THEODORE A. STARK Senior Instructor / Costume Production Manager / Draper Resume -Vitae
University of Colorado Email: [email protected] Department of Theatre & Dance Phone: 303.492.8552 261 UCB Fax: 303.492.7722 Boulder, CO 80309
EDUCATION
MFA: Costume Production, Boston University, May 1995 Thesis: Costume Design and Production for Janacek’s Vec Makropulos
BA: Theatre and Speech, College of William and Mary, May 1987 Honors: Riddle Award for Excellent Theatre Student
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2000 - Present Senior Instructor, University of Colorado, Department of Theatre & Dance Courses taught: THTR 1115 Costume TechnologiesÅ (27 semesters) THTR 3035 Costume PracticumÅ (45 semesters) THTR 4095 Costume Patterning and Construction* (19 semesters) THTR 4095 Costume Crafts*Å (10semesters) THTR 4095 Theatrical Tailoring (7 semesters) THTR 1065 StagecraftÅ (4 semesters) THTR 1075 Stagecraft Lab (4 semesters) THTR 1025 Technical Production 2 (4 semesters) THTR 1045 Technical Production 2 Lab (4 semesters) THTR 2849, 3849 Independent Study* (13 semesters) THTR 3035 PR Practicum*Å (2 semesters) THTR 4075 Advanced Technical Projects* (9 semesters) THTR 4065 Advanced Design Projects* (3 semesters) THTR 4555 Production Studio* (18 semesters) *Taught as overload ÅCourses revised or created
Stark 1 Advising: Honors Advior, Theatre Undergraduate Honors, Kara D‘Alessandro, 2021 Honors Advior, Theatre Undergraduate Honors, Rita DiSibio, 2021 Honors Advior, Theatre Undergraduate Honors, Grant Bowman, 2021 Honors Advior, Theatre Undergraduate Honors, Samantha Piel, 2021 Honors Advior, Theatre Undergraduate Honors, Celeste Fenton, 2021 Honors Advior, Theatre Undergraduate Honors, Zoe Fischoff, 2021 Honors Advior, Theatre Undergraduate Honors, Darcy Brander, 2021 Honors Advisor, Dance Undergraduate Honors, Hattie Houser, 2020 Honors Advior, Theatre Undergraduate Honors, Nia Quan, 2020 Honors Advior, Theatre Undergraduate Honors, Sarah Sweet, 2020 Honors Advior, Theatre Undergraduate Honors, Sean Guderian, 2020 Honors Advior, Theatre Undergraduate Honors, Brendan Lynch, 2020 Honors Advior, Theatre Undergraduate Honors, Madeline Lacy, 2019 Honors Advior, Theatre Undergraduate Honors, Ana Langmead, 2019 Honors Advior, Theatre Undergraduate Honors, Ayla Sullivan, 2019 Honors Advior, Theatre Undergraduate Honors, Daniel Jimenez, 2019 Honors Advisor, Theatre Undergraduate Honors, Val DeGroot, 2018 Honors Advisor, Dance Undergraduate Honors, Mattie McGarey, 2018 Honors Advisor, Theatre Undergraduate Honors, Adrianna Hammack, 2017 Honors Advisor, Theatre Undergraduate Honors, Elise Collins, 2017 Honors Advisor, Theatre Undergraduate Honors, Casey Dean, 2017 Honors Advisor, Theatre Undergraduate Honors, Kristofer Buxton, 2017 Honors Advisor, Dance Undergraduate Honors, Emma Scholz, 2017 Honors Advisor, Dance Undergraduate Honors, Ellen Reynerson, 2017 Honors Advisor, Dance Undergraduate Honors, Gabrielle Whitcomb, 2017 Honors Advisor, Dance Undergraduate Honors, Heather Woolley, 2017 Honors Advisor, Theatre Undergraduate Honors, Alyssa Gallotte, 2016 Honors Advisor, Dance Undergraduate Honors, Aundrea Anderson, 2015 Honors Advisor, Theatre Undergraduate Honors, Eddy Jordan, 2015 Honors Advisor, Theatre Undergraduate Honors, Stephanie Spector, 2015 Honors Advisor, Dance Undergraduate Honors, Samantha Lysaght, 2014 Honors Advisor, Dance Undergraduate Honors, Amy Millennor, 2014 Honors Advisor, Theatre Undergraduate Honors, Jackson Smith, 2014 Honors Advisor, Theatre Undergraduate Honors, Gina Lovell, 2013 Honors Advisor, Dance Undergraduate Honors, Margaret Behm, 2013 Honors Advisor, Dance Underegraduate Honors, Nathan Blackwell, 2013 Honors Advisor, Dance Undergraduate Honors, Brittney Kirkpatrick, 2012 Honors Advisor, Theatre