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Montclair State University

College of the Arts

CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL DATA

Debra Bergsma Otte

Theatre and Dance Department

Tenure: September 2009

Associate Professor: September 2011

HIGHER EDUCATION DEGREES

Institution Dates Attended Degree and Major Date Conferred

New York University, 1975-1978 MFA, May 1978

Tisch School of the Arts Design for Stage and Screen

Calvin College 1969-1972 BA, Speech and Theatre May 1973 Minors: Psychology and Education

TEACHING CAREER AT MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

Department Rank Dates

Theatre and Dance Associate Professor September 2011-present

Art and Design, Fashion Studies Associate Professor September 2011-present

Theatre and Dance Assistant Professor September 2006-June 2011

Art and Design, Fashion Studies Assistant Professor September 2006-June 2011

TEACHING CAREER OUTSIDE MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

Institution Department Rank Dates

New York University Graduate Playwriting Program Guest Lecturer Fall 2007, 2008

Long Island University Theatre, Film and Dance Assistant Professor 2005-2006

Long Island University Theatre, Film and Dance Adjunct Professor 1994-2005

SUNY at Old Westbury Theatre Department Adjunct Professor various

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Coursework (since last personnel action in 2011)

Appointment is ¼ load in Fashion Studies Program, Art and Design Department and ¾ in Theatre and Dance Department.

ARTX201: Culture and Appearance, Spring/Fall 2017, Spring/Fall 2018

ARTX150: Fundamentals of Makeup Artistry for Beauty and Fashion, Fall 2016

ARTX151: Advanced Makeup Practices for Beauty and Fashion, Fall 2016, Spring 2018

ARTX426: Apparel Design: Flat Patterning, Fall and Spring 2011-2014, Spring only 2015, 2016

ARTX422: Apparel Design: Draping, Fall 2014, 2015

ARTX403: Internship in Fashion, Summer 2016

THTR101: Creativity for the Theatre Artist, Fall 2010, 2011, 2012

THTR239: Advanced Stage Makeup, Spring 2014, 2016, 2018

THTR254: Costume Design I, Fall 2011 - 2018

THTR272: Costume Craft, Fall 2011, Fall 2013

THTR346: Advanced Costume Design, Spring 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019

THTR205: Production Practicum in Costume, Fall and Spring 2011- 2018

THTR480: Concept and Collaboration in Theatre, Fall 2016, Fall 2017

THTR445: Advanced Scenography Studio, 2015 - 2019

THTR440: Senior Seminar in Production and Design, Spring 2012 and 2013

THTR432: Special Topics in Theatre, World Stage Design, Fall 2013

THTR432: Special Topics in Theatre, Art and Performance, Prague Quadrennial, Summer 2011and Spring 2015, Summer 2019

THTR490: Theatre Coop Education Experience, Summer 2016 and 2017.

Program Coordinator, BFA in Theatre, Concentration in Production and Design

• Advise all program majors each semester, currently 80 students

o Maintain student records for all majors

• Collect and administrate assessment data for the program

o Conduct all-major portfolio reviews each year

• Write and implement curriculum revisions

• Manage and actively participate in recruitment for the program

o Interview all prospective student applicants

o Complete follow up with phone calls and email

o Work with the registrar’s office to complete learning communities and register incoming students

• Assign and supervise student design production assignments

• Provide regular peer evaluations for all program faculty (1 faculty, 1 specialist, 25 adjuncts)

• Solicit, recruit and interview applicants for open adjunct faculty/staff positions each year

• Attend Program Coordinator meetings

Program Coordinator, Certificate in Makeup Artistry

• Respond to all inquiries regarding the program

• Interview applicants and maintain student records

• Supervise and train all instructors in the program

• Maintain liaison with Estee Lauder Company and the Bobbi Brown Education Division that partner the program

• Oversee curriculum and complete revisions as needed

• Regularly observe makeup courses to provide mentorship and peer evaluation to the makeup instructors

• Monitor student outcomes

Mentorship of student costume, makeup and hair design for all theatre and dance productions (since last personnel action in 2011)

Supervision of research, close mentorship of design process with director, oversight and instruction in rendering of designs, continued mentorship with costume shop staff through the collection and build process, advisement through dress rehearsals, run and final strike.

Pre-production and Production 18-19 Academic Year.

The Full Monty, student costume designer Arian Papin-Tarquini, student hair and makeup designer Melissa Garguilo

The Wedding Band, student costume designer Amanda Lee, student hair and makeup designer Jasmin Smith

The Mystery of Edwin Drood, student costume designer Courtney Smith, student hair and makeup designer Christen Donlon

Guys and Dolls, student associate costume design Amanda Lee, student hair and makeup designer Jasmin Smith

Orlando, student associate costume design Melissa Garguilo, student hair and makeup designer Gabriella Vega

Daughters of the Revolution, student costume designer Juliann Tallman.

Dance – Works-A-Foot and Dance Works, ten student costume designers

Pre-production and Production 2017-18 Academic Year.

