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RESUME

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PROFESSIONAL - THEATER

Sweeney Todd

Hole in the Sky

Fefu and Her Friends

I love being here with you

Trudy & Max in Love

Smokefall

A Widow of No Importance

Five Uneasy Pieces

Jay and E and the Zig-Zag Sea

Broken Glass 

Yard Sale Signs

Curse of the Starving Class

Restless Spirits

The King Stag

Indoor/Outdoor

On The Mountain

Around The World In 80 Days

Playhouse Creatures

Fire On The Mountain

The King Stag  

Flight

Love, Langston

Mummified Deer

Three Mo' Divas

I Love You, You're Perfect...

Nuevo California

Oxygen

South Coast Repertory Theatre, Dir. Kent Nicholson

Circle X Theatre,  Dir.Kate Jopson

Circle X Theatre, Dir. Kate Jopson

Norwegian Cruise Line, Dir. Bill Whitner

South Coast Repertory Theatre, Dir.  Lila Neugebauer

South Coast Repertory Theatre, Dir. Anne Kauffman

East West Players, Dir Shaheen Vaaz

The Santa Monica Playhouse, Dir.  Don McManus 

Kaiser Permanente Ed. Outreach, Dir. Erica Ortega

West Coast Jewish Theatre, Dir. Elina de Santos 

Rogue Machine, Dir. Elina de Santos

Open Fist Theater Company, Dir. Scott Paulin

San Diego Repertory Theatre, Dir. Sam Woodhouse

Seattle Repertory Theatre, Dir. Andrei Belgrader

The Colony Theatre Company, Dir. Stefan Novinski 

South Coast Repertory Theatre, Dir. Mark Rucker

The Colony Theatre Company, Dir. Stefan Novinski

Open Fist Theatre Company, Dir. Faye Jackson

San Diego Repertory Theatre, Cerritos Center, The Barter, Dir. Randal Myler

The Juilliard School, Dir. Andrei Belgrader

Open Fist Theatre Company, Dir. by Charlie Otte

Great Lakes Theater Festival, Dir. Loni Berry, Chor. Andre DeShields

San Diego Repertory Theatre, Dir. Luis Valdez

San Diego Repertory Theatre, Dir Marion J. Caffey

San Diego Repertory Theatre, Dir Sam Woodhouse

San Diego Repertory Theatre, Dir Sam Woodhouse

San Diego Repertory Theatre, Dir Sam Woodhouse 

PROFESSIONAL - DANCE

Mercurial
A Delicate Balance
Slip Ring 
Evening At The Ritz 
Springtide Thereafter 
A Taste of Sweet Velvet 
First Glance 
Hey-Hay Going to Kansas City  
Guest In My House  
Naked Exchange Complexions
I’ve Known Rivers 

Ballet West, Chor.Jodie Gates
Ballet X, Chor. Jodie Gates 
Company C Contemporary Ballet, Chor.  Jodie Gates 
Singapore Dance Theatre, Chor.  Molly Lynch 
Thereafter  Corbin Dances , Chor. Jodie Gates 
American Ballet Theatre II, Chor. Jodie Gates 
Backhaus Dance, Chor. Jodie Gates 
Going to Kansas City  Kansas City Ballet , Chor. Donald McKayle 
(Aloud) Los Angeles Central Library,   Chor. Loretta Livingston  
Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Chor. Jodie Gates
TEDx/ UC Irvine, Chor. Donald McKayle

EDUCATIONAL THEATRE / DANCE AND TEACHING

Pepperdine University

Adjunct Professor of Costume Design, Fine Arts Division, 2012-current

Undergraduate program.  Costume designer or costume design mentor for 4 shows per season in the university production calendar in the area of costume design , makeup and hair design.   Lecturer in Costume Design and Stage Makeup courses. 
 

University Of California, Irvine

Costume Design Adjunct Professor of Costume Design for Dance, Department of Dance 2006-20012

Undergraduate and graduate program. Costume designer or mentor for all 4 shows in the university production calendar as well as all national and international touring productions.   Lecturer in Costume Design for Dance. 
 

University Of California, San Diego

Costume Design adjunct faculty, department of theatre 2006-2008

Lecturer in Intro to Costume Design for undergraduate students. 

EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts Costume Design

University of California San Diego
 

Bachelor of Arts Theatre

University of California Santa Barbara
Emphasis in design

President’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Honors Graduate

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