Costuming Resume
Anastasia Serczyk
SUMMARY
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Highly motivated and dependable with exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
- 10+ years sewing/costuming experience
- Ability to adapt and learn quickly
COSTUME/THEATER WORK EXPERIENCE
9/1997 – Present FREELANCE Orlando, FL & Southern CA Costume Designer and Seamstress
- Design costumes, draft and cut patterns, sew and alter costumes
- Specializing in historically inspired costumes, main body of work has been for performers at Renaissance Faires.
- Created website to showcase work (in progress): http://ladymerriweather.com
9/1997 – 6/2000 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Riverside, CA
Costume Shop Assistant
- Acted as First Hand, and liaison between Manager and crew. Assisted Shop Manager to supervise and direct wardrobe crew for each production, and assist with performer fittings and rehearsal and show costume notes, to ensure timely production of costumes and a smooth run of show.
- Drafted and cut patterns, sewed and repaired costumes, and assisted with Theater Department productions from conception of design through fittings and run of show.
- Assisted to maintain costume stock, and shop for fabric and new stock costumes, as well as dye, distress and paint costumes as needed; oversaw and assisted with laundering and repairs of current show costumes.
- Shows:
-Oh! Bologna & Giles Dumb-Founded – Costumes by Patricia Paine
-The Glass Menagerie – Costumes by Patricia Paine
-Romeo and Juliet – Costumes by Patricia Paine
-Angels in America Part 1 – Costumes by Marc Longlois
-Hamlet – Costumes by Patricia Paine
-The Crucible – Costumes by March Longlois
-Riverside Paseos – Costumes by Marc Longlois
1/1997 – 6/2000 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Riverside, CA General Assistant – Theater Facilities Unit
- Wardrobe: Assisted visiting shows with dressing and emergency repairs of costumes.
- House Manager: Oversaw ushers, maintained and enforced theater house rules, worked with stage management to ensure smooth run of shows.
- Box office assistant: Sold tickets from window using TicketMaster system, as well as handling phone, mail & fax orders, including processing of season tickets. Responsible for mailings of theater information to current & prospective patrons.
EDUCATION
Fashion/Costume Design (in progress) Orange Coast College
- Certificate Programs: Courses including Pattern Making, Garment Construction
Bachelor of the Arts, English (Theater Minor) 2000 University of California, Riverside
- Relevant Study: Introductory Theater Design, History of Dress, Costume Construction, Corset Workshop, Technical Production/Wardrobe Crew for:
-The Grapes of Wrath (Seamstress) – Costumes by Patricia Paine
- Cloud Nine (Seamstress, Dresser) – Costumes by Patricia Paine/Marc Longlois
References: Available upon request
