Work Experience

 

Lecturer, Costume Shop Manager, and Costume Designer

College of Arts + Architechture

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

(2016 - present)

Courses include: Costume Practicum and Introduction to Costume Technology.

Shows include: Fall and Spring Dance Concerts - The Wiz - The Long Christmas Ride Home - Women of Trachis - Baltimore - Trikster - The Children's Hour - She Kills Monsters - The Aliens - HamletMachine

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Teacher of Costume Design and Costume Supervisor    

Academy for the Performing Arts – Huntington Beach High School, CA

(2012 - 2015)

Taught and mentored high school students. Also managed the costume shop. Self-created curriculum focused on the design process and cultivating creativity in addition to basic sewing and costume construction. Students were supervised in design, wardrobe crew, and construction of costumes for school productions, which often have additional ensemble members and/or double casting, with up to one hundred cast members. Students majored in Costume Design at Cal Arts, Chapman University, Smith College, and FIDM.

 

Shows include: Xanadu – Auntie Mame – Hello, Dolly! – The Diary of Anne Frank – Spamalot –

Picnic at Hanging Rock – Shrek! The Musical – It Runs in the Family – Avenue Q: School Edition –

As You Like It – Miss Saigon – The Scarlet Letter – City of Angels - Look Homeward, Angel

 

Stitcher/First Hand              

University of California – Irvine                                 

(2012 – 2015)

Responsibilities included costume construction and alterations, plus some crafts and dye work.  Also assisted with fittings and some patterning.

Shows include: Dames at Sea, Comedy of Errors, A Christmas Carol, Angels in America, Metamorphoses, Sweet Smell of Success, and a number of dance shows.

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Stitcher/Craftsperson         

Chapman University – Orange, CA                 

(2011, 2014 – 2015)

Assisted with construction, alterations, and craft work.  Served as Design Assistant and Wardrobe Head for American Celebration: 2011, a musical revue fundraiser with over 100 student performers.

 

2010 - present