Judy Dearing (1940 – September 30, 1995) was an American costume designer, dancer, and choreographer. She is most well known for designing costumes for a wide range of theater and musical productions, including Charles Fuller’s Pulitzer Prize winning drama “A Soldier’s Play” and the 1976 stage adaptation of Ntozake Shange’s book, for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf. –Wikipedia
