Trent Pcenicni

Trent Pcenicni
  • Faculty
  • Assistant Professor
  • Program Coordinator
Trent is the Program Coordinator for Theatre Design and Technology and he is an assistant professor in the School of Music and Performing Arts.

Biography

Trent Pcenicni is a Costume, Wig, and Makeup Designer whose work has been seen all over the US and the world including Avenue Q (Off-Broadway), The Phantom of the Opera (International tour), Long Warf Theatre, Barrington Stage Company, The Geffen Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, Gateway Playhouse, Triad Stage, Ogunquit Playhouse, City Arts Drama Center, The Wick Theatre, Twin City Stage, and Greensboro Opera.

He has an extensive Film and Video resume, including projects for the History Channel, Showtime Television Network, NYU School of Film, and Soomo Publishing.

He designed the costumes and Hair for the Emmy award-winning short Bad Romance: Women’s Suffrage. His other awards include 2 National Opera Association Production Awards, 2015 Galileo Galilei, Costume Designer, and 2010 L’Enfant et Les Sortileges, Associate Costume Designer.

His research in non-western theatre has taken him to Dubai, China, Thailand, and Indonesia.

Education

Associate of Fine Arts, Drama, 2005
Blue Ridge Community College

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Costume Design and Technology, 2015
The ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ of North Carolina Greensboro

Master of Fine Arts, Costume Design, 2018
The ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ of North Carolina School of the Arts

ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ Research/Collaboration

  • Design history
  • Asian performance
  • Non-western theatre
  • Hand weaving
  • Fiber art
  • Textile design
  • Electronic and computer based costumes
  • Wig making
  • Themed environment design

Opportunities for ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ Research/Collaboration:

  • Costume pattern development
  • Drag performance
  • Wig making and styling
  • Special fx makeup
  • Electronic costumes

Awards & Recognition

  • Beaman Griffin/BORSF Endowment Professorship, 2021-2023
  • Spark Grant, 2020
  • Acadiana Fiber, Exploring Brown cotton and Fiber Optic Filament
  • Semans Art Fund Grant, 2017/18
  • Dressing a Legend, Research trip to Thailand and India, 
  • Semans Art Fund Grant, 2016/17
  • New York Garment District Research Trip,
  • Fletcher Fellowship, 2016/17
  • Costume Design for Opera
  • Faculty Achievement Award in Opera, 2015
  • Galileo Galilei, Costume Designer
  • National Opera Association Second Place Production Award, 2015
  • Galileo Galilei, Costume Designer
  • Emmy Award, 2013
  • Bad Romance: Women’s Suffrage, Informational or Instructional Program 
  • National Opera Association Second Place Production Award, 2010
  • L’Enfant et les Sortileges, Associate Costume Designer