RÉSUMÉ 

BACKGROUND

Diversified experience as a professional Costume/Scenic Designer/Content Provider embracing "hands-on" work, touring companies, college-level teaching, commercial and television work, graphic design, and administration.

BFA -- 1982 Ohio University, College of Fine Arts, School of Theatre.
GRADUATE WORK 1984-1986, the University of Hawai'i, at Manoa.

EMPLOYMENT

Resident Costume Designer/Craft Room Supervisor at PCPA -- Pacific Conservatory Theatre, Santa Maria, CA.
Resident Designer -- Honolulu Theatre for Youth., Honolulu, HI.
Resident Designer -- Red River Dance and Performing Company, Fargo, ND.
Resident Designer -- Trollwood Performing Arts School, Fargo, ND.

NOTEWORTHY PROFESSIONAL AND FREELANCE ACHIEVEMENTS

2018  Santa Barbara Independent's Indie Award for Costume Design -- Lend Me A Tenor the Musical -- PCPA - Pacific Conservatory Theatre
2012  Retrospective Art Exhibition -- Cyrus Running Gallery -- "Theatrophilia: Paintings, Sculptures and Theatre Work."
2009  REComposed – The Discovery Channel -- TV Pilot -- Costume Designer
2003  Nobel Peace Prize Forum -- Rashomon -- Production Designer.
         University of North Dakota -- Regional Premier -- The Laramie Project -- Production Designer. Grand Forks, ND.
2002  Retrospective Art Exhibition -- Cyrus Running Gallery -- "The Day of the Dead: Paintings, Sculptures, and Theatre Work."
         US WEST World Arts Festival -- Costume Designer -- Fargo, ND.
1999  Make-A-Wish Foundation -- Costume Designer -- Some Enchanted Evening -- Fargo, ND.
1998  Nobel Peace Prize Forum -- The Caucasian Chalk Circle -- Production Designer.
1992  NorWest Banks -- Barney the Snowman -- TV commercial. Lobby mascot costumes. NorWest Banks, Minneapolis, MN.
1991  The Peace Child Organization/Trollwood -- Costume Designer -- International tour of China and Russia.
1988  ABC Seamless Siding, Company -- The ABC Duck -- Nationwide television commercials and company.
1985-92 Red River Dance and Performing Company -- annual Christmas Holiday production -- Fargo, ND.  
1985  Zippy's Restaurants -- Zipptron Universe -- TV commercial and lobby costumes -- Nick Karrs Agency, Honolulu, HI.
1984  British Airways -- Christmas in Paradise -- television commercial, Honolulu, HI.
1983  New Orleans World's Fair -- Honolulu Theatre for Youth Showcase.
          James Walsh/Universal Pictures -- Doonesbury, the Musical -- Resort Wear Designer -- Honolulu/New York.
1981  American Place Theatre -- Down Came the Rain -- Production Designer -- American Place Theatre, New York, NY.

HONORS

2011  KCACTF exhibition of costumes for Return to the Forbidden Planet.
2010  KCACTF Meritorious Achievement Award for Costume Design for The Madwoman of Chaillot.
2009  World Stage Design Exhibition -- Seoul, Korea.
2008  KCACTF Meritorious Achievement Award for Scenic Design for The Night of the Iguana.
2006  Heritage Hjemkomst Juried Fine Art Exhibition.
2006  Herd About the Prairie – Bison Painted Sculpture Exhibit.
         Coming Together -- An Invitational Art Exhibit. (Collaboration with poet Mitch Marr.)
2005  Concordia College Presidential Inauguration Committee.
         KCACTF exhibition of costumes for Medea.
2004  KCACTF exhibition of costumes for Rashomon.
2003  KCACTF Meritorious Achievement Award for Scenic Design for The Tempest.
         KCACTF Meritorious Achievement Award for Costume Design for The Tempest.
         KCACTF Meritorious Achievement Award for Scenic Design for Pippin.
         KCACTF Meritorious Achievement Award for Costume Design for Pippin.
         KCACTF exhibition of costumes for The Tempest.
         Invitational Art Exhibit -- Nobel Peace Prize Forum -- Sanctuary.
2002  KCACTF exhibition of costumes for La Bete and Sweet Charity.
1990  Fargo-Moorhead Regional Art Show Merit Award.
1985  Hawai'i State Theatre Council PO'OKELA Award for Theatrical Excellence in Costume Design -- Amadeus.
1983  Hawai'i State Theatre Council PO'OKELA Award for Theatrical Excellence in Costume Design -- Frankenstein.
         USITT Second Biennial Scenography Exposition Exhibit.

Several years ago, I started to self-identify as a CONTENT PROVIDER. I thought this was a better term for all the PACKAGERS who needed to have a tidy box in which to organize individuals, their personalities, and their occupations. I am a Costume Designer, Scenic Designer, Graphic Artist, Playwright, Novelist, Painter, Printmaker, and Found Object Sculptor. Whew!

CONTENT PROVIDER; a cleaner, neater HIPSTER.

"What is your process?" is an entirely intrusive question, especially when you're in the throes of creation, and someone wants to know what in the hell are you doing. What does it all mean? Why this, why that? -- because it has to mean something . . . right!. . otherwise, it couldn't possibly fulfill any purpose, let alone be immaculately packaged in a box with a label explaining exactly why and what it is.

There is no recipe for the process, and that's what the PACKAGERS want. They want a recipe so they can go back to their cubical lives and create precisely the same creation, making a slight, personal adjustment (that's called being CREATIVE) so that whatever it is the RECIPE creates will look good hanging above their couch. If they follow the recipe, they'll be successful and have a tangible product -- something to be proud of, something they can tell others, "Not for sale at any price. Dealers need not inquire."

I am bombarded with images (aren't we all?!) daily. My head fills with the most wondrous, magical, vivid, and exciting thoughts, but I don't always know what structure these gifts desire for their transition from the Radiant to the Elemental.

A blank page is a structure; the content is the wondrous, magical, vivid, and exciting thoughts I receive from the Universe. Is this blank page a painting? A sculpture? A new play? A new novel? Whatever these blank pages are, whether on canvas or paper, found objects or in fabric, in paint, or through many, many words in crazy, crazy arrangements, they are most certainly stories. Whenever the content tunes into me, I begin a whacked-out journey . . . heading out for the territories at midnight without any headlights searching for content.

My CREVADO is my wondrous, magical, absurd, adventurous, alternative, awkward, beautiful, brave, cheery, comforting, courageous, curious, cynical, dark, deceitful, kooky, lusty, naughty, outrageous, provocative, quixotic, sad, sexy, shocking, tender, thoughtful, thrilling, tragic, warm, weird, vivid, crazy, wild, irreverent, and exciting CONTENT.