is returning to Arizona Theatre Company, where she last designed Seven Guitars in the 1996/1997 Season. Her third collaboration with Director Ricardo Khan, Colley-Lee designed August Wilson’s Fences (her fourth career production of the show) with him at Crossroads earlier this year, as well as Freedom Riders (Ricardo Khan, et al) at Crossroads and Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Actively designing for decades, she developed her career during the resurgence of Black Theatre in the late ‘60s, ‘70s, and ‘80s. Her more recent works are Trouble in Mind (Alice Childress) at Utah Shakespeare Festival and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (August Wilson) at Writer’s Theatre in Illinois. Colley-Lee has designed costumes for more than 70 productions and two films at 50 different theatres and venues. In 2022, Colley-Lee was awarded the Mississippi Governor’s Award for Excellence in Costume Design. She has received numerous awards over the years including Outstanding Costume Design from the National Black Theatre Festival.
