{"id":1996,"date":"2021-09-06T21:34:22","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T21:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/theatrearts\/?page_id=1996"},"modified":"2025-05-07T14:14:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T14:14:44","slug":"hilary-oak","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/theatrearts\/hilary-oak\/","title":{"rendered":"Hilary Oak &#8211; University Assistant (Theatre Arts Costume Shop Supervisor)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4395 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/theatrearts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2025\/05\/UTF-8Hilary-Oak-2-300x298.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/theatrearts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2025\/05\/UTF-8Hilary-Oak-2-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/theatrearts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2025\/05\/UTF-8Hilary-Oak-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/theatrearts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/128\/2025\/05\/UTF-8Hilary-Oak-2.jpg 557w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hilary Oak<\/strong>\u00a0<em>(University Assistant) <\/em>has designed costumes and managed the costume shop for St. Lawrence University, Crane School of Music &#8211; Opera Program, SUNY Potsdam &#8211; Drama Department, The NY Renaissance Festival, The Protean Theatre Company, The Ivoryton Playhouse, and The American University in Cairo, Egypt. Design credits include<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><i>Merry Wives of Windsor, My Fair Lady, Our Country\u2019s Good, The Mikado, Into the Woods, Triumph of Love, The London Cuckholds, Clea and Zeus Divorce, Ceremony, The Secret Marriage, Iolanthe, Pirates of Penzance, A Little Night Music,<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i>and<i>\u00a0A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream,<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i>among many others.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\">She was the lead millinery designer and shop manager for Michael\u2019s Bridal in Minneapolis, MN.\u00a0 She worked as a theatre technician for the Santa Fe Opera, Arizona Scenic Studio, and The Children\u2019s Theatre Company in Minneapolis. She has also been a puppeteer for Bread and Puppet Theatre in Vermont, Heart of the Beast Theatre in Minneapolis, and Hudson Vagabond Players in Nyack, NY.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\">Ms. Oak also served as the executive director for the St. Lawrence County Arts Council for twelve years; and has provided meeting facilitation, bookkeeping, and consulting services for a variety of not for profit arts and community organizations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\">Hilary received her BFA in Theatre Design &amp; Technology from SUNY Purchase; and is a graduate of the High School of Performing Arts in New York City.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact Information<\/strong><br \/>\nHilary Oak, Theatre Arts Costume Shop Supervisor<br \/>\nDepartment of Theatre Arts<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:oakh@wcsu.edu\">oakh@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/theatrearts\/theatre-arts-university-assistants\/\">Click here<\/a> to return to University Assistants page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hilary Oak\u00a0(University Assistant) has designed costumes and managed the costume shop for St. Lawrence University, Crane School of Music &#8211; Opera Program, SUNY Potsdam &#8211; Drama Department, The NY Renaissance Festival, The Protean Theatre Company, The Ivoryton Playhouse, and The &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"left-navigation.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1996","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/theatrearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/theatrearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/theatrearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/theatrearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/theatrearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/theatrearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1996\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/theatrearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}