Honors and Awards
Shearn Writing Award, Southwestern University, 2014
Awarded for the paper: Clothes Make the (Wo)man: Gender, Costume and Gestic Performance in
Brecht’s Good Person of Szechwan
Fayez Sarofim Passion for the Arts Award, Southwestern University, 2014
King Creativity Grant Recipient, Southwestern University, 2012
Costume Design
Portland Center Stage (Portland, OR)
-And So We Walked by DeLanna Studi, Directed by Corey Madden (Remount)
Triad Stage (Greensboro, NC)
-Vrooommm! by Janet Allard, Directed by David Lee
-And So We Walked by DeLanna Studi, Directed by Corey Madden
Summer Repertory Theatre (Santa Rosa, CA)
-West Side Story, Directed by Anne McAlexander
-A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, Directed by Nathan Crocker
-The Drowsy Chaperone, Directed by Johanna Pinzler
Peppercorn Theatre (Winston Salem, NC)
-Flor to Somewhere by Christina Quintana, Directed by Rebecca Cunningham
-Lost & Found by John Bowhers and Harry Poster, Directed by Harry Poster
North Carolina Symphony (Raleigh, NC)
-Designed and produced costumes for a collaborative production of A Midsummer Night's Dream with the NC Symphony, UNC School of the Arts, and UNC Greensboro
University of North Carolina School of the Arts (Winston Salem, NC)
-Misalliance by George Bernard Shaw, Directed by Jesse Berger
-PICA by Michael Kauffman, Directed by Alex Thomas
-TETHERED (film) by Michael Kauffman, Directed by Beth Fletcher
Paper Lantern Theatre Company (Winston Salem, NC)
-Born Bad by debbie tucker green, Directed by Donna Bradby
Skills
Hand and Machine Sewing
Embroidery
Fabric Dyeing
Millinery
Knitting and Crochet
Pattern Drafting
Corset Construction
Wardrobe/Quick Changing
Shopping
Budgeting
Microsoft Suite
Google Drive
Mac and PC operating systems
Photoshop
Driver's License
2010 - present
2010 - present
Education
University of North Carolina School of the Arts MFA - Costume Design
Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX BA - Art History, Theatre
Employment
Weston Playhouse, Stitcher
-Staff stitcher for two years for a seven show season
-Responsibilities included: stitching, cutting, draping, supervising interns, assisting in fittings, assisting designers, shopping, dyeing, embroidering
University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Costume Collection Supervisor
-Managing costume collection for UNCSA productions
-Coordinating rentals and borrowing for non-school productions
-Maintaining and updating inventroy in Microsoft Access computer database
Southwestern University, Costume Shop Technical Assistant
-Worked on 20+ productions as a stitcher, first hand, draper, and crafts artisan
La Musica Lirica, Novafeltria, Italy, Costume Intern
-Stitcher and wardrobe crew for La Boheme, The Coronation of Poppea, and The Barber of Seville
Hidden Room Theatre, Austin, TX, Stitcher
-Stitcher for the original work Invisible, Inc.
Westridge School, Pasadena, CA, Costume Instructor
-Taught sewing and costume classes to girls age 8-17; assistant designer for a three show season