Carrie, student costume designer Rashidah Nelson, student hair and makeup designer Courtney Smith

Twelfth Night, student costume designer Amanda Lee. The 25th Annual Putnam County, student hair and makeup designer Jasmin Smith

Company, student costume designer Courtney Smith, student hair and makeup designer Christen Donlon

Anything Goes, student costume design Eden Tayar, student hair and makeup designer Courtney Smith

Mad Forest, student costume designer Elena Knitel

Dance – Works-A-Foot and Dance Works, eight student costume designers

Produced 2016-17 Academic Year. Research and pre-production January 2016 -March 2017

Aida, student costume designer Cheyenne Pellicoro, student hair and makeup designer Samantha LaScala.

Iphigenia, student costume designer Eden Tayar, student hair and makeup designer Deirdre Morgan

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, student costume designer Nicole Ferrigno, student hair and makeup designer Jasmin Smith

Works-A-Foot, student costume designers Courtney Smith, Nicole Ratyosyan, Adriana Papin-Tarquini, Jessica Petino, Rashidah Nelson, Amanda Lee, Elena Knitel

West Side Story, student costume design Samantha LaScala, hair and makeup design Nicole Ferrigno

Michigan Murders, student costume design Deirdre Morgan, hair and makeup design Deirdre Morgan

Punk Rock, student costume designer Catie Loughlin, hair and makeup design Catie Loughlin

Dance Works, student costume designer Deirdre Morgan

Produced 2015-16 Academic Year. Research and pre-production January 2015-March 2016

Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, student costume designer Caty Loughlin, student hair and makeup designer Nicole Ferrigno

Pride and Prejudice, student costume designer April Gormley, student hair and makeup designer Cheyenne Pellicoro

Triumph of Love, student costume designer Meghan Delanoy, student hair and makeup designer Deirdre Morgan

Works-A-Foot, student costume designers Cheyenne Pellicoro, Eden Tayar, Danielle Foreman, Christina Daly, Deirdre Morgan

99 Ways to Fuck a Swan, student costume design Eden Tayar

Producers, student costume design associate Samantha LaScala, hair and makeup design associate Deirdre Morgan

Drunken City, student costume designer Nicole Ferrigno

Dance Works, student costume designer Deirdre Morgan

Produced 2014-15 Academic Year.

The Three Penny Opera, student costume designer Andy Bravo

Works-A-Foot, student costume designers Nicole Ferrigno, Meghan Delanoy, Samantha LaScala, Caty Loughlin

A Winter’s Tale, student costume designer April Gormley

Persians, student costume designer April Gormley

Wintertime, student costume designer Kasey Gillette

Hair student costume designer Derek Robertson

Dance Works, student costume designer Nicole Ferrigno

Produced 2013-2014 Academic Year. Research and pre-production February 2013-March 2014.

Take Flight, student costume designer Noelle Rasco and student makeup/hair designer Andrea Claudio

Streetcar, student costume designer Sarah Stouff and student makeup/hair designer Derek R Robertson

Works-A-Foot, student costume designers Becky Erlitz, John Naughton, Kasey Gillette

Falsettos, student costume designers Brianna Chin, Andrea Bravo

42nd Street, student makeup/hair designer Derek Robertson

42nd Street, student costume assistant Kasey Gillette

Dance Works, student costume designers Meghan Delanoy, Andrea Bravo, Sarah Stouff

Middletown, student costume designer April Gormley

Big Meal, student costume designer Becky Erlitz

Big Meal, student hair and makeup designer Cheyenne Pellicoro

Produced 2012-2013 Academic Year. Research and pre-production February 2012-March 2013.

Attempts on Her Life, student costume designer Sarah Stouff

Cloud Nine, student costume designer Pia Kristjansen

Carousel, student costume designer Clare McEwan

Works-A-Foot, Student costume designer Noelle Rasco

Insula, student costume designer Jessica Marrazzo

Equus, student costume designer Noelle Rasco

Peter/Wendy, student costume designer Christine Bennett

Dance Works, student costume designers Pia Kritjansen, Sarah Stouff

Wild Party, student costume designers Claire McEwan and Sarah Stouff and student makeup/hair designer Mallory Pace

Produced 2011-2012 Academic Year. Research and pre-production February 2011-March-2012

A Chorus Line, student design Sue Hawley

Stage Door, student costume design Trish McLaughlin

Works-A-Foot, student costume designers John Marrazzo, Pia Kristjansen, Claire McEwan

Rags, student costume designer Natalia Weber

Romeo and Juliet, student costume designer Claire McEwan

Kiss of the Spiderwoman, student costume designers Julie and Alexandra Abene

Danceworks, student costume designer Natalia Weber

Don Juan, student costume designer Pia Kristjansen

Costume Design - On-Campus (since last personnel action in 2011)

Works A Foot, Dance Works, multiple works with various choreographers - 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

Sweeney Todd, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Hugh Wheeler, dir. Jodi Capeless, 2011

Costume Associate - On-Campus (since last personnel action in 2011)

42nd Street, book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, lyrics by Al Dubin, and music by Harry Warren, dir. Clay James, 2014. Research and rental 2013. Production phase 2014.

