bastille, 2006, Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, Finland, 2008, and Santa Fe Opera, 2008.

Iphigenie en Tauride (opera), Seattle Opera and Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center, New York City, both 2007.

La Passion de Simone (oratorio), Barbican Theatre, London, and Helsinki Festival, Helsinki, Finland, both 2007.

Lucia di Lammermoor (opera), Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center, Josie Robertson Plaza, New York City, 2007.

The Nightingale and the Rose (ballet), New York City Ballet, Lincoln Center, New York State Theater, 2007.

The Pirate Queen (musical), Hilton Theatre, New York City, 2007.

Is He Dead?, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 2007-2008.

Grease (musical), Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 2007—.

Gypsy (musical), produced as part of Encores! Summer Stars (also known as City Center Encores! Summer Stars, Encores!, and Encores! Great American Musicals in Concert), City Center Theatre, New York City, 2007, and produced at the St. James Theatre, New York City, 2008—.

Designed costumes for The House of Bernarda Alba and Uncle Vanya, both Tyrone Guthrie Theater; for The Good Life, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Theater Lab, Washington, DC; and for Passage (ballet), Boston Ballet; costume designer for other productions, including productions at A Contemporary Theatre, Seattle, WA; designer for various theatre, opera, and dance productions in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia.

Major Tour Costume Designer:

Xerxes (opera), U.S. cities, c. 1993-98.

Golden Child, U.S. cities and Asia, c. 1996-98.

Kiss Me, Kate (musical), U.S. cities, beginning 2001.

Mozart Dances (dance production), Mark Morris Dance Group, U.S. and international cities, c. 2006-2007.

Costume designer for The Ring (series of operas; also known as The Ring Cycle and Der Ring des Nibelungen), Seattle Opera, international cities.

Television Costume Designer; Movies:

(As Martin P. Pakledinaz) Grand Isle (also known as L'isola dell'amore, Lomaparatiisi, O despertar, and Sommer auf Grand Isle), TNT, 1991.

Television Costume Designer; Specials:

"The Hard Nut" (ballet), Dance in America (also known as Great Performances: Dance in America), PBS, 1992.

"The Last Mile," produced as part of Great Performances' 20th Anniversary Special (also known as Great Performances), PBS, 1992.

"The Rodgers & Hart Story: Thou Swell, Thou Witty," Great Performances, PBS, 1999.

(And set decorator) A Midsummer Night's Dream (ballet), BBC, 1999.

"Born to Be Wild: The Leading Men of the American Ballet Theatre," Dance in America (also known as Dance in America: Born to Be Wild: The Leading Men of the American Ballet Theatre, Great Performances: Dance in America, and Great Performances: Dance in America: Born to Be Wild: The Leading Men of the American Ballet Theatre), PBS, 2003.

"Kiss Me, Kate" (musical), Great Performances, PBS, 2003.

"Mozart Dances" (dance production), Live from Lincoln Center (also known as Great Performances: Live from Lincoln Center), PBS, 2007.

Some sources cite Pakledinaz as the costume designer for "Hamlet," Great Performances, PBS, 1990; and for Street Scene (opera), PBS.

Television Wardrobe; Awards Presentations:

The 30th Annual Kennedy Center Honors, CBS, 2007.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Himself, Broadway '97: Launching the Tonys, PBS, 1997.