{"id":51789,"date":"2019-11-22T10:50:29","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T15:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/allie-dillard\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T14:51:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T18:51:40","slug":"allie-dillard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/faces\/allie-dillard\/","title":{"rendered":"Allie Dillard"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/06\/Allie.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52379 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/06\/Allie.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/06\/Allie-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/06\/Allie-300x300.jpeg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/400;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Title<\/strong>: OR Nurse at Novant Health, Charlotte<br><strong>Education:<\/strong> Bachelor of Arts in Theatre, UNC Charlotte (2008)<br>ASN in Nursing, Central Piedmont Community College (2023)<br><strong>Hometown:<\/strong>\u00a0Greensboro, N.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Allie Dillard\u2019s journey to Broadway started the minute she stepped off the graduation stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy first job was&nbsp;<em>A Tuna Christmas<\/em>&nbsp;with Carolina Actors Studio Theatre,\u201d she says. \u201cI actually left my graduation party early to get to the show on time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her work with the local theatre soon led her to Washington, D.C., where she began her professional costuming career in earnest. She has worked at the Kennedy Center, Fords Theatre, Signature Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, and Wooly Mammoth Theatre Company \u2013 all the nation\u2019s capital. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have gotten to work on tons of really incredible shows and met fantastic artists.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the musical&nbsp;<em>Come from Away<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 which tells the true story of post-9\/11 travelers stranded in a small town in Canada \u2013 moved from Fords Theatre to Broadway\u2019s Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, Allie moved with it. Living now in Secaucus, New Jersey, just outside of New York City, she has been the show\u2019s dresser for three years. \u201cIt\u2019s been an honor to get to help tell this true story,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI make sure the costumes look the same on opening night as they do on closing. Lots of laundry, ironing, steaming, and repairs. I also make sure that the costume changes that happen during the show occur without incident. Setting up quick changes, presetting costumes, and running a track &#8211; a list of actions during the show that have to happen to make sure the show runs seamlessly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Allie began building her skill set while a student at UNC Charlotte. \u201cI was always given the opportunity to learn and grow in the areas I was interested in, even if there was no actual program available.\u201d Wardrobe wasn\u2019t an established class at the time, but her advisor set up an independent study. \u201cThat really gave me a great base to set out in the professional world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Above all, her education at UNC Charlotte gave her the courage and confidence to put herself out there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI had great professors who prepared me to go out and work and encouraged me to always keep growing. You never want to be the big fish in the small pond. 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