Undergraduate Honors, RJ Conley, 2010 Honors Advisor, Theatre Undergraduate Honors, Bryce Alexander, 2010 Honors Advisor, Dance Undergraduate Honors, Taylor Augustine, 2010 Honors Advisor, Dance Undergraduate Honors, Anna Mayer, 2009 Honors Advisor, Theatre Undergraduate Honors, Chelsea Hackett, 2009 Honors Advisor, Theatre Undergraduate Honors, Jessica Robinson, 2009 Honors Advisor, Theatre Undergraduate Honors, Haley Muth, 2009 Honors Advisor, Theatre Undergraduate Honors, Esmeralda Kudanis-Grow, 2009 Honors Committee, Creative Writing Undergraduate Honors, Grace Kim, 2009 Honors Committee, Creative Writing Undergraduate Honors, Sophia Kim, 2009 Advisor, Interdisciplinary Degree, Elizabeth Holmgren, 2007 Advisor, Theatre Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Carolyn D. Miller, 2003
Stark 2 Reader, Dance MFA candidate Amy Martin, 2002
1995 - 1996 Lecturer in Theatre, Oberlin College, Theatre and Dance Department Courses taught: Costume Construction (1 semester)
1992 - 1995 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Boston University, Theatre Department Courses assisted: Introduction to Design Principles Draping I
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Professional Draper (owner, independent LLC) The draper uses their knowledge of fashion history, textiles, the physics and chemistry of fabric, patternmaking and sewing as well as fashion psychology to translate the Costume Designer’s sketch into the three dimensional reality that appears on stage.
Costumes commissioned:
PRODUCTION COMPANY DESIGNER
2019- Fashion Production Steve Sells Studio Steve Sells 2021 2018 Romeo and Juliet Tennessee Shakespeare Janice Lacek Two Gentlemen of Verona Tennessee Shakespeare Janice Lacek
2017 Sense and Sensibility Arvada Center Clare Henkel Santa’s Castle Park Meadows Mall Kevin Brainerd Festival Choir Fairview High School Cheri King
2016 The Ballad of Baby Doe Central City Opera Sara Tosetti How To Be a Good Widow University of Denver Bill Kovascik The Elizabeth Project Goddess Here Productions Markas Henry Festival Choir Fairview High School Cheri King
2015 Sasquatch Music Festival Highline Self Designed Excalibur Choir Fairview High School Self Designed 2014 The Cottage Theatre Aspen Kevin Brainerd Dr. Sun Yat Sen The Santa Fe Opera James Schuette The Tempest Colorado Shakespeare Festival Clare Henkel
2013 Oscar The Santa Fe Opera David Woolard
2012 Werther The Minnesota Opera Jessica Jahn La Boheme Central City Opera Jessica Jahn Maometto II The Santa Fe Opera Jonathan Morrell Phantom of The Opera University of Memphis Janice Benning Lacek
2012 Don Quixote Joffrey Ballet Chicago Travis Halsey
Stark 3 Ragtime Arvada Center Clare Henkel The Inspector General Colorado Shakespeare Festival Vladimir Koltunov
2011 A Christmas Story, The Musical A Very Big Award, LLC Elizabeth Clancy Gianni Schicci Central City Opera Alice Bristow Seven Deadly Sins Central City Opera Alice Bristow Amadigi Central City Opera Madeleine Boyd Carmen Central City Opera Sara Jean Tosetti
2010 Three Decembers Central City Opera Alice Bristow Orpheus in the Underworld Central City Opera Sara Jean Tosetti
2009 Leading Ladies, The Movie Team Beahm Markas Henry La Traviata The Santa Fe Opera Laurent Pelly Lucia di Lammermoor Central City Opera Terese Wadden A Little Night Music Central City Opera Alice Bristow To Kill A Mockingbird Colorado Shakespeare Festival Kevin Brainerd Tales of Hoffman Opera Colorado Andre Barbe Casanova’s Wedding Minnesota Opera James Schuette The Nutcracker Boston Ballet David Walker
2008 Lulu Chicago Lyric Opera Kevin Knight Kiss Me Kate Boulder Broadway Company Anne Murphy The Rape of Lucretia Central City Opera Kevin Knight West Side Story Central City Opera Alice Bristow
