Costume Design/Assisting
Earth Celebrations New York, NY: Hudson River Pageant
Director Felicia Young 2011
Gallery Players in Brooklyn, NY: Reefer Madness
Director Dev Bondarin 2010
Shakespeare and Company in Lenox, Ma: Richard III
Designer Arthur Oliver 2010
San Francisco Opera: Werther
Designer Louis Desire 2010
Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company of Chicago: Mikado
Director Thrisa Hodits 2010
Gallery Players in New York: Caroline or Change
Director Jeremy Gold Kronenberg 2010
Mount Washington Valley Theater Company: Hello Dolly
Director Andrew Glant-Linden 2009
Santa Fe Opera: Alceste
Designer Louis Desire 2009
Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company of Chicago: Ruddigore
Director Thrisa Hodits 2009
Light Opera Works: The Music Man
Director Rudy Hogenmiller 2008
Luna Negra Dance Theater: Deshar Alhat (World Premier)
Choreographer Eduardo Vilaro 2008
Director Thrisa Hodits 2008
Actors Revolution Theatre: The Drowned World
Director John McCormick 2008
Luna Negra Dance Theater: Cugat (World Premier)
Choreographer Eduardo Vilaro 2007
The Joffrey Ballet at Ravinia Festival: To Know Her (New Work)
Choreographer Donald Byrd 2007
Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company of Chicago: H.M.S. Pinafore
Director Thrisa Hodits 2007
Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company of Chicago: Iolanthe
Director Thrisa Hodits 2008
Joffrey II: A La Gershwin (New Work)
Choreographer Mark Goldweber 2007
Sandro Film: Cadillac Magazine (New Work)
Photographer Sandro Miller 2006
Mount Washington Valley Theater Company: Cats
Director Clay James 2008
Director Clay James 2008
Mount Washington Valley Theater Company: Fiddler on The Roof
Director Andrew Glant-Linden 2008
Mount Washington Valley Theater Company: Baby
Director Andrew Glant-Linden 2008
Cornell University: Dance 2005 Concert
Choreographer Jumay Chu
Co-design with Sarah Eckert Bernstein
Risley Theater: Vivian X
Director Godfrey Simmons
Costume Production
Jeffrey Fender's Studio: Assistant Painter/Dyer, Addams Family on Broadway, Little Night Music on Broadway, Le Reve for Cirque du Soleil and More
Chicago Childrens Theater: Wardrobe Mistress, If All The World Were Paper
Lyric Opera of Chicago: Milliner, De Frau On Schatten
The Joffrey Ballet:
Assistant Wardrobe Mistress, Painter/Dyer.
2005-2008. Refurbish and rebuild as necessary over 50 productions. Tour to
theaters across the U.S. including Kennedy Center in D.C., Hollywood
Bowl in L.A, Fox in St. Louis, Detroit Opera House, Auditorium Theater in
Chicago. Work with designers John David Ridge and Suzy Benzinger.
Santa Fe Opera: Assistant Milliner.
With milliner Deborah Nash for Turandot.
Designer Willa Kim 2005
With Draper Ted Stark 2004
Cornell Historic Costume Collection: Assistant to curator.
Ithaca, NY. Collection included pieces dating back to 1850's and from
more then 20 countries.
Worth by Design: Fashion design assistant.
New York, NY. Assisted designers of women's suits.
Jean Paul Gaultier: Public Relations Intern.
New York, NY. Prepared circulation reports and pulled samples for editorial fashion shoots.
Education
Cornell University Bachelor of Science, Textiles and Apparel Design. With extensive theater courses. 2005
Fashion Institute of Technology New York, NY - Draping. 1999
Volunteer
Environmentalist: Volunteers for Peace, Khujand, Tajikistan.
Study with and assist teachers at a United Nations funded summer camp
for Tajik Youth. Shared knowledge of environmentalism in the U.S. and
contributed to the peace effort in Central Asia.
Volunteer: Marketplace: Handwork of India, Chicago, IL.
Assisted with inventory, overstock and advertising for a non-profit retailer
supporting women's co-ops in Mumbai, India.
Artist: Mess Hall Experimental Cultural Center Chicago, IL.
Intern: Urban Semester Program, New York, NY.
Anthropology field-learning program. Interned in
International Public Relations, completing paper on organizational
culture, space layout, interpersonal relations, diversity, and business
structure.
Awards
New Hampshire Theater Award Nomination, Best Costume Design (Fiddler on the Roof) 2008
Cornell Council for the Arts 2004 Grant for Fashion Design
Cornell Council for the Arts 2005 Grant for Fashion Design
Outstanding Senior for the College of Human Ecology 2005