Curriculum Development (since last personnel action in 2011)

On-going curricular assessment is essential in this fast-changing field, with regular revision of the curriculum.

Curriculum revision for the Production and Design Program of the BFA in Theatre, submitted October 2014 and 2016. Change of format in the 2014 revision to allow students greater flexibility in the area of specialization and the opportunity to include either a Business Minor, the Certificate in Makeup Artistry, or the Certificate in Entrepreneurship.

New courses developed as part of this change:

o Sound Technology

o Advanced Topics in Lighting Design and Technology

o Advanced Drawing and Rendering for Theatre

o Digital Rendering for Theatre

Revision in 2016 corrected prerequisites and course numbering and credit hours.

Curriculum revision for the Production and Design Program of the BFA in Theatre, submitted October 2013.

Multiple adjustments in course numbering, prerequisites and caps to bring curriculum into compliance.

Revision of two courses and reintroduction of these courses into the plan of study to better align this program with curricular offerings of other programs of design for stage and screen.

Courses revised and reintroduced into plan of study:

o Concept and Collaboration for Designers and Directors

o Advanced Scenography Studio

Curriculum revision for the Production and Design Program of the BFA in Theatre, submitted October 2012. Approved, Spring 2013.

New courses developed as part of this change:

o Visual Media Design and Technology for Live Performance

o Advanced Theatrical Sound Design

Curricular revision for the BA in Theatre Studies, BFA in Musical Theatre and BFA in Theatre, Concentration in Acting programs. Courses in technical theatre and related practicums as well as stage makeup were revised to provide added instruction and reduce lab time for students in these degree programs. Credit hours were adjusted to provide room in the curriculums for increased upper level coursework.

OTHER EXPERIENCE (prior to last personnel action) and EXPERIENCE OUTSIDE MONTCLAIR STATE

Freelance Costume Designer 1979-present

Design for television, film, industrials, theatre and dance. Costume design credits are included in publications and focus on new scripts.

Associate Professor

Montclair State University

Assistant Professor September 2006-July 2011

Associate Professor September 2011-present

Department of Theatre and Dance and Department of Art and Design, Fashion Studies Program

Teach in the areas of design, costume technology, makeup, costume history and related theory courses for Theatre, Dance and Fashion Studies. Design costumes, hair and makeup for the Department of Theatre and Dance productions, supervise costume production and the work of student costume and makeup designers.

Coursework taught:

Fashion Studies

Culture and Appearance

Fundamentals of Makeup for Beauty and Fashion

Advanced Makeup for Beauty and Fashion

Professional Makeup Practices

Apparel Design: Flat Patterning

Apparel Design: Draping

Internship in Fashion Studies

Theatre and Dance

Introduction to the Theatrical Medium (Creativity)

Costume Design I

Advanced Costume Design

Freshman Seminar

Independent Study in Creativity

Independent Study in Costume Craft

Stage Makeup

Advanced Stage Makeup

Production Practicum in Costume

Production Practicum in Operations

Senior Project in Costume Design

Internship in Theatre

Costume History

Costume Construction I

Costume Crafts

Advanced Scenography Studio

Graduate Thesis Advisor

“Signs on Stage: Semiology of Costume Design in Shakespeare’s Macbeth”

Program Coordinator, Production and Design

Montclair State University

September 2009-present

As Program Coordinator responsible for recruitment, curriculum development, scheduling, student advisement, adjunct hire and review, coordination of coursework with related programs including those in Theatre and Art and Design, and academic expenditures.

Program Coordinator, Makeup Artistry Certificate Program

Montclair State University

September 2008-present

Management of program including adjunct hires and review, coordination of coursework with related programs, scheduling, and student advisement.

Development of the Certificate Program in Makeup for Fashion and Beauty at Montclair State University in partnership with Bobbi Brown Cosmetics. Fall 2008. Submission of 18-credit curriculum with three new courses.

Visiting Professor, Arts Management

Long Island University September 2005-August 2006

Courses taught:

Introduction to Arts Management

Arts Management Seminar

Practicum in Arts Management

Internship in Arts Management

Marketing the Arts

Contracts and Law in the Entertainment Industry

Independent Studies in Theatre Management, Arts in Education

Thesis Advisement in Development and Marketing

Professional Theatre Practices

Acting Director, Arts Management Program 2001-August 2006

Administration of the Arts Management Program: complete revision and development of program curriculum; faculty selection, review and support; outreach and recruitment; advertisement and promotion for the program; interviews of all prospective students; advisement of current students; supervision of internships and practicum; outcomes assessment; management of budget and resources. The program grew from six majors in 2001 to 52 in 2005.

