Ulises Alcala currently calls Ashland, Oregon his home base, since he took up the position of Associate Production Manager in 2022, soon after designing costumes for Revenge Song, A Vampire Cowboys Creation by Qui Nguyen. From 2005 to 2015 he designed for the San Francisco Opera Center’s Merola Program, including The Marriage of Figaro, L’Elisir D’Amour, Don Giovanni and Don Pasquale. Past projects include The Winter's Tale at Santa Cruz Shakespeare, The Good Person of Szechuan, The Winter's Tale and Quixote Nuevo at California Shakespeare Theatre, The Merry Wives of Windsor at The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and The Cake at Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. Recent projects include Florencia en el Amazonas at Opera San Jose and Liz Duffy Adam's Born with Teeth at Aurora Theatre Company. Mr. Alcala's costume designs will be featured at The Sherman School of music at Rice for Alcina in Houston.
Prior to moving to Ashland, he taught Costume Design and Construction at California State University, East Bay in Hayward. Before his work in academia, Alcala was a draper at the San Francisco Opera for seven seasons, producing costumes for internationally recognized artists including designers Bob Mackie, Thierry Bosquet and Bob Ringwood, as well as singers Renee Fleming, Jane Eaglan and Anna Netrebko.
Mr. Alcala received the Bay Area Critic's Circle award for his costume designs of The Winter's Tale at The California Shakespeare Festival. In the spring of 2006, his designs for CSUEB’s production of Tongues were featured at the Kennedy Center American Theatre Festival, DC.
Additional credits include tailoring consultant for Megamind and CFX Initiative for PDI/Dreamworks. During his time at CSUEB he has also directed Scapin, the Cheat for Aces Wild, Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Yerma for CSUEB’s Highland Summer. He is a member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829.
Prior to moving to Ashland, he taught Costume Design and Construction at California State University, East Bay in Hayward. Before his work in academia, Alcala was a draper at the San Francisco Opera for seven seasons, producing costumes for internationally recognized artists including designers Bob Mackie, Thierry Bosquet and Bob Ringwood, as well as singers Renee Fleming, Jane Eaglan and Anna Netrebko.
Mr. Alcala received the Bay Area Critic's Circle award for his costume designs of The Winter's Tale at The California Shakespeare Festival. In the spring of 2006, his designs for CSUEB’s production of Tongues were featured at the Kennedy Center American Theatre Festival, DC.
Additional credits include tailoring consultant for Megamind and CFX Initiative for PDI/Dreamworks. During his time at CSUEB he has also directed Scapin, the Cheat for Aces Wild, Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Yerma for CSUEB’s Highland Summer. He is a member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829.