Carey Blackerby Hanson

Carey Blackerby Hanson is a Professor of Costume Design at the University of Mississippi. Her costume experience has covered a wide range of theatre, musical theatre, opera, dance, and theatre for youth. Carey has worked professionally with The Santa Fe Opera, Utah Opera, Sundance Summer Theatre, Old Lyric Repertory Company, Unicorn Theatre, The Pink Garter Theatre, and Playmill Theatre-Jackson. She is a member of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology and the Costume Society of...See more

Carey Blackerby Hanson is a Professor of Costume Design at the University of Mississippi. Her costume experience has covered a wide range of theatre, musical theatre, opera, dance, and theatre for youth. Carey has worked professionally with The Santa Fe Opera, Utah Opera, Sundance Summer Theatre, Old Lyric Repertory Company, Unicorn Theatre, The Pink Garter Theatre, and Playmill Theatre-Jackson. She is a member of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology and the Costume Society of America. As a costume historian, her research focus is early American children and textile production. She has traveled abroad as well as throughout the Eastern and Southern United States to gather primary information for her continuing research. With the support of the University of Mississippi department of Theatre and Film and the College of Liberal Arts, Carey is in the process of developing a historical clothing collection for students interested in studying extant garments. See less