1994-2005

Adjunct Professor

Long Island University

Courses taught:

Theatre Management

Contracts and Law in the Entertainment Industry

Practicum in Arts Management

Internship in Arts Management

Current Theatre in New York

History of Style

Introduction to Theatre/Acting

Professional Theatre Skills

Professional Theatre Practices

Beginning Costume Design

Intermediate Design

Advanced Design

Makeup and Mask

Internship in Theatre

Internship in Arts Management

Independent Studies

Contracts and Law in the Music Industry

Contracts and Law in Art

Research and Bibliography for Management

Production Management

Advanced Stage Management

Research and Bibliography for Design

Intermediate Construction

Patterning

Draping

Fabric Science

Millinery

Mask Making

Honors Thesis Advisor

Costume Design – Exploration of Style: Third Child (a new collaboratively developed script), Orestes 2.0, The Orestia

Design in Collaboration: Dangerous Liaisons

Psychology and the Actor: Extremities

A Directing Thesis: Bawdy Shakespeare

Direction and Design: The Day Room

What constitutes ART? Increased Difficulty of Concentration

Production and the Playwright: Collaboration in the Theatre

Graduate Thesis Advisor

Management in Theatre

The Role of Management in Entertainment

Marketing the Arts

A Playwright in Collaboration: Pizza Answer

Development of an East/West Fusion Production: Medea

A Directing Thesis: The Ex Miss Copper Queen on a Set of Pills

A Directing Thesis: The Typists

Costume Design: You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown

Research, Bibliography and Production in Costume Design

Director of Theatre/Resident Costume Designer

Long Island University

Administration of the Theatre Program: production support of the academic curriculum (Suzuki-based physical acting training), functioning as artistic director and general manager. Responsible for the appropriate development and production of Post Theatre Company Season within the framework of the established mission statement, as well as the hiring and supervision of a professional full-time staff of two technicians, one part-time staff technician, fifteen to twenty freelance designers and directors necessary to realize stated goals. Additional responsibilities include the training and supervision of 80 - 100 student staff and crews in house management, box office management, ticket sales, ushering, company management and production management; design and production of department and production publicity; public relations work including press releases for the season, each production and the American Theatre Festival; grant writing for special events including regional and international tours; tour management for five regional and two international tours. The position also includes fiscal responsibility for program budgetary resources allocated to academic support and production. The program offers a BA in Theatre, a BFA in Theatre with a focus in Acting, Production and Design, Directing or Playwriting, and an MA in Theatre Arts.

Director, American Theatre Festival

Long Island University

1994-2005 Planning, publicity, fiscal responsibility and administration of the American Theatre Festival held each spring on the CW Post Campus of Long Island University through the Theatre Program. The week of events is centered on a Post Theatre Company production and includes a keynote speaker, panels and workshops. Events are open to the community and campus.

Costume Shop Manager/Resident Costume Designer

Long Island University, Post Theatre Company 1989-1999

Build and maintenance of all Post Theatre Company and Post Concert Dance Company shows. Fiscal responsibility for operating and capital budgets specific to the costume shop. Training and supervision of graduate assistants and student crews.

Costume Shop Manager

New York University, Tisch School of the Arts 1987-1989

Responsible for draping, patterning and supervision of the costume construction for all Graduate Design shows supported by Graduate Design Department. Supervision of graduate assistants and training of graduate student crews.

Burlingame Studio - Studio Assistant 1985-1987

Facilitated private gallery placement and a solo exhibit at the Hartford Athenaeum. Management of the studio, maintenance of financial records, grant writing, display work and placements for Lloyd Burlingame, Chair, Design Department, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University and freelance artist.

Owner, Operator: Silver Threads

1981-1986

Small Business - Design and Manufacture of Children’s’ Clothing

Established and licensed my own business in design and construction: employing one full-time and two part-time assistants. Personal responsibility for the management, marketing, finances, supplies, equipment and staffing as well as designs. Client companies included: Penny Whistle Toys, Ohio Ballet Company, Polaroid, CBS-The Body Human, Roundabout Theatre.

Henson Associates, Design Assistant 1978-1979

(Muppets, Inc.)

Puppet construction and costuming for THE DARK CRYSTAL. Display and graphics

Support for THE MUPPETS, the retrospective Henson exhibit that originated in the Lincoln Center Library Museum, June 1979, and toured nationally for two years.

Strategic Planning Consultant 1982 - present

Congress on Research in Dance, Executive Board Meeting: Assessment and Planning

Five-year plan established with clear objectives, measurable goals and assignment of specific responsibilities to individual board members and committees.

Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Region II, Leadership Retreats

Analysis of established culture within the organization, specific goals established with timelines, assigned responsibilities and budgetary revisions necessary for realization.

EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY

It is my goal as a teacher to promote learning through an active process motivated by perceived need, structured in such a way that the material can be easily grasped, and then facilitated through experience. As a designer, I am most interested in promoting student growth in the area of visual communication and contribute to a visually literate population.

