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CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
1989 B.F.A. North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Costume Technology and Design
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Fall 2008
TH 5530 Costume Design for the Theatre
College of Theatre Arts and Dance, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Focused on design process, participants execute four design projects using four
different methods of achieving their design. Each project uses the rendering style
of a different Broadway designer to help them diversify their rendering skills.
Fall 2008
Professional Development Workshop
College of Theatre Arts and Dance, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Portfolio development and presentation including personal interviews, printed portfolio,
digital portfolio and web presence.
Spring
2008
TH 5580 Costume Technology - Corset Making for the Theatre
College of Theatre Arts and Dance, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
An in-depth, hands-on class in corset making. Divided into two projects based on
research from two different centuries, students pattern, construct, fit and correct
boned coutil corsets.
Fall 2006
TH 5950 Topics in Theatre - Millinery for the Stage
College of Theatre Arts and Dance, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
An in-depth, hands-on class in hat making. Divided into three projects,
students construct hats in fabric, straw and felt.
Spring
2006
TH 5580 Costume Technology - Costume Crafts
College of Theatre Arts and Dance, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Laboratory class in Costume Crafts covering mask making; shoe manipulation;
sculpting, mold making and molding; leather and thermo-plastic construction;
and nylon, plastic and brass used in underpinning construction.
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MASTER CLASSES AND LECTURES
Fall 2001
Mask Making for the Theatre
Teaching Residency, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio
A hands-on laboratory class, teaching mask making for their production
of Conference of the Birds.
Fall 2001
Millinery for the Theater
Master Class, Minnesota Arts Experience
A hands-on laboratory class, teaching hat making from design through mock-up.
Fall 1996
Puppet Building
Master Class, North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
A hands-on laboratory class, teaching puppet building using the techniques
from Jim Henson Productions.
1992
The Anatomy of a Dinosaur
Lecture, USITT Costume Commission annual conference
Lecture on the engineering and building of the full-body dinosaur costumes built at
Jim Henson Productions for the ABC Television Series, Dinosaurs.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
12/2006present
COSTUME DRAPER
The Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Working directly with Ann Hould-Ward on The Glass Menagerie , paint, dye,
quilting and embroidery were employed to create a series of period looking fabrics
to enhance the desired effect of realism. Set in the 1750’s, The Merchant of Venice
called for a light weight pannier hoop of nylon rod, silk matelasse petticoats,
a set of silk brocade stays and Watteau backed gowns of brocade,
tastefully designed by Paul Tazewell.
The Acting Company Henry V
Anita Yavich, designer
The Guthrie Theater The Venetian Twins
Ann Hold-Ward, designer
Shadowlands
Devon Painter, designer
A View From The Bridge
Robert Perdziola, designer
Little House on the Prairie
Jess Goldstein, designer
The Government Inspector
Ann Hold-Ward, designer
A Midsummer Nights Dream
Paul Tazewell, designer
The Secret Fall Of Constance Wilde Paul Tazewell, designer
Peer Gynt
Laura Hopkins, designer
Jane Erye
Patrick Clark, designer
The Great Gatsby
Jane Greenwood, designer
Hamlet
Paul Tazewell, designer
The Glass Menagerie
Ann Hould-Ward, designer
The Merchant of Venice
Paul Tazewell, designer
Major Barbara
Michael Krass, designer
Private Lives
Devon Painter, designer
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FREELANCE DESIGNER AND DRAPER
The Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Long Warf Theatre, New Haven, Connecticut
The Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia
Ballet Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona
Worked directly with the designers and designs to create costumes.
Researched garment patterning and construction from applicable periods in history,
drafted and draped patterns, developed construction methods and flow of construction
of costumes, managed team of costume builders, fit costumes, managed overall
time constrains of the building process, coordinated other vendors such as the dyer
to maintain deadlines, coordinated materials and supplies to maintain deadlines,
managed garment revisions during tech process.
MILLINER
The Alliance Theatre The Color Purple
CRAFTSPERSON The Long Warf Theatre
Hamlet
8/20005/2003
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DRAPER
The Guthrie Theater
CREATURE
BUILDER
DESIGNER/
BUILDER
Pericles
As You Like It
The Constant Wife
Pygmalion
Paul Tazewell, designer
Paul Tazewell, designer
Amelia Cheever, designer
Helen Huang, designer
Mathew Lefebvre, designer
Linda Fisher, designer
Ballet Arizona
The Nutcracker
Marshall Field’s
Glamorama Finale
The City Pages 25th Birthday Celebration
Fabio Toblini, designer
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COSTUME CRAFTSPERSON
The Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Worked directly with the designers and designs to create all costume crafts including
but not limited to millinery, masks, shoes, armor, puppets, costume characters
and creatures. Researched techniques and construction as necessary,
researched accessories from applicable periods in history, drafted and draped
patterns, developed construction methods and flow of construction of costumes,
managed team of craftspeople, fit costumes and accessories, managed overall time
constrains of the building process, coordinated other departments such as the dyer
to maintain deadlines, coordinated materials and supplies to maintain deadlines,
managed revisions during tech process.
