Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance

Katie Cowan Sickmeier is a native Cincinnatian and naturalized Hoosier. She earned her undergraduate degree in Theatre Design at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. After USC, Katie spent three years at the Indiana Repertory Theatre until she departed for her graduate studies in Costume Design at Indiana University. During her career, Katie has held various costume design, costume technology, shop management, and wardrobe roles at companies including American Players Theatre, Indiana Festival Theatre, Santa Fe Opera, PCPA Theaterfest, and Center Theatre Group. She was the assistant costume designer for the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s Yuletide Celebration for eight years. Katie is currently the Costume Coordinator and Upper School Costume Designer for Park Tudor School in Indianapolis.

Design credits for Indiana University: Little Women, Three Sisters, Persuasion, M. Butterfly, The Matchmaker, Much Ado about Nothing, Intimate Apparel, Richard III, Cabaret, The Three Musketeers, and How I Learned to Drive

Other design credits: The Big Bang, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street remounted with the Carmel Symphony Orchestra, A Comedy of Tenors, It Shoulda Been You, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2016, The Fantasticks, My Fair Lady (Actors Theatre of Indiana) and Bridge & Tunnel (IRT).