Motivation is key in education. Eager readiness, essential to learning, is developed through encouraging learners to analyze their own needs and set their own goals, in specific relationship to the material at hand. The introduction of problems and projects that require students to explore, invent, collaborate and hypothesize are essential elements of each of my courses.

Research-based learning opens diverse intellectual channels and stimulates thought. Students who utilize the result of learning through oral and written presentations have truly integrated the knowledge base. Collaboration with other learners encourages effective communication and problem solving. Teachers and students expect to gain new insights and knowledge through the process of a class.

Mentorship is a key component of my work as an educator. I believe that the availability of mentors early in the undergraduate process is essential as students begin to seek discourse and guidance. Collaborative work, shared experience and scholarship, open opportunity for informal discourse and opportunity to more fully understand each student’s learning style, gifts, and goals. It tends to promote mutual trust and respect between the student and teacher. Opportunity provided at Montclair State University for one-on-one mentorship through the design process is key to our student’s successful production designs.

Student educational need must drive curriculum. The structure and sequence of coursework must be intentional rather than haphazard or for department convenience. I have regularly revised the curriculum in the Production and Design Program, in part to better align with student educational needs and expectations. Also, in my experience, effective recruitment of those students whose own statements of interest closely parallel the program mission, lead to a motivated student body and high rates of retention.

SCHOLARLY AND CREATIVE ACTIVITY

PUBLICATIONS

Recent Published Works/Creative Works (since last personnel action)

Journal Publication

“Approaching Design”, Western Theatre Review, Spring 2013.

Costume Design

Selfies, new choreography by Kim Matta, University of Virginia, April 2016.

Law of Return, new play by Martin Blank, dir. Elise Thoron, New York Theatre Workshop, August 2014.

Still Will Be Heard, new work conceived and composed by Liz Queler, dir. Mindy Cooper Grenke, Kasser Theatre, December 2013 and June 2014.

The Giver, adapted from the book by Lois Lowry, dir. Elise Thoron, American Place Theatre – Literature to Life, Young Audiences New York. Open in NYC and touring September 2013-May 2014

Burt Dow, Deep Water Man, conceived and composed by Maia Aprahamian, dir. Joan Jubett, Opera House Arts at the Stonington Opera House, July 2010 and July 2012

Invited Presentations

Focus On Wigs & Make-up: Making It Up As You Go! Costume Commission panel presentation for United States Institute of Theatre Technology, March 2017.

Imaging the Role: Discovery and Use of Visual Dramaturgy in Character Development

7th Annual International Conference on Visual and Performing Arts, Athens Institute for Education and Research 30-31 May & 1-2 June 2016, Athens, Greece

Respondent Training. Training of professors for production response for the KCACTF. Region II Conference, January 2014, 2015, 2016.

Runway Makeup 2015. Costume Commission panel presentation for United States Institute of Theatre Technology, March 2015.

Getting Wiggy, Costume Commission panel presentation and workshop for United States Institute of Theatre Technology, March 2014.

Effective Face Charting Conference presentation and workshop for KCACTF Region II Festival, January 2014

Armor, Patterning and Construction Conference presentation and workshop for KCACTF Region II Festival, January 2014

Imaging the Role, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Region II. January 2013.

Workshop for actors and designers in the use of visual research tools for character development.

Work in Progress

Previous Publications (works completed prior to those listed above)

Bobbi Brown Makeup Manual with Debra Bergsma Otte and Sally Wadyka, Springboard Press. Book published, January 2009. Textbook used for ARTX 150, ARTX151, and ARTX152 at Montclair State University and for the Makeup Intensive at Emerson College.

Bobbi Brown Curriculum. Development and publication of curriculum, instructional manual, power point and additional classroom learning materials for Bobbi Brown Cosmetics training. Fall 2008

“Visual Literacy and Collaboration in Design for Theatre”, 11th Edition of the International Competitive Exhibition of Scenography and Theatre Architecture. Fall 2007

“Theatre de la June Lune”, Long Island Arts: 2002

Contributor to Designs for Stage and Screen by Lloyd Burlingame, 1998. Includes several realized designs and philosophy of design.

Cutters’ Research Journal, “Corset Construction and Sizing”, 1988

Cutters’ Research Journal, “Corset Patterning”, 1988

Costume Design: Montclair State University

Sweeney Todd, dir. J. Capeless, Spring 2011

Side Show, dir. Clay James, Spring 2010

Four Short, dir. Scott Richards, Montclair State University, Spring 2009

Blood Drive book and lyrics by Rachel Sheinkin and music by Joel Derfner,

Sled Ride book by Rochelle Bright and Gordon Leary, Music by Aravind Streenivasan,

From a Childhood by Maggie-Kate Coleman and Erato Kremmyda and

The Highwayman by Kirsten Childs

Eurydice, dir. Debbie Saivetz, Fall 2008

Machinal, dir. Rosemarie Andress, Spring 2008

Cabaret, dir. Clay James, Spring 2007

Costume Coordination/Associate Design: Montclair State University

Crazy for You, dir. Clay James, Fall 2008

42nd Street, dir. Clay James, Spring 2014

Costume Design: New Work (previously unproduced or revisioned scripts and dances)

