Personal profile
About
Leon Wiebers has designed productions in the United States and internationally. He is a current Fulbright Research Scholar working in South Korea. His recent credits include The Music Man for Glimmerglass Festival and the Royal Opera in Oman. He is a long-term collaborator at California Music Circus whose productions include My Fair Lady, Gypsy, Guys and Dolls, Kiss Me, Kate, Jekyll and Hyde, Aida, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Grease, West Side Story, The Fantasticks and The Scarlet Pimpernel; Il Barbiere di Siviglia for the San Francisco Opera Center, Cymbeline at Georgia Shakespeare Festival, Il Trovatore for the English National Opera, El Niño for the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, Cosi Fan Tutti for Sacramento Opera, Living Pictures for the Getty Museum and Antigone for Portland Center Stage. Awards include: Fulbright Research Grant to Korea, Back Stage West Garland and LA Weekly Awards for Three Sisters for Interact Theatre, LA and an LA Ovation Award for Ubu Roi at A Noise Within. He is current member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829.
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2023 Scholars’ Roundtable: Crossroads of Dress and Adornment: Creativity, Culture, and Collaboration
MacPhàrlain, A., Reddy-Best, K. L., Slinkard, P. & Wiebers, L., Nov 6 2023, In: Dress. 50, 1, p. 1-24 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Episodes and Entanglements
Wiebers, L. (Costume Designer) & Vander Hoop, T. (Other), 2023Research output: Non-textual form › Performance
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“I'm Not Searching the Right Words”: User Experience Searching Historic Clothing Collection Websites
Kirkland, A., Sklar, M., Sauro, C., Wiebers, L., Idacavage, S. & Mun, J., 2023, In: International Journal of the Inclusive Museum. 16, 1, p. 119-146 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones & D-man and the Waters
Loo, R. L. (Director) & Wiebers, L. (Costume Designer), 2021Research output: Non-textual form › Performance
Prizes
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Rains Award for Excellence in Service
Wiebers, L. (Recipient), 2025
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Rains Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Works
Wiebers, L. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)