2007 Henry VIII Colorado Shakespeare Festival Rick Donnelly Othello The Alley Theatre Alejo Vietti Die Frau Ohne Schatten Chicago Lyric Opera Kevin Knight Daphne The Santa Fe Opera Jane Greenwood La Traviata Central City Opera Alice Bristow Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Papermill Playhouse (NJ) Jess Goldstein Elisir d‘Amore Opera Colorado Martin Pakledinaz Un Ballo in Maschera Opera Colorado James Schuette Lord Byron’s Love Letter Manhattan School of Music (NY) Miranda Hoffman
2004 La Traviata Opera Colorado Bruno Schwengl
1999 Tosca The Washington Opera Lena Drozd The Civil War National Tour Christine Hanak
Draper (staff positions with professional comapanies)
PRODUCTION COMPANY DESIGNER 2006 The Magic Flute The Santa Fe Opera Tobias Hoheisel Draped costumes for lead performer, Heather Buck, playing The Queen of the Night Cinderella The Santa Fe Opera Laurent Pelly
Stark 4 Draped costumes for Ann-Carolyn Bird, playing Noemie Draped costumes for Gabriela Garcia, playing Dorothee Salome The Santa Fe Opera Neil Patel Draped costumes for lead performer, Janice Watson, playing Salome Aida Florida Grand Opera Allen Charles Klein The Coronation of Poppea Central City Opera Alice Bristow Don Giovanni Central City Opera Alice Bristow
2005 Turandot The Santa Fe Opera Willa Kim Draped costumes for Patricia Racette, playing Liu Lucio Silla The Santa Fe Opera Paul Brown Draped costumes for Anna Christy, playing Celia Peter Grimes The Santa Fe Opera Robert Innes Hopkins Draped costumes for Christine Brewer, playing Ellen Orford
2004 Simon Boccanegra The Santa Fe Opera Anne Marie Heinrich Draped costumes for Patricia Racette, Doina Dimitriu, both playing Amelia Don Giovanni The Santa Fe Opera David Zinn Draped costumes for Marius Kwiecen, playing Don Giovanni Agrippina The Santa Fe Opera Allen Moyer Draped costumes for Lisa Saffer, playing Poppea
2003 La Belle Helen e The Santa Fe Opera Laurent Pelly Draped costumes for Barry Banks, playing Menelaus Katya Kabanova The Santa Fe Opera Paul Brown Draped costumes for Patricia Racette, playing Katya Kabanova Madame Mao The Santa Fe Opera David Woolard Draped costumes for Anna Christy, playing Young Madame Mao
2002 Eugene Onegin The Santa Fe Opera Isabella Bywater Draped costumes for Patricia Racette, playing Tatiana La Clemenza di Tito The Santa Fe Opera David Zinn Draped costumes for Richard Croft, playing Tito La Traviata The Santa Fe Opera David Walker Draped costumes for Mossimo Giordano, playing Alfredo
2001 Tosca Los Angeles Opera Liz da Costa Draped costumes for Catherine Malfitano, playing Tosca The Queen of Spades Los Angeles Opera Gottfried Pilz Draped costumes for Galina Gorchakova, playing Lisa Draped costumes for Elena Obratsova, playing Countess
Other positions held (staff positions with professional comapanies)
POSITION COMPANY 1999 - 2000 Draper Los Angeles Opera
1998 First Hand Donna Langman Couture Costumes
Stark 5 1997 1998 Draper Eric Winterling Costumes
1996 - 1997 Asst. Costume Shop Manager The Santa Fe Opera
1995 Draper The Boston Ballet
1994 Draper The Santa Fe Opera
1988 - 1989 Wardrobe Supervisor The Juilliard School
CREATIVE WORK
Academic POSITION PRODUCTION VENUE
2019 Costume Designer A Broadway Christmas CarolUniversity Theatre, CU Boulder 2004 Costume Designer Peeru Gunto University Theatre, Univ. of CO Boulder Costume Designer Stage Door Loft theatre, Univ of CO Boulder
2003 Director Sister Mary Ignatius Univ. of CO Boulder freshman orientation Explains It All For You
2002 Costume Designer Wonderful Town University Theatre, Univ. of CO Boulder
SERVICE