Rosa Loses Her Face by Kitty Chen, dir. Nancy Robillard, Electric Theatre Company, Queen’s Theatre in the Park, October/November 2009

Against the Rising Sea, Queens Theatre in the Park, October 2009

Space Inside by Maria Porter and Bonnie Eckhart, January 2009

A Soft Escape by SM Shephard-Massat, dir. Seret Williams, NYC, March 2009

The Very Nearly Perfect Comedy of Romeo & Juliet, adapted by Zuppa del Giorno troupe, Electric City Theatre, February 2009

Men of Mahjong, by Richard Atkins, dir. Mark Medoff; Electric Theatre Company, November 2008; Queen’s Theatre in the Park, January 2009

Rose Colored Glass, by Susan Bigelow and Janice Goldberg, dir. Janice Goldberg, Shetler Studios Development Group, New Play Series, NYC, May 2007

Land O’ Fire, by Luis Santiero, dir. Jorge Luis Cachiero, Jersey City Theatre Center, February, 2007

Operation Opera, conceived by Zuppa del Giorno troupe, dir. Ed Chamaly, The NorthEast Theatre, Scranton, Pennsylvania. May 2006

Zuppa del Giorno, conceived and dir. David Zarko, The NorthEast Theatre, Scranton, Pennsylvania, May 2004

The Second Death of Priscilla, dir. Andrew Belser, Long Island University, 2001

The Iphigenia Defense, conceived and dir. Maria Porter, Brian Lady, Long Island University, 2000

Gilgamesh, conceived and dir. Handan Ozbelgin, Long Island University, 1997

Dead on My Feet, conceived and dir. David Herskovitz, Long Island University, 1996

The Husband, A Commedia Project, conceived and dir. David Zarko, Long Island University, 1993

Baseball Noh conceived and dir. Teviot Fairservice Pourchot, Long Island University, 1991

Targets, choreographer Cara Gargano, Post Concert Dance Company, Long Island University

Costume Design: Post Theatre Company, Long Island University

Winter Dance, two works, student choreographers, 2005

Trojan Women, dir. Georgia McGill, 2004

Crave, dir. Brian Lady, 2003

The Bakkhai, dir. Georgia McGill, 2001

The Increased Difficulty of Concentration, dir. Lisa Black, 2000

Take Ten, dir. Dan Capalbo, 1998

Dancing at Lughnasa, dir. Lisa Rothe, 1998

Sled, dir. Irwin Appel, 1998

The Tempest, dir. David Zarko, 1998

The Skriker, dir. Emma Griffin, 1997, 1998

La Bete, dir. Jon Fraser, 1997

The Dumb Waiter, 1997

On the Razzle, dir. Irwin Appel, 1997

The Ex Miss Copper Queen on a Set of Pills, 1996

Reckless, dir. Phylis Ravel, 1996

The Revusical, dir. 1996

The Oddysey, dir. Georgia McGill, 1996

Hell, Road, Earth, dir. Joe Daubenas, 1996

Suburbia, dir. Amy Green, 1995

Marisol, dir. Emma Griffin, 1995

Twelfth Night, dir. Georgia McGill, 1995

Into the Woods, dir. David Zarko, 1994

American Buffalo, dir. Joe Daubenas, 1994

Lysistrata, dir. Georgia McGill, 1994

Noises Off, dir. John Basil, 1992

Hello Out There, 1993

The Robber Bridegroom, dir. Jon Grodeski, 1993

Uncommon Women and Others, dir. David Zarko, 1992

John Brown’s Body, dir. David Gild, 1992

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, dir. Marc Horwitz, 1992

Shakespeare’s Women, dir. Joe Daubenas, 1991

House of Blue Leaves, dir. David Zarko, 1991

Kabuki Comedies, dir. Teviot Fairservice Pourchot, 1991

The Black Bowl, dir. Teviot Fairservice Pourchot, 1991

A Shayna Maidel, dir. David Gild, 1991

Across Siberia, dir. Marc Horwitz, 1990

Little Shop of Horrors, dir. Jon Grodeski, 1990

Cold Air, dir. Joseph Daubenas, 1990

Roosters, dir. Teviot Fairservice Pourchot, 1990

Suicide in B Flat, dir. Jeff Hilburn, 1989

A My Name is Alice, dir. Bonnie Eckhart, 1989

Bedroom Farce, dir. David Scanlan, 1989

Additional Commercial Costume Design: (A selected listing)

The Old Settler, by John Henry Redwood, dir. Susan Kerner, Luna Stage, October 2010

Macbeth, dir. Jeffrey Frace, Opera House Arts at the Stonington Opera House, August 2008

The Odd Couple, dir. Ed Chamaly, The NorthEast Theatre, May 2008

Twelfth Night, Riverside Shakespeare Company, NYC

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, SUNY at Old Westbury

Irene, Western Michigan Summer Theatre, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Trojan Women, Urban Performance Group, NYC

