McLennan alum Michele Cervantes drew this of me MANY YEARS AGO. Michele's work is for sale. There is a link to her FB page The Art of Michele Cervantes on the Everything Else Links page.
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Jessica Phelps is wearing the UT Longhorn cheer uniform she made in class.
Me and Matt Smith as Buckingham. This costume won him the TETA Founder's Scholarship and got him into Santa Fe School of Art and Design. He is now an intern at Center Stage Theatre in Baltimore.
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Me and the McLennan Theatre majors 2015-16.
A Short Bio
Kathleen Laundy (she/her) joined the McLennan Theatre department in 1997. She holds a B.A. in theatre from Texas A&M University (1993) and M.F.A. in costume design from California State University-Long Beach (1997). Her professional credits include such diverse California venues as Universal Studios, McCoy/Rigby Entertainment, West Coast Ensemble, Renaissance Entertainment, The Colony, East/West Players, and Long Beach Playhouse. Before leaving Texas for California, Professor Laundy was the resident costume designer for El Paso's first Magnet School for Theatre. Professor Laundy teaches Costume Technology, Makeup, Introduction to Design, and Theatre Appreciation. She designs costumes for McLennan theatre and opera productions She is a member of several professional groups including the U.S. Institute for Theatre Technology--Southwest, American Theatre in Higher Education, and Waco Theatre Alliance. Professor Laundy's designs continue to win certificates of excellence in Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival competitions, including An Ideal Husband (1998), Royal Hunt of the Sun (2001), Quake (2002) and The Lion in Winter (2010). She is also an award-winning professional cosplayer, and serves on the Costume Committee of Epically Geeky Expo, our local comic convention. She is also the founder of MCC Alumni Cosplayers group (MAC) . In addition to her collegiate service, she recently earned her certificate in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion from Cornell University and is the faculty advisor for the Genders and Sexualities Alliance organization on campus. Her beloved community is Neurodivergent/LGBTQIA. At home she is married to a professional musician and together they have three children.
Curriculum Vitae
| kathleen_laundy_cv_2023.pdf |
Teaching Philosophy
My favorite web comic, written by Dr. Dante Shepard, says it the best!
Or here's the formal version, should you prefer that.
| philosophy.docx |
A Tribute by spoken word poet, April Neal
Laundy,
You don’t throw us out with the laundry
You know how to treat linens
And other peoples' children
With CARE
and style…
And just in case no one has hugged you or made you feel seen in a while
It’s your super power. Caring for things, reworking threads of our heart so that the positive stays put and the negative narratives unravel . You time travel.
You don’t need a cape.
You right wrongs - you didn’t even make
You encourage women or however we identify to TAKE UP SPACE
and take up classes
And take therapy
and not be apologetic for being
You inspire . You have birthed a legacy you don’t even know you’re leaving.
And we love you for it!
We run to your shop like Cade runs around the theatre building . Just cause .
It’s quite possibly the most peaceful place of refuge
and because because because
Laundy,
You don’t treat us like stained or dirty laundry. You don’t throw us away with
the bath water
You plant seeds , you fertilize and water
You encourage us to do ALL THE THINGS
You’re hymn…sacred gospel. I’d call it Femi-costal.
You are the perfect hem. We never want to let you down.
You honor HIM and her or they/them pronouns .
Because you GET IT!
You got it.
All heroes don’t wear capes .
But you Professor Kathleen Laundy deserve
the tights, the laser beams and the flyest CHEST PLATE!
You don’t throw us out with the laundry
You know how to treat linens
And other peoples' children
With CARE
and style…
And just in case no one has hugged you or made you feel seen in a while
It’s your super power. Caring for things, reworking threads of our heart so that the positive stays put and the negative narratives unravel . You time travel.
You don’t need a cape.
You right wrongs - you didn’t even make
You encourage women or however we identify to TAKE UP SPACE
and take up classes
And take therapy
and not be apologetic for being
You inspire . You have birthed a legacy you don’t even know you’re leaving.
And we love you for it!
We run to your shop like Cade runs around the theatre building . Just cause .
It’s quite possibly the most peaceful place of refuge
and because because because
Laundy,
You don’t treat us like stained or dirty laundry. You don’t throw us away with
the bath water
You plant seeds , you fertilize and water
You encourage us to do ALL THE THINGS
You’re hymn…sacred gospel. I’d call it Femi-costal.
You are the perfect hem. We never want to let you down.
You honor HIM and her or they/them pronouns .
Because you GET IT!
You got it.
All heroes don’t wear capes .
But you Professor Kathleen Laundy deserve
the tights, the laser beams and the flyest CHEST PLATE!