LINDA ROETHKE (Costume Design) is a Director of Graduate Studies in the M.F.A. Design Program at Northwestern University, where she is a Professor of Costume Design.  Most recently Linda designed Fever Dreams for the Contemporary American Theatre Festival, and Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London.   Her artwork has been recently exhibited in Heads Up at Palette and Chisel, Chicago and her costume designs were exhibited as part of the international exhibit Costume Design at the Turn of the Century which began in Moscow.  Her awards include a Jeff Award (An Ideal Husband at Court Theatre), a Suzi Bass Nomination (The Geller Girls and The Underpants at Alliance Theatre), and a Connecticut Circle Nomination (A Little Night Music at Connecticut Rep). She received her MFA from the University of Iowa. Linda has designed for the Arena Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, McCarter Center, Alliance Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Public Theatre, Kansas City Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Paramount Theatre, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, Arden Theatre Company, Center Stage, Maltz Jupiter Theatre,  American Players Theatre,  Court Theatre, Northlight Theatre and The Goodman Theatre. Favorite Regional Credits Include:  Into the Woods, and  Richard II (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Sunday in the Park with George and Sweeney Todd (Kansas City Rep),  Richard III (The Public), Indecent (The Arena Theatre and Baltimore Center Stage)  Orlando (Court Theatre), I Never Sang for My Father and  Motherf**ker with the Hat,(Steppenwolf), and How I Learned to Drive (Northlight Theatre and The Alliance Theatre).