Mary Traylor

Mary Traylor has designed numerous operas for the Lyric Opera of Kansas City including Aida, Of Mice and Men, Julio Cesare, Hamlet, Abduction From the Seraglio, Don Giovanni, Cenerentola, John Brown, Cosi fan tutti, The Flying Dutchman, Turandot, and Carmen amongst others. Her designs for operas have appeared at Washington National Opera, Calgary Opera, Opera Orlando, Palm Beach Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera. She has been the resident costume designer at The Heart of America Shakespeare Festival for the past 34 years creating costumes for 40 Shakespeare productions and designed for the New Theatre in Kansas City for more than 30 productions. (January 2023)

Debut Production : Don Giovanni, 2023