Rita Ryack

Rita Ryack was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She received her BFA from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts and later her MFA from Yale School of Drama. She began her work in the entertainment induesty as a cartoon animator for Lisberger Studios in Boston.

Her first design job for the Broadway musical My One and Only, for which she earned her first Tony nomination.{{Cite web|url=https://ryackdesign.com/bio/|title="HAUTE COUTURE MEETS LUNACY"|website=Rita Ryack: Costume Designer|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-14}} Throughout the years she has done costume design for a wide range of productions such as films like Hairspray, Casino, and Apollo 13, many on and off Broadway theater productions, as well as the music video for Bad by Michael Jackson.

Notably she has, many times, worked with Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, and Robert De Niro.

While designing for productions such as the Broadway play Casa Valentina she references old advertisements, photographs, and films for inspiration.{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/176250/see-the-baubles-beads-barbies-that-inspired-tony-nominee-rita-ryacks-casa-valentina-costumes/|title=See the Baubles, Beads & Barbies That Inspired Tony Nominee Rita Ryack's Casa Valentina Costumes|website=Broadway.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-14}}

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