Myrna Colley-Lee 
Costume Designer, Art Director, Set Designer
Myrna Colley-Lee was born in Hamlett, North Carolina. She completed her BFA in art educaion from the Women's College of the University of North Carolina and studied scene painting and properties at Brooklyn College, NY. In 1980 she received her MFA in scenic and costume design from Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Colley-Lee's most recent costume design work was featured in the productions of Race, and Fall of Heaven, both at the St. Louis Repertory Theater, Radio Golf at the Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Two Trains Running at the GeVa Theater in Rochester, Relativity at the Black Rep, St. Louis, MO, The Piano Lesson and Forest City at the Cleveland Playhouse, Ohio, and The Wedding Band for the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago. IL. An upcoming project is Good People at the St. Louis Repertory Theater in early 2013.
Other credis include the CableACE Award-winning video production of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night, the world premiere of the opera X:The Life and Times of Malcolm X performed at he Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, and Mothers, commissioned by Bill Cosby and performed at Crossroads heatre Company, New Brunswick, NJ.
In addition to her design work, Colley-Lee serves as a commissioner for the Mississippi Arts Commission and is on several boards, including the Charleston Arts and Revitalization Effort, Inc, the Rock River Foundation, and the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Mississippi.
A list of her costume design credits includes:
2013 GOOD PEOPLE, by David Lindsay-Abtaire
St. Louis Repertory Theatre, Dir. Seth Gordon
2012 RACE, by David Mamet
St. Louis Repertory Theatre, Dir. Timothy Near
2011 FALL OF HEAVEN, by Waler Mosley
St. Louis Repertory Theatre, Dir. Seth Gordon
2010 TWO TRAINS RUNNING, by August Wilson
GeVa Theater, Rochester, Dir. Ron O.J. Parson
2008 RADIO GOLF, by August Wilson
Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Dir. Ron O.J. Parson
Some of the crew members for Radio Golf, center Myrna Colley-Lee, right Jack Magaw (set designer)
2008 THE BALLAD OF EMMETT TILL, by Ifa Bayeza
The Goodman Theater, Dir. Oz Scott
2007 TILL (workshop)
by Ifa Bayeeza Rites & Reason Theatre, Brown University, Dir. Elmo Terry Morgan
2007 GEE'S BEND by E#lizabeth Gregory Wilder
Cleveland Playhouse, nDir. Shirley Jo Finney
2007 AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ by Fats Waller
The St. Louis Black Repertory Theater Dir. Ron Himes
2006 BECOMING ADELE by Eric Houston
The Harold Clurman Theatre, Gotham Stage Productions Dir. Victor Maog
2006 RELATIVITY by Cassandra Medley
The St. Louis Black Repertory Theater Dir. Ron Himes
2005 THE PIANO LESSON by August Wilson
The Cleveland Playhouse Dir. Hans Hunziker
2003 FOREST CITY by Bridgette A. Wimberly
The Cleveland Playhouse Dir. Seth Gordon
2003 THE WEDDING BAND by Alice Childress
Steppenwolf Theatre Dir. Ron O.J. Parson
Crew for Crumbs from the Table of Joy, 2002
2002 THE SECRET GARDEN Mississippi Summer Arts Institute
by Marsha Norman & Lucy Simon
Bologna Performing Arts Center
Dir. Victor Maog Delta State University
2002 THE AMEN CORNER by James Baldwin
The Cleveland Playhouse Dir. Chuck Patterson
1996 - Crossroads Theatre Company Dir. Ricardo Khan
2002 CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY by Lynn Nottage
TheatreVirginia Dir. Benny Sato Ambush
1998 Crossroads Theatre Company Dir. Shirley Jo Finney
2000 THE OLD SETTLER by John Henry Redwood
Studio Arena Theatre Dir. John Henry Redwood
1999 Portland Center Stage Dir. Shirley Basfield Dunlap
1998 OPHELIA’S COTILLION by Elmo Terry Morgan
Rites and Reason Theater Brown University Dir. Count Stovall
1997 HAVING OUR SAY by Emily Mann
Milwaukee Repertory Theater Dir. Shirley Dunlap
1997 SEVEN GUITARS by August Wilson
Arizona Theatre Company Dir. Benny Sato Ambush
1996 MEDEA MYTH by Dan Plato
Iowa State Theatre Dir. Shirley Basfield Dunlap
1996 THE SCREENED-IN PORCH by Marian X
Crossroads Theatre Company Dir. Judyie Al-Bilali
1994 THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA by Tennesee Williams
Alabama Shakespeare Festival Dir. Ed Cambridge
1995 BETWEEN THE LINES by Regina Taylor
Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Humanna Festival Dir. Shirley Jo Finney
1994 JAR THE FLOOR by Cheryl West
The Cincinnati Playhouse, Geva Theatre, Dir. Benny Soto Ambush
Southcoast Repertory Theatre
1993 BRER RABBIT by Loni Berry
Rites & Reason Theatre, Dir. Loni Berry
National Black Theatre Festival Winston-Salem, NC Dir. Loni Berry
1993 FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA by Dr. Endesha Ida Mae Holland
Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Dir. Shirley Basfield Dunlap
1993 LOVE LANGSTON by Lonnie Barri
Seattle Repertory Theatre, Dir. Lonnie Barri
1992 MOTHERS by Kathleen McGhee Anderson
Crossroads Theatre, Dir. Shirley Jo Finney, Commissioned by Bill Cosby
1992 BUS STOP by William Inge
Allentown Playhouse
1992 OAK AND IVY by Kathleen McGhee Anderson
Crossroads Theatre, Dir. Shirley Jo Finney
1992 FENCES by August Wilson
Pennsylvania Stage Company, Dir. Benny Sato Ambush
1991 Oregon Shakespeare Festival,
Allentown Playhouse, Dir. Charles Dumas
left to right: Saycon Sengbloh (acress and singer), Michelle Patterson (wife of NY Governor David Paterson), Myrna Colley-Lee, B Michael (fashion designer), and Rhonda Ross (actress). Taken at the Grace in Winter Silver Ball, celebrating 25th anniversary of Evidence, A Dance Company
1991 LETTERS FROM A NEW ENGLAND NEGRO by Sherley Ann Williams
National Black Theater Festival
Winston-Salem, N.C., Dir. Benny Sato Ambush
1987 SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE HANDS OF OTHELLO by Alex Simmons
WestBeth Theater, Dark Angel Productions, Dir. Greg Frelon
1987 THE SUICIDE Dir. Deborah Lubar
by Max Erdman Smith College
1987 FOR COLORED GIRLS… Dir. Chezia Thompson
by Ntozake Shange Smith College
1986 THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by Oscar Wilde
Smith College, Dir. Mark Harrison
Cast and crew for The Importance of Being Earnest, Smith Collect, 1986
1986 A DAY IN HOLLYWOOD/ A NIGHT IN THE UKRAINE Smith College, Dir. Mark Harrison
1985 X (The Opera) by A., C., & T., Davis
Walnut St. Theater, Phila. Music Festival Prod., Dir. Rhoda Levine
1984 THE DISTRICT LINE by Joseph A. Walker
Theater Four, Negro Ensemble Company, N.Y., Dir, Douglas Turner Ward
1984 WAITIN’ IN THE WINGS by Peter Link & Wm. S. Reilly
Manhattan Community College, Dir. Peter Link
1984 TAKE ME ALONG by Eugene O'Neill
RACCA/Manhattan comm.Coll., Shirley Radcliffe, Prod., N.Y., Dir. Geraldine Fitzgerald
1984 COLORED PEOPLE'S TIME by Leslie Lee
Black Hist. Month Tour, Dir. Horacena Taylor
1982 Cherry Lane Theater '82, Douglas Turner Ward, Prod., Negro Ensemble Co., N.Y.
1984 "FREDERICK DOUGLASS, AN AMERICAN LIFE" (Film )
Frederick Douglas House, National Parks Service, Dir./Prod. William Greaves
1983 BREAKIN' LIGHT by A. Marcus Hemphill
Arts in Religion Program, Riverside Church, Prod., N.Y., Dir. Morgan Freeman
1983 THE BLACK GOSPEL
1982 adapted by Hazel Bryant Caribbean & European Tours
HHE Holland Ltd., Prod., N.Y., Dir. Mike Malone
1982 THE WORLD OF BEN CALDWELL by Ben Caldwell
New Federal Theater, Woodie King/Steve Tennen,, Dir. Richard Gant
1982 ABERCROMBIE APOCALYPSE by Paul Carter Harrison
West Side Arts Theater, Negro Ensemble Co., N.Y., Dir. Clinton Davis
1982 COTTON CLUB REVIEW by Larl Beecham
Richard Allen Center for Culture & Art, Dir. Larl Beecham
1982 "LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT" by Eugene O'Neill (TV)
ABC Cable TV - Winner ACE, Dir. William Woodman
1981 LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT by Eugene O'Neill
St. Peter’s Theatre, N.Y.C.
Anspacher Theater, N.Y. Shakespeare Festival
The Egg, Albany, N.Y., Hazel Bryant, Prod., N.Y. N.Y. Public Theatre/RACCA, Dir. Geraldine Fitzgerald
1981 BLACK NATIVITY by Langston Hughes
Fords Theater, Wash., D.C./ Teatro Sala Umberto, Rome
Hazel Bryant, Prod., Dir. Edmund Cambridge
Myrna Colley-Lee adjusting costume for Black Nativity
1981 "BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, THE LEGACY & THE LIFE" (Film Art Direction)
B.T. Washington House, National Parks Service, Dir./Prod. Wm. Greaves
1980 THE LION AND THE JEWEL by Wole Soyinka
Mitzi Newhouse Theater, N.Y., Black Theater Festival
Hazel Bryant, Prod. (Racca), Dir. Mical Whitacker
1980 SOMETHING LOST by Anthony Wisdom
Henry Street Playhouse, New Federal Theatre Woodie King, Jr., Prod., Dir. Richard Gant