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Canvas Rebel, Online Publication
Check Out Abigail Mansfield Coleman’s Story
CanvasRebel features articles on everyday entrepreneurs and creatives exploring their work and process. CR reached back out to Abigail to chat about where she is at in her artistic career, how she got there, and the people she met along the way.
Canvas Rebel, Online Publication
Meet Abigail Mansfield Coleman
CanvasRebel features articles on everyday entrepreneurs and creatives exploring their work and process. CR reached out to Abigail to discover how she became a designer, how she makes a living as an artist. and what inspires her craft.
REVIEW: 'We’ll Get Back to You’ gets to the heart of breaking emotional barriers
by Diane Nollen (Cedar Rapids Gazette)
“….Every aspect of the production is brilliant. Rob Bell’s script is brilliant, with turns of phrase that will turn your head until it spins. Kristin Hanggi’s direction also is brilliant, working with the Corridor’s elite actors, designers and technicians to magnify all the subtle nuances tucked around every corner.”
“…Akin to an otherworldly robot, Kosa administers a personality test in which Viva is tasked with choosing one of two items among increasingly bizarre, totally unrelated sets carefully placed in front of her. With dark pigtails, dress and shoes channeling quirky Abby from “NCIS,” free-spirited Kosa seems to have the most in common with Viva. Or does she?”
The Daily Iowan - Article by Avi Lapchick, Arts Editor June 27, 2023
Riverside Theatre’s production of ‘Twelfth Night’ delivers fresh perspective on Shakespearean classic
Iowa City’s Riverside Theatre presents its summer production of “Twelfth Night,” a play by William Shakespeare, from June 16 to July 2 — it features a stellar cast, fabulous costumes, and a truly unique set.
“Costume designer Abigail Mansfield Coleman drew from multiple decades with her costumes: Olivia, played by Saffron Henke, wore a Victorian-era black dress with a pair of sunglasses hanging from the corset bust; Sir Toby, played by Aaron Stonerook, sported a button-down Hawaiian shirt; and Sir Andrew, played by Bob Mussett, delivered many of his lines in a paisley suit.”
