Sydney Dufka
Costume Designer
“Sydney Dufka’s costume designs suggest some of the elaborateness of 1640 France but remain modern. They retain the wonderful knee-high boots and smaller versions of the hats and plumes so beloved of 17th-century soldiers. We expect Cyrano will end the play by declaring his pride for “ma Panache” or “my white plume.” But no, he will not. Roxane enters to disco music in an appropriate outfit, while the act four soldiers wear modern camouflage shirts. It works well because the upper-class characters are performed by actors who can suggest elegance.” -Neal Newman for PhiladelphiaTheatreArts
“The costuming by Sydney Dufka is a mixed metaphor of eras and styles, opting more to underline each character’s mood as opposed to creating historical accuracy.” - Ellen Wilson Dilks for delcoculturevultures
