Curriculum Vitae

Education

Professional Affiliations

Awards

Conferences

Teaching/Lecturing

2006-present

 


















 

 

 

 

 









2003-2006

St. Mary's College of Maryland
Assitant Professor of Design/Scenography. Tenure-track position.

Courses:
  • Introduction to Performance
  • Elements of Design
  • Costumes and Clothes in History
  • Scenic Design
  • Costume Design
  • Scenic Painting
  • Production

    Committee Service:

    • Academic Policy Committee
    • Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Colloquium
    • Departmental Search Committee for Film Position

      Departmental Service:
        • Head of Design area
        • Accomplishes 3 designs annually in Sets, Costumes, Scenic Painting and Props
        • Supervises Costume Shop, Scenic Painting and Properties for all productions
        • Utilizes students as assistants in all of departmental designs
        • Dramatically increased student involvement in design work, classes and production
        • Developed long-term planning strategy for the production area to facilitate growth
        • Re-organization of Costume, props and furniture storage
        • Renovated Costume Shop
        • Created student Design Studio by re-organizing spaces
        • Advisor to the student run performance venue, The White Room
        • Developed community service work program in production
        • Active Student recruitment

California State University, Sacramento
Assistant Professor of Scenography. Tenure-track position. Courses:

    • Introduction to Theatre: Largest General Education class offered by the department. Completely utilizes WebCT in content delivery and grading
    • Scenography I: beginning skills class for design students
    • Scenography II: design of small, realistic productions
    • Scenography III: advanced design of larger, abstract productions
    • Styles in Costume: analysis of visual language, costume history, semiotics, character analysis, text analysis
    • Make-up
    • Production

    Committee Service:

    • University:
      • Faculty Senate 2004-05, 2005-present
      • Academic Policy Committee 2004-05, 2005-present
      • Academic Standards 2005-present
    • College:
      • Grade Appeals 2004-05, 2005-present
    • Departmental:
      • Season Planning 2003-04, 2004-05, Co-Chair 2005-present
      • Curriculum Committee 2005-present
      • Academic Schedule Committee 2005-present
      • Faculty Search 2003-04
      • Staff Search 2003-04
      • Graduate Thesis, Chair 2004-05, 2005-present
      • Alumni Committee liaison
Departmental Service:
    • Head of Design area and Costume Director
    • Accomplishes 2-6 designs annually in three design areas: Sets, Costumes, Lights
    • Utilizes students as assistants in all of departmental designs Collaborated with local theatre companies for summer jobs, internships and other positions for students' educational benefit
    • Increased student involvement in design work, design classes and production by more than 66%
    • Revised entire curricular offerings in the design and technical area to reflect a contemporary approach
    • Developed long-term planning strategy for the production area to facilitate growth and re-organization of the scenic, prop, furniture, and costume storage
    • Facilities development:
      • Proposals for:
        • Dye room renovation
        • New, adjustable pit filler for University Theatre
        • Costume shop Renovation
      • Addressing health & safety, ergonomic, work flow, classroom, and artistic needs
    • Mentoring of all design students in production work for 4-6 productions annually
    • Student advising for those pursuing the major
    • Currently developing coursework for Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual, Transgender Theatre studies
    • Developed and maintain departmental Colloquium website on WebCT
    • Developed external volunteer base to assist in costume construction
    • Developed over hire base to assist in costume construction
    • Oversee budget in costume shop and for student productions
    • Active student recruitment

    Community Service:

      • Coordinated & presented panel discussion: "Theatre Contracts, What you need to know"
        • In collaboration with California Lawyers for the Arts. Guests included representatives from 5 major theatrical unions and an attorney specializing in intellectual property rights
      • Designer for MLK project 2003, 2004, 2005
      • Respondent in Lanaea Festival for high school students
      • Guest speaker for mature students in Continuing Education class
      • "Crocker Contemporaries" Museum committee devoted to audience development Currently developing coursework for Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual, Transgender Theatre studies
2002 San Diego State University. Guest Lecturer. Topics include: colour theory, research, rendering styles and fabric as a medium.
1999-1997 University of California Los Angeles. Graduate Teaching Assistant in Design and Production working with MFA Design, Directing and Playwriting students on collaboration and production. 3 quarters per academic year.
1998 Antelope Valley College . Guest Lecturer/Artist. Designer for A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Supervise student labor and assistants through the complete design and build process of the production.

Augustana College. Guest Artist/Consultant. Design costumes for Sweet Charity and supervise student assistants. Consult during the establishment of a new costume shop and procedures.
1994-1995 Seattle Central Community College. Resident Designer. Design and execute a four show season culminating in student directed and designed one-acts. Oversee budget, student labor and teach about production during the one-act festival.

