The Costume Company - Part of the Team

Day-to-Day Designing

2001 to 2012 (ongoing) - Aurora, Canada

My Roles:

• Assistant Costume Designer
• Operations Coordinator, Scheduling and Client Correspondence 
• Costume Construction/Alterations
• Fabric Dyeing/Breakdown/Painting
• Buying/Shopping
• Anything to get the job done!

When I'm not working on my own projects or in film/television, I work for a costume rental and construction company. The company officially became a business approximately 6 years ago, but the owner and I have been building up the costume stock (over 8000 pieces) for 10 years. Along with our team, we build/source entire shows for various Theatre companies across Canada, some large scale and some community based. We mainly focus on complete musical productions.


CYRANO DE BERGERAC
Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts, March 2012 
Assistant Costume Design

NINE
Scarborough Musical Theatre, November 2009 
Assistant Costume Design, Construction, Corsetry

Saraghina - Corset constructed by me

Man of La Mancha

Newmarket Theatre, February 2009
Assistant Costume Design, Construction, Fabric Dyeing/Breakdown

PETER PAN
Newmarket Theatre, 2008 
Assistant Costume Design, Construction, Fabric Dyer/Breakdown, Buyer

The Lost Boys

I had fun putting together all the Lost Boy's costumes. Finding all the pieces and breaking down the clothing to look dirty, torn and worn out. The biggest challenge was hiding the fact that most of the Lost Boys were actually girls.

ALADDIN
Silvermist Productions, Niagara Falls, 2006 
Assistant Costume Design, Construction, Millinery, Turban Construction, Fabric Dyer 

ANNE OF GREEN GABLES

Costumes produced as a rental 
Assistant Costume Designer, Construction

JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOUR DREAMCOAT 
Costumes produced as a rental 
Assistant Costume Design, Construction

The Wizard of Oz

Drayton Entertainment
Spring 2011, remount Winter 2011, Spring 2012

Assistant Costume Designer (Seamstress, Dyer)

Costumes produced at The Costume Company (formerly Marquee Costumes)
Costume Designer: Rachel Berchtold

THE WICKED WITCH - Bodice and blouse constructed by me. Bodice with
boning and binding done in reverse side of fabric to finish edge and give contrast. 

THE SCARECROW - Construction and breakdown by me. Head sack dyed by me.

OZIANS - Constructed by me.

LION - mask and ears hand painted by me, wool mane 
hand knotted by me (partial - took many hours).

The Royal Ascot - Millinery

In March I returned to Marquee Costumes to continue working after 16 months in the UK. In April I was involved in producing the costumes for a production of "My Fair Lady". 

My main task was to produce the wonderful hats for the scene set at Ascot.