Professional Adjudicator: Pennsylvania Thespian Festival, Scenic Design Thespy, 2020 Presenter: Colorado Thespian Conference, How To Drape and Pattern Costumes, 2020 Adjudicator: International Thespian Festival, Costume Construction Thespy, 2020 Presenter: Colorado Thespian Conference, The Makeup Circus, 2019 Presenter: Colorado Thespian Conference, How To Drape and Pattern Costumes, 2019 Presenter: International Thespian Festival, Create A Scholarship Winning Portfolio, 2019 Presenter: International Thespian Festival, Wigs! Wigs! Wigs!, 2019 Presenter: International Thespian Festival, Conservatory? Liberal Arts? How Do I Choose A College?, 2019 Presenter: International Thespian Festival, Old Age Makeup, 2019 Adjudicator: International Thespian Festival, Costume Design Individual Event, 2019 Administrator: International Thespian Festival, Tech Olympics, 2019 Presenter: Kansas Thespian Conference, How To Drape and Pattern Costumes, 2019 Presenter: Wyoming State Drama, Drawing is Seeing , 2018 Presenter: Wyoming State Drama, Old Age Makeup Made Easy, 2018 Presenter: Wyoming State Drama, Corrective Makeup Basics, 2018 Adjudicator: Wyoming State Drama, Costume Design Individual Event, 2018 Presenter: Colorado Thespian Conference, The Makeup Circus, 2018 Presenter: International Thespian Festival, How To Drape and Pattern Costumes, 2018 Presenter: International Thespian Festival, Drawing Is Seeing, 2018 Presenter: International Thespian Festival, Speaking Without Words, 2018
Stark 6 Adjudicator: International Thespian Festival, Costume Design Individual Event, 2018 Adjudicator, International Thespian Festival, Tech Olympics, Quick Change, 2018 Presenter: Colorado Thespian Conference, The Makeup Circus, 2018 Adjudicator: Kansas Thespian Festival, Costume Design Individual Event, 2018 Presenter: Kansas Thespian Festival, How To Drape and Pattern Costumes, 2018 Presenter: Kansas Thespian Festival, Speaking Without Words, 2018 Presenter: International Thespian Festival, How To Drape and Pattern Costumes, 2017 Presenter: International Thespian Festival, Period Silhouettes, 2017 Adjudicator: International Thespian Festival, Costume Design Individual Event, 2017 Adjudicator, International Thespian Festival, Tech Olympics, Quick Change, 2017 Presenter: Colorado Thespian Conference, The Makeup Circus, 2016 Presenter: Colorado Thespian Conference, How To Drape and Pattern Costumes, 2016 Presenter: International Thespian Conference, How To Drape and Pattern Costumes, 2016 Adjudicator: International Thespian Conference, Individual Events, Costume Construction, 2016 Adjudicator: International Thespian Festival, Tech Olympics, Costume Quick Change, 2016 Presenter: KCACTF Conference, Corsetry Techniques, 2016 Presenter: Colorado Thespian Conference, Speaking Without Words, 2015 Presenter: Internation Thespian Festival, Untangling Color’s Complexity, 2014 Presenter: Internation Thespian Festival, Drape and Pattern Your Own Costumes, 2014 Presenter: Internation Thespian Festival, Creating Period Costume Silhouettes, 2014 Presenter: Internation Thespian Festival, Speaking Without Words, 2014 Adjudicator: International Thespian Festival, Individual Events: Costume Design, 2014 Adjudicator: International Thespian Festival, Tech Olympics: Costume Quick Change, 2014 Presenter: Colorado Thespian Convention, Principles of Design Workshop, 2013 Adjudicator: Colorado Thespian Convention, Costume Design and Construction, Individual Events, 2012 Presenter: Colorado Thespian Convention, How to Drape and Pattern Workshop, 2012 Adjudicator: Colorado Thespian Convention, Costume Design and Construction, Individual Events, 2011 Presenter: Colorado Thespian Convention, Historic Underwear Workshop, 2011 Presenter: Colorado Thespian Convention, How to Drape and Pattern Workshop, 2011 Adjudicator: Colorado Thespian Convention, Costume Design and Construction, Individual Events, 2010 Presenter: Colorado Thespian Convention, Portfolio & Resume Workshop, 2009 