Professional Design for Opera, Theatre, Film and Television

Scenery and Production (scenery and costumes) Design Director
2006 Cosi Fan Tutti Sacramento Opera -Richard Harrell
2005 Die Fledermaus

And the Dream Goes On 		Sacramento Opera

California Musical Theatre 		- Douglas Nagel
Produced by
- Scott Eckern
2004 The Dream Goes On California Musical Theatre Produced by
- Scott Eckern
2002 Living Pictures Getty Museum Los Angeles - Michael Hackett
2001 Tramp TV Pilot Da Ge Da Productions.
- Los Angeles, CA		 - Ed Marx
Costume Design Director
2007

Jekyll and Hyde
Kiss Me, Kate
5 Women Wearing
the Same Dress

 California Musical Theatre
California Musical Theatre
Richmond Triangle Players

-Marcia Milgrom Dodge
-Glenn Casale
-Noreen Barnes
2006 Ubu Roi
*LA Ovation Award Winner*
Aida
A Funny Thing
Happened ....Forum		 A Noise Within

California Musical Theatre
California Musical Theatre		 -Julia Rodriguez-Elliot

- Gary John LaRocca
-Marcia Milgrom Dodge
2005 Grease
West Side Story 		California Musical Theatre
California Musical Theatre 		- Marcia Milgrom Dodge
- Gary John LaRocca
2004 The Fantastics
The Scarlet Pimpernel 		California Musical Theatre
California Musical Theatre 		- Karen Azenberg
- Glenn Casale
2003 Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Cymbeline
San Fransisco Opera Center
Georgia Shakepseare Center
 - Vera Calabria
- Nancy Keystone
2002 The Wiz

Death of a Salesman
Three Sisters
"Garland Award Winner
LA Weekly Award"

Trollwood Performing Arts School
- Fargo , ND
Interact Theatre, Los Angeles
Interact Theatre, Los Angeles

 - Rebecca Myer Larson

- Anita Kanzadian-Jones.
- Peter Levin
2001 Il Trovatore
Antigone

English National Opera, London
Portland Center Stage
- Portland, OR

- Nicolas Payne
- Nancy Keystone
2000 El Niño





La Traviata

World Premiere
- Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris
Other Performances:
- San Francisco Symphony
- Lincoln Center
- The Barbican Center
West Bay Opera
- Palo Alto, CA.

- Peter Sellars

Composer:
- John Adams


- Rafal Klopotovsky


1999 Here is Love

Fall

Searching for Bobby D .
Spark of Reason
Catholica

Peninsula Youth Theatre
- Palo Alto, CA
World Premiere
- Mark Taper New Works Festival
Independent Film
Valley Beth Shalom
Here Performance Space
- New York

- Rafal Klopotovsky

- Laurel Meade

- Peymon Maskan
- Michella Goldhabber
- Ruben Polendo

  Portfolio Presenter:
Portfolio Review sponsored by Ming Cho Lee at the Library for the Performing Arts in New York.
Young Designer’s Forum of U.S.I.T.T. in Toronto, Canada.
1998 Smells + Bells


Catholica

World Premier
- ArchesTheatre, Glasgow
The Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Mark Taper Wing, Los Angeles

- Lorenzo Mele


- Ruben Polendo
1995 Line and Times Square

- Student directed one-acts

 Produced by
- Seattle Central Community College.
1994 On the Verge
Westside Story
Les Blancs

Aha! Theatre in Seattle, WA
Seattle Central Community College
Seattle Central Community College

 - Jennifer Brown
- Tanya Pettiford-Wates
- Tanya Pettiford-Wates
1993 Camille
"Footlight Award,
Seattle Times"
Days and Nights Within

Alice B. Theatre in Seattle, WA


Pacific Performance Project
- Seattle, WA

- Jillian Armanente


- Stephen Pierson

Productions Designed at St. Mary's College of Maryland

Haroun and the Sea of Stories. Sets and Costumes. Directed by Holly Blumner
The Wild Duck. Costumes. Directed by Michael Ellis-Tolaydo
The Mandrake. Sets and Costumes. Directed by Merideth Taylor
A Midsummer Night's Dream. Sets and Costumes. Directed by Michael Ellis-Tolaydo.

