Wednesday, July 18, 2007

MARY MEASE WARREN - A FAMOUS PITTSBURGH LEGEND PASSES AWAY

Mary Mease Warren, a Veteran Theater Designer and CMU graduate passed away July 14, 2007. She died from cancer. Mary Mease Warren was a New York stage designer with Broadway and TV credits. She is the mother of Gene Stovall of the hit band "Eviction Notice". I also had the chance to meet this remarkable woman. We hit it off right away as she shared with me that she was a costume designer for Kuntu Repertory Theatre. She gave me a brief bio of herself by mentioning that she's worked with the best from Esther Rolle to Phylicia Rashad.


FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS: Viewing will Thursday from 7pm-9pm and Friday 2pm-4pm & 7pm-9pm at Odell Robinson Funeral Home located at 2024 Perrysville Avenue, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15214. The funeral is Saturday at 11am at Metropolitian Baptist Church located at 22 Sampsonia Way.


Mary Mease Warren has designed costumes for over onehundred professional productions throughout the UnitedStates, enjoying a career that began at the NegroEnsemble Company, in New York City, while still astudent. Her work has appeared on and off of Broadway,in regional theatres, and nationally televisedproductions. Locally, she has designed for thePittsburgh Playhouse, the Alleghenty County BarAssociation, The Red Barn Theatre, and the PittsburghPublic Theater.
A native Pittsburgher, Warren was proud to have donecostumes for the late August Wilson, which includedFences, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, and Ma Rainey'sBlack Bottom in Pittsburgh at the Pittsburgh PublicTheater, now known as the O'Reilly Theater. With degrees in both Costume and Set Design fromCarnegie Mellon University, Warren shared her talentsand skills with young adults and children as aneducator. She taught Drama Studies at HowardUniversity Theatre Department in Washington, DC andTulane University in New Orleans, LA at the graduateand undergradute levels. She also taught costume andset design at LORT-East Profession Theatres, OhioUniversity, C.A.P.A. High School Theatre Department,and Northside Urban Pathways Charter School.


Mary Mease Warren returned to professional theatre in2007 to work with Dr. Vernell A. Lillie at the KuntuRepertory Theater. During her time at Kuntu, Warrenwas honored at the 4th Annual AACTA Onyx Awards forAfrican-Americans in Theatre and Dance for her costumedesign work on the musical "Sarafina!" Mary Mease Warren will be missed by her family, whichincluded sons Michael Paul Warren and Eugene ArthurStovall, daughter-in-law Erika Warren, grandchildrenMeredith, Michael, Nathaniel, and Amelia Warren,brothers Harland, Walter, Lee, John, Oscar, and Clyde,sisters Emogene and Leta Brandon, and many nieces andnephews.


EDUCATION
-Carnegie-Mellon University: Master's DegreeProgram-Costume and Set Design 1973-1974.-Carnegie-Mellon University: Bachelor of Fine ArtsDegree-Drama 1969-1973.-Robert Morris Junior College: Liberal Arts Major1966-1968.-Langley High School: Academic Diploma 1960-1968.-Carnegie Museum Saturday Art Program 1958-1964.


ACCOMPLISHMENTS
-Developed successful, non-traditional, methods forteaching complicated, content materials to studentswith different learning and retention styles that ledto Honor Roll status for most.
-Mentored Middle and High School students tosuccessfully overcome barriers to college entry andemployment by coaching in Interviewing Skills, ResumePreparation, Career Goals, Life Skills, ConflictResolution, Anger Management, Diversity, Self-esteem,and Role Modeling. All of which provided solid basesfor successful personal endeavors.
-Sponsored Fundraising activities that activelyinvolved students, families, and communities, atcollege and secondary school level that generatedfinancial support as well as substantial goods andservices donated by merchants.
-Produced and Directed Eight productions thatprofitted over $18,000.
-Trained and mentored more than 12 student designerswho are now working professionals.
-Designed, bulit, and equipped Costume Shops at theNegro Ensemble Company, Tulane University, HowardUniversity, and CAPA High School with donations frombusinesses.
-Established working relationships with communityleaders that improved support for students sponsoredevents by increasing audience awareness of theimportance of the Arts.
-Coordinated Guest Artist and Speakers series at thehigh school and college levels to expose students tocareers in the Fine and Performance Arts presented bynationally known professionals.
ALSO READ ABOUT MARY MEASE WARREN IN THE PITTSBURGH POST GAZETTE:
ARTICLE BY CHRIS RAWSON
Stage Preview: Mary Mease Warren gets back in the game for Kuntu season

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