Presenter: Colorado Thespian Convention, Portfolio & Resume Workshop, 2009 Reviewer: Central City Opera: Professional Portfolio Review, 2008 Reviewer: The Santa Fe Opera, Professional Portfolio Review, 2007 Reviewer: The Santa Fe Opera, Professional Portfolio Review, 2006 Reviewer: The Santa Fe Opera, Professional Portfolio Review, 2005 Presenter: KCACTF Region VII, Costume Technology Workshop, 2005 Reviewer: USITT Professional Portfolio Review, 2004 Reviewer: The Santa Fe Opera, Professional Portfolio Review, 2003 Reviewer: The Santa Fe Opera, Professional Portfolio Review, 2002 Presenter: Rocky Mountain Theatre Association, Makeup Workshop, 2000 Presenter: Rocky Mountain Theatre Association, Costume Workshop, 2000
University of Colorado, Boulder, Campus: Instructor Task Force, 2018 Provost’s Committee on Academic Futures, AY 2017/18 Stark 7 Provost’s Task Force on RAPs, AY 2016/17 ASC Planning Committee, 2015 – Present Pilot Program, EPortfolio implementation for Boulder campus Department Representative, Arts & Sciences Council (ASC), 2015 - Present Chair, Faculty Affairs Committee, Boulder Faculty Assembly (BFA), 2013 Chair, Combined Faculty and Academic Affairs Committee, BFA, 2013 Department Representative, Honors Council, 2009 - Present Department Representative, Boulder Faculty Assembly, 2009 - Present Representative, Faculty Affairs Subcommittee of BFA, 2009 - Present Department Representative, Arts and Sciences Council, 2002, 2003 Representative, Diversity Subcommittee of Arts and Sciences Council, 2002, 2003 Counselor, Boettcher Scholars Program Leader, New Student Academic Orientation
University of Colorado, Boulder, Departmental: Interim Director of Undergraduate Studies Head, Design/Tech/Management BFA Program Member, Curriculum Committee Member, Budget Committee Member, Season Planning Committee Coordinator, Colorado Thespian Conference, 2009 – Present Instructor, BFA Design/Tech Portfolio and Resume Workshop, 2006 - Present Member, Merit Review Committee, Spring 2007, 2008 Member, Personnel Committee, Spring 2007 Member, Search Committee: Dance Faculty, Spring 2007 Member, Search Committee: Voice Faculty, Spring 2006 Leader, Season Planning: 2005 – 2007 Member, Curriculum Committee: 2005-06 Instructor, BFA Portfolio Composition and Presentation Workshop, Fall 2007 Leader, BFA Design & Technology Mock Interview Committee 2005 Robin Payne, Props Department Head,The Denver Center for the Performing Arts Adam Rowe, Assoc Scene Designer, The Denver Center for the Performing Arts Betsy Zumfelde, Costume Shop Manager, The Arvada Center Member, Search Committee: Costume Design Faculty, Spring 2005 Member, Departmental Merit Review Committee, 2002, 2003 Member, Search Committee: Acting Faculty, Spring 2003 Member, Search Committee: Costume Design Guest Lecturer, Spring 2004 Member, Season Planning Committee: 2000 – 2005 Instructor, BFA Portfolio Composition and Presentation Workshop, Spring 2001 Instructor, Departmental Workshop on Resume and Cover Letter Composition and Presentation, Spring 2005 Co-coordinator, Theatre publicity and public relations including Theatre High School Days, 2003 – 04 (previous to creation of department Publicity Manager position) Moderator, Post performance talkbacks Presenter, High School Day, various topics, 2000, 2001, 2002
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Production The Costume Shop Manager serves as an administrator to the department, overseeing the implementation of costumes for every theatre or dance production staged by the department. As the majority of these projects are student driven, the Costume Shop Manager also serves as a teacher/mentor, leading student performers, directors, choreographers, designers and technicians as they realize their productions.