School for Scandal, Urban Performance Group, NYC

Life is a Dream, New York University

Burger King Industrial, Jack Morton Associates

Sports Illustrated Industrial, Jack Morton Associates

The Nut Farm, Trolley Car Company, NYC

Jack and Jill, Linda Tarnay Dancers, NYC

The Natural, Equity Showcase, NYC

CBS, The Body Human - High school of Performing Arts segments – Costume

OTHER EVIDENCE OF SCHOLARLY OR CREATIVE ACTIVITY

Invited Presentations

League of Regional Theatre Arts Leadership Fellowship, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Region II, January 2018 and 2019. Coordinate competition and present multiple workshops in management and leadership. One of two selectors for the national award recipient.

Costume and Design Workshops, Essex County Vocational High School, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2018. Design workshops for high school theatre students.

Visual Dramaturgy: Mining the Script for Visual Metaphor, Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, Region II, January 2010, 2011 and Region III, January 2009

Portfolio Review, Region III, Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, January 2009

The Great Management Race, Region II Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival.

University of the Arts host, January 2009

Carnegie Mellon University host, January 2008

SUNY New Paltz host, January 2006, 2007

Creation of a four-day competition/training opportunity in theatre management for students and faculty. Workshops prepared and presented in the areas of not-for-profit theatre company models, mission statement development, cost structures and budgeting, staffing, marketing, public relations, and development.

Design Bash, Region II Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, SUNY New Paltz host, January 2007

Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) August 2006

Session Coordinator: “Pay to Play”: Practices and Policies in Funding College Theatre Production

Presentation of funding models with analysis of the relative effectiveness of each paradigm. Implications for mission, culture and learning outcomes for academic theatre departments will be discussed.

Design Bash, Region II Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, SUNY New Paltz host, January 2006, 2007.

Collaboration Tank for Designers, Dramaturges, Directors and Playwrights, Region II Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, SUNY New Paltz host school, January 2006.

Arts Management, Region II Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, SUNY New Paltz host school, January 2006 and 2007.

Portfolio Review, Region V, University of Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, January, 2005

Portfolio Preparation, Region IV Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, 2004 and 2005.

Concept Development in Design for the Stage, Region IV Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, 2004 and 2005

Response Training. Faculty Respondent Training, Region II Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, January 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2014

Abstracts and Papers Contributed at Professional Meetings

Theater as a Learned Collaboration: Innovative Strategies for BA Programs.

August 2009. Association for Theatre in Higher Education

Imaginative solutions to address the development of the level of respect for all the contributions of the theater production collaborative team.

With Jim Fisher, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Dan LaRoque, Auburn University, Barb Blackledge, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Maggie Lally, Adelphi University.

“Visual Literacy and Collaboration in Design for Theatre”, Scenography International Conference: Transliteracy – The History and Theory of Scenography – interdisciplinary making and reading of images in entertainment environments. Prague, June 2007

Academic Conference presented by The Honors Program of the Long Island University. November 2005

Research – who does it? How do you do it?

“Research in the Performing Arts: Alternative Theories and Practice

GRANTS

Grants Funded

Research: Student/Faculty Exchange and Artistic Collaboration in Latin America, Global Education, Montclair State University, January 2012.

International Perspectives on Art in Performance, June 2011. Global Education, Montclair State University, June 2011.

Visual Literacy and Collaboration in Design for Performance: Prague Quadrennial, Global Education, Montclair State University, June 2007.

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

Honors and Awards

Road Warrior Award, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region II, for leadership in response training and service through production response. January 2016

2014 Profession Excellence Award, Excellence Through Advising, Center for Leadership Development and Campus Connections, Montclair State University

Assessment Participation Award, Provost’s Office, Montclair State University, 2013 and 2014

Kennedy Center Gold Medallion for Outstanding Service to KCACTF Region II and The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, April 24, 2005

Kennedy Center Gold Medallion awarded for Excellence and Service in Arts Education, January 2000

Fifteen-Year Service Award, Long Island University, 2005

Outstanding Service Award - Long Island University, 1996

Certificates of Excellence for Costume Design, Region II, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival: Cabaret, Trojan Women, Lysistrata, Twelfth Night, The Husband, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Iphigenia Defense, Skriker, Marisol, Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd

Certificate of Recognition for New Program Development. Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Region II

National Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Costume Design for The Skriker, Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival

UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE, DEPARTMENT, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

Service to Montclair State University

Career Development Committee 2009 – present. Committee Chair, 2010, 2016

Panelist for the Discover Panel, The Center for Advising and Student Transitions. Fall 2017.

Global Education Grant Review Committee 2015-16

New Faculty: Faculty Scholarship Program session speaker, Fall 2008

Continuing work in curriculum development with the Education Team at Bobbi Brown Cosmetics

Service to the College of the Arts

Organizer and Host, Region II, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, January, 2017 and January 2019. Year-long planning initiatives for each festival. 1200-1500 attendees.

