Professor Kim Instenes teaches courses in theatre and costuming at Carthage and oversees Carthage's costume shop. She works as a freelance costume and makeup designer in the Milwaukee/Chicago area. Her professional design credits include The Giver and Perseus Bayou at First Stage Milwaukee; Romeo and Juliet at Milwaukee Shakespeare, the Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Renaissance Theatre Works, Utah Shakespearean Festival and the Racine Theatre Guild; and recently costume designer for the world premiere of Gossamer, written by Lois Lowry and performed at First Stage Milwaukee.

Prof. Instenes holds an M.F.A. in costume design and technology from Ohio University, and a B.A. in theatre from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Read more.