AY Fall 20 The Laramie Project She Kills Monsters Liminal Heart Sarah Mauney MFA Concert AY 19/20 UnWrap Re-membering Lacunae Burning The Old Man Shakuntala Broadway Christmas Carol Catapult The Popular Mechanicals As You Like It Spring Awakening The Current
AY 18/19 UnWrap Great Expectations Hacuba Next To Normal Provenance Catapult Wake Into The Woods Falstaff In Love Almost, Maine The Current
AY 17/18 The Adding Machine The Long Christmas Ride Home Taking UP Space A Doll House Parallax Eurydice Everyman We Are The Wake Comedy of Errors
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AY 17/18 The Adding Machine The Long Christmas Ride Home Taking UP Space A Doll House Parallax Eurydice
AY 16/17 44 Plays for 44 Presidents The Servant of Two Masters Boneless Twelfth Night Alter/Altar Catapult Unspoken The Rocky Horror Show Peter and the Starcatcher The Current
AY 15/16 UnWrap The Glass Menagerie The Otherland un Covering Me Woyzeck: The Endless Cycle 1.0 Fiddler on the Roof The Winter’s Tale Return to The Forbidden Planet Rabbit Hole The Current
AY 14/15 Unwrap The DAM Show Our Town Legacy of Light Liminal A Broadway Christmas Carol Tartuffe Subterra The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man In The Moon Marigolds Catapult The Current Trial of God Jesus Christ Superstar
Stark 10 AY 13/14 Unwrap East Meets West Master Class Picnic Macbeth These Shining Lives At Buffalo Three Sisters Quilters Metamorphoses Spilling Stories Tangled Testimonies Catapult The Current Grimm: Theatre Outreach Tour Much Ado About Nothing: CSF Outreach Tour 12th Night: CSF Outreach Tour AY 12/13 Utopia Parkway Inhabit The Current SubUrbia Noises Off Litmus A Broadway Christmas Carol Far Away As You Like It Chesapeake Little Women, The Musical 12th Night: CSF Outreach Tour Theatre Outreach Tour AY 11/12 A Play on Two Chairs Waiting For Lefty 14 The 25th Annual Putman County Spelling Bee Everything You Can Imagine Is Real Antigone: The Burial Thebes In The Current Kinetic Intersections NeXus Vanguard Variations Heaven Theatre Outreach Tour CSF Outreach Tour AY 10/11 Tamburlaine The Ingenious Chambermaid Marisol The Pillowman
Stark 11 Rent ‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore You Can’t Take It With You Of Bodies and Branches Shifting Tides with/out/others Autumn Rains UNA NeXus Much Unseen is Also Here And They Lynched Him On A Tree Danceworks 2011 AY 09/10 The Blind The Visit The Real Inspector Hound Philistines Blood Wedding The Country Wife The Real Queen of Hearts Ain’t Even Pretty Cabaret Danceworks 2010 NeXus 2010 AY 08/09 Psychosis 20:20 The Lottery Angelina How I Learned to Drive Butterfly Kiss Twelfth Night The Awakening of Spring Fresh – A Faculty Dance Concert AY 07/08 Here I Am Here I Stay The London Merchant She Loves Me Cloud 9 Beneath the Surface Danceworks 2008 AY 06/07 All That I Have Lost Arms and the Man The Grapes of Wrath Roulette Medea Mall-Mart Danceworks 2007 AY 05/06 Seussical the Musical Breaking the Code