Productions Designed at California State University/Sacramento

Company. Costumes. Directed by Ed Brazo.
A Chorus Line. Set and Costumes. Directed by Ed Brazo.
The Lady from the sea.. Costumes. Directed by Paul Besaw.
Cloud Techtonics. Lighting Design. Dircted by Manuel Pickett.
Tempation. Set and Costumes. Directed by Gina Kaufmann.
Crazy for you. Costumes. Directed by Ed Brazo.
Moves with Latin Grooves. Faculty dance concert. Designed costumes for 4 dances
- Choreographers: Paul Besaw, Dr. Linda Goodrich, Lisa Ross and Ed Brazo.

Productions designed at UCLA

A la Porte. American premiere directed by Wendy Goldberg, currently Artistic Associate of Arena Stage, Washington, D.C. Little Theatre.
Origen. An adaptation of Mesoamerican creation mythologies directed by Ruben Polendo (Ibid).
The Noh Cycle. An adaptation of Noh Dramas directed by Ruben Polendo (Ibid).
Miracle Mile. Film about the transit system in Los Angeles. Directed by Greg Sax.
Ode to Eddie Sedgwick. Video about the Warhol Factory years directed by Marc Lempert.

Productions Designed at the University of Washington

Gianni Schicchi. Directed by Theodore Deacan
Sorrow, Sorrow, Fear, the Pit and the Rope. American premier, Directed by Stephan Simek
Blue Window. Directed by Clay Fullum.
The Emperor and The Architect of Assyria. Directed by Hanna Ede.
A Doll’s House. Directed by Laura Downey.
Burrhead. Directed by Laura Downey.

Project Management Work and Assistant Credits

2002 The Nutcracker Project Manager @ Costume Works, Inc. Ballet New England
2001 The Beard of Avon (Premier)
Spiral (Film)		 Assisted Walker Hickland
Assisted Maggie Morgan 		South Coast Repertory
Dir: Julliette Carillo.
2000 The Cherry Orchard
Everett Beekin

La Clemenza Di Tito

Nixon in China 		Project Manager Holly Poe Durbin, designer
Assisted Candice Cain
Directed by Yvann Yanoulis
Assisted Dunya Ramicova
Directed by Stephen Wadsworth
Assisted Dunya Ramicova
Directed by Peter Sellars 		Santa Fe Stages
South Coast Repertory

New York City Opera

English National Opera
1999 The Story of a Soldier

Hedda Gabbler

State Fair
The Piano Lesson 		Assisted Gabriel Berry
Directed by Peter Sellars
Assisted Dunya Ramicov
Directed by Daniel Sullivan
Assisted Dionne Lebhar
Assisted Dionne Lebhar 		Los Angeles Philharmonic
Vienna Festival, MC93 Bobigny (Paris)
Geffen Playhouse
Fireside Dinner Theatre
South Coast Repertory
1998 Iphigenie en Tauride Assisted Dunya Ramicova
Directed by Francesca Zambello 		Glimmerglass Opera
1997 Iphigenie en Tauride Assisted Dunya Ramicova
Directed by Francesca Zambello 		New York City Opera
1996 The Country Wife

A Christmas Carol

Beach Blanket Babylon
The Hasty Pudding
Mr. Potato Head’s Adventure 		Assisted Alex Jaeger
Directed by Sabin Epstein
Assisted Alex Jaeger
Directed by Sabin Epstein
Produced by Steve Silver Productions, Inc.
Assisted Craig Sonnenberg
Assisted Heidi A. Hermiller
- on this walk-about character		 A Noise Within

A Noise Within

San Francisco
Harvard University
Hasbro Toys, Inc
- CD ROM Release
1995 Beach Blanket Babylon
Puget Sound Revels 		Produced by Steve Silver
Assisted Heidi A. Hermiller 		San Francisco
Tacoma, WA
1994 Puget Sound Revels
Spring Revels

Assisted Heidi A. Hermiller
Assisted Heidi A. Hermiller

Tacoma , WA
Tacoma , WA
1993 Angels in America

Research Assistant for Francis Kenny

Intiman Theatre
1991 Catherine

Assisted Todd Rohreman

Intiman Theatre

Other Experience

2001 St. Francois D'assise Assistant Dyer, Painter San Francisco Opera
1995 The Nutcracker
Offstage 		Union Wardrobe
Union Wardrobe		 Pacific Northwest Ballet
Pacific Northwest Ballet
1993 Offstage Union Wardrobe Pacific Northwest Ballet
1993 The Kentucky Cycle
Misalliance
Kismet
Cinderella 		Wardrobe
Wardrobe
Stitcher
Stitcher

Intiman Theatre
Intiman Theatre
5th Avenue Theatre
5th Avenue Theatre