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Carissa Thorlakson
Wig and Makeup Designer

CARISSA THORLAKSON  (Wig and Makeup Design) – Off-Broadway: Grand Hotel at New York City Center, Little Rock at the Sheen Center, Princeton Festival: Tosca, The Barber of Seville, Così fan tutte, Scalia/Ginsberg, Albert Herring, The Impresario, and Madama Butterfly Opera: Opera Lafayette at the Kennedy Center, Opera Philadelphia Theatre: The Old Globe, Papermill Playhouse, A.R.T., Walnut Street Theatre, McCarter Theatre Center, Hartford Stage, Lookingglass Theatre Company, Two River Theatre, Bay Street Theater, A.C.T. of CT. Bristol Riverside, InterAct Theatre Company, Shakespeare Theatre of NJ, Arden Theatre Company, Delaware Theatre Company, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Arden Theatre Company. She has served as a wig and makeup artist at operas across the country such as Santa Fe, Sarasota, Philadelphia, & Washington National. Carissa also creates custom medical wigs, cosplay wigs, and teaches classes in wigs and makeup. You can find her at CThorwigs.com and @wigician.