Stark 12 Machinal The Learned Ladies Two Rooms Richard III Danceworks 2006 AY 04/05 Company Hot ‘N Throbbing Peeru Gunto Frankenstein Top Ten Life Is A Dream Danceworks 2005 AY 03/04 Mother Courage and Her Children Dracula Alice In Wonderland, Or Not To Kill A Mockingbird Stage Door Nine Danceworks 2004 AY 02/03 The Cripple of Inishmaan Talk Radio The Cherry Orchard The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek Fuddy Meers Pippin Danceworks 2003 AY 01/02 The Laramie Project Cinders Arcadia A Midsummer Night’s Dream The White Rose Wonderful Town Faculty Dance Concert 2002 AY 00/01 Waiting for Godot Fifth of July Love’s Labours Lost Songs in the Key of Caffeine Faculty Dance Concert 2001
HONORS Nominee, Marinus Smith Award, 2020 Recipient, Marinus Smith Award, 2017
Stark 13 Presenter: KCACTF Region VI, Costume Parade, 2004 Recipient, Residence Hall Outstanding Instructor, 2001
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Recruiting of Guest Lecturers, Designers and Technicians to enhance the department’s curricular offerings, supplement the department’s production seasons, and diversify the resumes of our students:
Veronica Dewey, Guest Costume Designer, Burning The Old Man Liv Murrow, Guest Costume Crafts Artisan, Broadway Christmas Carol Jonathan Becker, Guest Mask Artist, Hecuba Sasha Georges, Guest Costume Designer, Next To Normal Clare Henkel, Guest Costume Designer, Hecuba Diana Ben – Kiki, Guest Wig Designer, These Shining Lives Kevin Brainerd, Guest Wig Stylist , These Shining Lives Kevin Brainerd, Guest Costume Designer, Little Women, the Musical Kevin Brainerd, Guest Costume Designer, You Can’t Take It With You Diana Ben – Kiki, Guest Wig Designer, You Can’t Take It With You Diana Ben – Kiki, Guest Wig Designer, Country Wife Diana Ben – Kiki, Guest Lecturer, Costume Crafts class Anne Murphy, Guest Lecturer, Costume Crafts class Clare Henkel, Guest Costume Designer, Faculty Dance Concert Kevin Brainerd, Guest Costume Designer, Twelfth Night Ann Piano, Guest Costume Designer, Faculty Dance Concert Abbey Franke, Guest Costume Designer, Beneath the Surface Kevin Brainerd, Guest Costume Designer, Cloud 9 Lisa Murray, Guest Costume Designer, The London Merchant Brenda King, Guest Tailor, She Loves Me Kasey Jensen, Guest Costume Designer, Danceworks 2007 Sharon McGhee, Guest Tailor, Arms and the Man Blair Gulledge, Guest Costume Designer, Breaking the Code Rebecca Ruth, Guest Costume Designer, Danceworks 2005 Anne Murphy, Guest Costume Designer, How I Learned to Drive, The Learned Ladies, Frankenstein, Mother Courage and Her Children, and The White Rose
Joyce K. Lee, Guest Costume Designer, The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek Richard Krammes, Guest Makeup Lecturer, Technical Production II class Anne Murphy, Guest Design Lecturer, Costume Design class (2 semesters) Ann Piano, Guest Draper, The Cripple of Inishmaan
Placement of numerous undergraduate and graduate students in costume/hair & makeup/ prop related professional organizations and advanced training programs including:
The Juilliard School
Stark 14 Carelli Costumes (NYC) Blue Man Group Denver Center for the Performing Arts Fashion Institute of Technology (New York) The Santa Fe Opera Central City Opera Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (Los Angeles) Pearl Theatre Company, NYC South Coast Repertory Theatre Colorado Shakespeare Festival San Diego Opera Opera Colorado Curious Theatre Company The Arvada Center Paragon Theatre (Denver)
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