Jessica VanEssen

Costume Supervisor
Location: Ames, Iowa, USA

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My Contact Number:
6417999077

Credits

Year	Job Title Project Type	Project Name Director / Company	Location
2018	Costume Shop Manager Theatre	American Shakespeare Center
2018	Costume Designer Theatre	Taming of the Shrew Jemma Levy / American Shakespeare Center	Blackfriers Theatre
2018	Costume Designer Theatre	Much Ado About Nothing Jenny Bennet / American Shakespeare Center	Blackfriers Theatre
2017	Costume Shop Manager Event	Department Chair John Wilson / University of Central Missouri
2016	Assistant Costume Designer Theatre	Romeo and Juliet Ben Curns / American Shakespeare Center	American Shakespeare Center
2016	Assistant Costume Designer Theatre	Our Town Jim Warren / American Shakespeare Center	American Shakespeare Center
2016	Assistant Costume Designer Theatre	Twelth Night Beth Burns / American Shakespeare Center	American Shakespeare Center
2015	Draper Theatre	Ohio Light Opera
2015	Costume Shop Manager Event	Georgia College
2015	Costume Designer Event	Anything Goes Georgia College
2014	Wardrobe Manager Theatre	Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
2013	Costume Designer Event	Seminar Georgia College
2012	Graduate Research Assistant Event	Wayne State University	Hilberry Theater
2012	First Hand Theatre	Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre
2011	Stitcher Theatre	Barrington Stage Company
2010	Stitcher Theatre	Kingsmen Shakespeare Company
2009	Stitcher Theatre	The Wiz Trollwood Performing Arts School
2007	Draper/Stitcher Theatre	Leas-McRae Summer Theatre

Education

Year	Qualification	Where
2012	MFA Costume Design	Wayne State University
2009	BA Theatre	University of Northern Iowa

Equipment

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About me

Bring on the period design! 20th century style, fichus and petticoats. Design or development, I will tackle them all. I specializes in period costume as well as pattern making, corset making, millinery and jewelry making. Silk painting and dye fill in the spaces between designs and builds. Nineteenth century costume are my favorite, but a good cartridge pleat will not be frowned upon. Doublets or Bustles, all are wonderful and embraced. Bring me challenge, and I find a great deal of pleasure in creating unusual pieces and historically accurate costume. I received my BA in Theatre from the University of Northern Iowa in 2009 and my MFA in Costume Design from Wayne State University in 2012. Bring me your tired, your wrinkled, your piles of fabrics yearning to be costumes and I will give you your characters.
Additional skills:
Tailoring, flat patterning, draping, fosshape, variform, wonderflex experience, jewelry making, bone cutting, corset building, millinery, hair and wig work, costume construction, costume craft, wet and needle felting, theatre makeup, found objects fabrication, thermo-plastic experience, soldering, leather work, wardrobe management, valid driver’s license and vehicle

Skills

Job Titles	Hair Stylist, Costume Designer, Costumer Maker, Costume / Costume Support, Wardrobe / Wardrobe Support, Set Dresser
Years in industry	6+ years
Organisations / Memberships	USITT (United States Institute for Theatre Technology)
Work Permits	USA