The Guthrie Theater
Mrs. Warren’s Profession
Wintertime
Six Degrees Of Separation
Three Sisters
Top Girls
Antony & Cleopatra
Thief River
The Canterbury Tales
All My Sons
Resurrection Blues
Good Boys
The Comedy Of Errors
The Chairs
Ann Hould-Ward, designer
Mathew Lefebvre, designer
Constance Hoffman, designer
Paul Tazewell, designer
Devon Painter, designer
Jane Greenwood, designer
Rich Hampson, designer
Ulrike Engelbrecht, designer
Devon Painter, designer
Elizabeth Clancy, designer
Marcia Dixie Jory, designer
Fabio Toblini, designer
Kathy Kohl, designer
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The Guthrie Theater
Jim Henson Productions
Gen Art
DIFFA
The Loading Zone
The Textile Center
of Minnesota
4/19957/2000
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A Christmas Carol
Jess Goldstein, designer
Blood Wedding
Paul Tazewell, designer
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf Jane Greenwood, designer
In The Blood
Amelia Cheever, designer
Once In A Lifetime
Zach Brown, designer
Amadeus
Paul Tazewell, designer
Merrily We Roll Along
Mathew Lefebvre, designer
To Fool The Eye
Mathew Lefebvre, designer
Hedda Gabler
Elizabeth H. Clancy, designer
The Invention of Love
Patrick Clark, designer
Bear In The Big Blue House Mitchell Kriegman, designer
Styles 2001
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UB2
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Quiddity
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Artwear in Motion 2001
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Artwear in Motion 2000
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FREELANCE DESIGNER AND DRAPER
The Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota
VEE Corporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jim Henson Productions, New York, New York
Worked directly with the designers and designs to create costumes.
Researched garment patterning and construction from applicable periods in history,
drafted and draped patterns, developed construction methods and flow of construction
of costumes, managed team of costume builders, fit costumes, managed overall
time constrains of the building process, coordinated other vendors such as the dyer
to maintain deadlines, coordinated materials and supplies to maintain deadlines,
managed garment revisions during tech process.
Jim Henson Productions
The Guthrie Theater
The Children’s Theater
Company
VEE Corporation
Creamy Green Pictures
The Textile Center of
Minnesota
Muppet Treasure Island
Polly Smith, designer
Misalliance
Peter Hartwell, designer
The Darker Face of the Earth
Paul Tazewell, designer
The Plough and the Stars
Mathew Lefebvre, designer
Sideman
Amelia Cheever, designer
Twelfth Night
Karyl Newman, designer
A Christmas Carol
Jess Goldstein, designer
Black No More
Gabriel Berry, designer
Much Ado About Nothing
Desmond Heeley, designer
A Month in the Country
Ellen McCarthy, designer
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Paul Tazewell, designer
Babes In Arms
Susan Hilferty, designer
King Lear
Susan Hilferty, designer
The Story of Babar
Once Upon A Tree
Sesame Live – 1-2-3 Imagine
Radio City Christmas Show
Sticky Shoes
Artwear In Motion 1999
Artwear In Motion 1998
Colleen Needles, designer
Michael Firth, designer
Peter Menefee, designer
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Summers
1987-89
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COSTUME CRAFTSPERSON
The Old Globe Theater, San Diego, California
Worked directly with the designers and designs to create all costume crafts
including but not limited to millinery, masks, shoes, armor, puppets, costume
characters and creatures. Researched techniques and construction as necessary,
researched accessories from applicable periods in history, drafted and draped
patterns, developed construction methods and flow of construction of costumes,
managed team of craftspeople, fit costumes and accessories, managed overall time
constrains of the building process, coordinated other departments such as the dyer
to maintain deadlines, coordinated materials and supplies to maintain deadlines,
managed revisions during tech process.
F ILM CREDITS
Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles II
Billy Bathgate
Muppet Christmas Carol
Never Ending Story III
Muppet Treasure Island
BROADWAY CREDITS
Annie II: Miss Hannigan’s Revenge
Lost in Yonkers
Miss Saigon
The Will Rogers Follies
The Phantom of the Opera
TELEVISION CREDITS
Dinosaurs - Season 2
Allegra’s Window - Pilot
Allegra’s Window - Season 1
Allegra’s Window - Season 2
Once Upon a Tree
DESIGN PRESENTATION
Artwear In Motion 1998
Enkeltje Leiden 1999
Artwear In Motion 1999
Artwear In Motion 2000
Artwear In Motion 2001
Styles 2001
Beefeater Bold Spirit 2002
Quiddity 2002
DIVA UB2 2003
Voltage: Fashion Amplified 2004
Glamorama 2004
City Pages 25th Birthday Celebration 2004
Creature Builder/Wrangler
Draper
Draper
Creature Engineer
Draper
Draper
Draper
Draper
Draper
Draper
Creature Builder
Key Puppet Builder
Key Puppet Builder
Key Puppet Builder
Puppet Designer/Builder
Textile Center of Minnesota
Leiden Business Co-op, Amsterdam
Textile Center of Minnesota
Textile Center of Minnesota
Textile Center of Minnesota
Gen Art
Gen Art
The Loading Zone
DIFFA
First Avenue
Marshall Fields
City Pages
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AWARDS
2001
GEN ART DESIGN VISION AWARD - WOMEN’S AVANT-GARDE
Awarded first place in a runway competition judged live.
PUBLICATIONS
Summer
2005
L’etoile
Featured Designer
Spring
2005
L’etoile
Contributing Artist
Summer
2003
Fiber Arts Magazine
Contributing Artist
SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
1999present
MENTOR
2001
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
College of Human Ecology, University of Minnesota, Twin Cites
Annual mentoring of a student on their senior line.
Created, coordinated and produced Artwear in Motion 2001, the annual benefit
for The Textile Center of Minnesota.
REFERENCES
Matthew J. Lefebve
Theatre Arts and Dance
Room 550C RarigC
330 21st Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612.625.5398
Paul Tazewell
220 Cabrini Blvd
New York, NY 10033
201.315.9178
Fabio Toblini
122 West 26TH. St, Suite 1203
New York, NY 10001
917.816.3250
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