Head OVer Heels

Costume Design.

University of Iowa: Spring 2026

A GLAM ROCK MASH-UP OF ELIZABETHAN SILHOUETTES AND THE GLITZ OF A POP CONCERT.

Written By: Jeff Whitey

Adapted By: James Magruder

Directed By: Michael Flores

Scenic: Nazanin Vakili

Costume: Bella Fortunato

Lights: Soren Olsen

Music Direction: Mark Bruckner

SM: Reed T. Davis



Renderings& Research

Rendering Gallery

Head Over Heels is a fast-paced juke box musical using the music and lyrics from “The Gogos” that takes the story of “Sir Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia” by Elizabethan author, Sir Philip Sydney to create a glam rock mashup of worlds and identities. The show follows the story of a kingdom that is based upon strict rules falling in disrepair after they receive a message from a magical oracle that their kingdom is in danger. This forces both the king and his subjects to depart into the woods to look for a new home. Through silly cartoonish escapades containing cross-dressing, mistaken identities, and lesbian vacation islands the kingdom of Arcadia comes out of the forest forever changed with no other choice but to start a new chapter.

Figurative Research Collage

Renderings sketched in pencil and colored in Photoshop.

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