Convocation Committee 2010 to 2014

College Career Development Committee 2009 to present

Development of a Certificate Program in Makeup for Fashion and Beauty in partnership with Bobbi Brown Cosmetics

Search Committee Chair, Kasser Theatre Technical Director Position, 2014-15

Production assistance in costuming (School of Music), Elmer Gantry, Fall 2007, American Spring 2008, Chopin Nocturne, Spring 2010.

Costume oversight and production Gala Spring 2013, Scholarship Benefit Performance 42nd Street 2014, Scholarship Benefit Performance Hair 2015, Scholarship Benefit Performance Hair 2015, Scholarship Benefit Performance Producers 2016, Scholarship Benefit West Side Story 2017.

Service to the Department/School

Department of Theatre and Dance, Personnel Action Committee

Department of Theatre and Dance, Curriculum Committee

Department of Theatre and Dance, Season Committee

Department of Theatre and Dance, Chair Facilities Committee

Department of Theatre and Dance, Strategic Planning Committee

Department of Theatre and Dance, Production and Design Recruitment

Participated in portfolio review at National Unified Interviews in Art (Purchase and Philadelphia) and National Unified Auditions/Portfolio Reviews for Theatre (New York, Chicago, Las Vegas) 2016 - 2010

Department of Theatre and Dance, Production and Design Student Advisor

Theatre Day Workshop Presenter

Search Committee for Faculty Scenic Designer

Search Committee for Faculty in Fashion Design

Fashion Studies Program, Student Advisement

Service Off-Campus

External Review, Promotion and Tenure Professor Horton, Texas Christian University, 2018.

National Makeup Design Award Judge, sponsored by Kryolan, United States Institute of Technology, Spring 2016, 2017, 2018.

Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF) 1991-present

Participation in this national program that promotes excellence in college and university theatre has been in a variety of roles - from initial participation in my own institution, as a respondent for approximately 100 productions within the Mid-Atlantic Region, through service on the Region II Executive Committee, on the national level as an Executive and National Board Member, and as a respondent nationally in the area of design and production response at the eight regional festivals.

University Host, Region II Festival, January 4-8, 2017 and University Festival Host January 16-20, 2019.

Organize and manage festival of 1200-1500 attendees, coordinating University resources, room reservations, dining services, faculty and staff participation and student volunteers.

National Playwriting Program, KCACTF.

Reader and selector for Paul Lim National Playwriting Award, 2016

Reader and selector for Mark Cohen National Playwriting Award, 2014 and 2015

Reader and selector for Paula Vogel National Playwriting Award 2013

Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Audition Selector, Region I, February 2016

KCACTF National Selection Team, Spring 2011. One of three theatre professionals to select four college theatre productions, from the 56 presented in regional festivals across the nation, to be produced at the Kennedy Center in April of 2011.

KCACTF Member-at-Large, National Executive Committee, 2008-2011

Kennedy Center American College Theater Region II Selection Committee and Production Respondent. Respondent to over 150 productions in the Middle Atlantic Region. 1991-present

National Barbizon Design Adjudicator for Region III, Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, Michigan, January, 2009

National Barbizon Design Adjudicator for Region V, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, January, 2007

National Barbizon Design Adjudicator for Region III, University of Illinois, Normal, Illinois, January, 2006

National Barbizon Design Adjudicator for Region IV, Palm Beach Community College, West Palm Beach, Florida, February, 2005

National Barbizon Design Adjudicator for Region V, University of Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, January, 2005

Festival Production Respondent for Region V, University of Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, February, 2005

Workshop Leader, Theatre Management, Region IV Kennedy Center American College

Theater Festival, 2005

National Barbizon Design Adjudicator for Region IV, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, February, 2004

National Barbizon Design Adjudicator for Region VI, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, March, 2004

National Barbizon Design Adjudicator for Region IV, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia, February, 2003

National Barbizon Design Adjudicator for Region I, Kean State College, Kean, Vermont, January, 2002

Respondent, Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Auditions, Region II, Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, 2001

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS

Memberships

Member, National Association for a Media Literate America

Member, National Association of Partners in American Theatre

Member, United States Institute for Theatre Technology1995-2017

Offices

Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF)

Member-at-Large (Design), National Executive Committee, KCACTF, 2008-2011

Design, Technology and Management Task Force, Head of the Management and Leadership Initiative, Region II, KCACTF, 2006-2009

Immediate Past Chair, Executive Committee, Region II, KCACTF, 2005-2008

Chair of Chairs, National Executive Committee, KCACTF, 2004-2005

Chair of Region II, KCACTF, 2002-2005

Member, National Executive Committee, KCACTF, 2002-2005

Sub-Committee on Finance, Committee on Not-for-Profit Status and Incorporation, ACTF Management Ltd., 2003-2004

Vice Chair of Region II, KCACTF, 2000-2002

Co-Chair, Design and Technology, Region II, KCACTF. 1999-2000

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