Interview

Costume Designer

“The Testaments” Costume Designer Leslie Kavanagh on Building Gilead’s Chilling New Generation

In “The Testaments,” costume designer Leslie Kavanagh crafts a striking visual language for Gilead’s next generation, where color-coded uniforms, custom fabrics, and meticulous tailoring chart power, privilege, and control. Following Agnes (Chase Infiniti) and guided by Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd), this new chapter reveals how beauty and brutality coexist—stitched together in every hem, hue, and silhouette.

By Susannah Edelbaum  |  May 27, 2026

Interview

Production Designer

Designing Agnes’s Gilead: Martha Sparrow on Crafting Chase Infiniti’s World in “The Testaments”

Production designer Martha Sparrow reveals how symmetry, craft, and beauty shape the dangerous calm of “The Testaments.”

By Susannah Edelbaum  |  May 11, 2026

Interview

Director, Producer

“The Testaments” Director and Executive Producer Mike Barker on Finding Lightning in a Bottle with Chase Infiniti

Gilead has evolved. In “The Testaments,” director and executive producer Mike Barker reveals how an idealized new era—raised on obedience, beauty, and belief—hides an even darker regression beneath the surface.

By Susannah Edelbaum  |  April 8, 2026