Time Out

Born in Spokane, Washington, Ms. Hascall joined PNB in 1983, became Costume Shop Manager in 1987, and retired in 2019. She supervised both Costume Shop and Wardrobe in the creation, alteration, and maintenance of all costumes worn in PNB productions. She was also supervisor for specialty makeup and wigs. Ms. Hascall was the primary collaborator for costumes created by such renowned designers as Martin Pakledinaz (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Cinderella), Paul Tazewell (Seven Deadly Sins, Kent Stowell’s Swan Lake), Theoni V. Aldredge (Carmina Burana), Roberta Guidi di Bagno (Coppélia), Santo Loquasto (Waiting at the Station), and Jerome Kaplan (Giselle, Jewels).

Pauline Smith has worked as a costumer for Pacific Northwest Ballet since 1991. In addition to those duties, she also acts as supervisor for specialty shoes and wigs for such productions as The Sleeping Beauty, The Merry Widow, Swan Lake, Cinderella, and Don Quixote. She has served as assistant to costume designers Martin Pakledinaz (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Ballet Imperial), David Murin (Silver Lining) and Roberta Guidi di Bagno (Coppelia). She also served as assistant to the production stage manager for PNB’s tours to Istanbul and Hong Kong in 2000.

Ms. Smith received her BFA in costume design from Cornish College of the Arts and has studied theater criticism abroad in London through the University of Oregon. Ms. Smith’s design experience includes theater (Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well, Feydeau’s Not By Bed Alone, Vladimir Gubaryev’s Sarcophagus), opera (Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas), and film (The Claim, Immaculate Perceptions).

Pauline Smith is also a fine art photographer. She has shown her work in group and solo exhibitions in the greater Seattle area since 2002.