Joseph Shrope

Costume Designer
Location: New York City, New York, USA

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Credits

Year	Job Title Project Type	Project Name Director / Company	Location
2021	Associate Costume Designer Event	Seraphic Dialogue Martha Graham Dance Company
2021	Associate Costume Designer Event	Episodes Martha Graham Dance Company
2020	Costume Designer Theatre	Rules of Desire William Roudebush / Eric Krebs Productions (Off-Broadway)
2020	Costume Designer Theatre	Romeo & Bernadette Justin Ross Cohen / AMAS Musical Theater	A.R.T./New York Theatres (Off-Broadway)
2020	Associate Costume Designer Event	Acts of Light Martha Graham Dance Company
2020	Associate Costume Designer Event	Phaedra Martha Graham Dance Company
2020	Associate Costume Designer Event	Cortege of Eagles Martha Graham Dance Company
2020	Associate Costume Designer Event	Letter to the World Martha Graham Dance Company
2020	Associate Costume Designer Event	Circe Martha Graham Dance Company
2020	Associate Costume Designer Event	Every Soul is a Circus Martha Graham Dance Company
2020	Costume Design Assistant Theatre	A Midsummer Night's Dream (Ballet) Fabio Toblini (Costume Designer) / Ballet Arizona
2019	Associate Costume Designer Event	Frontier Martha Graham Dance Company
2019	Costume Designer Theatre	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Owen Thompson / Gallery Players
2019	Associate Costume Designer Event	Appalachian Spring Martha Graham Dance Company
2019	Costume Designer Theatre	The Floorshow Avital Asuleen / Combustion Collective
2019	Costume Designer Theatre	Cabaret David Cronin / The Gallery Players
2019	Costume Consultant Theatre	Home Care Tom Ferriter / Stageplays	Staged Reading
2019	Costume Design Assistant Theatre	& Juliet Paloma Young (Costume Designer) / Shaftesbury Theatre (West End)
2019	Costume Designer Theatre	Steel Magnolias Avital Asuleen / The Gallery Players
2019	Associate Costume Designer Theatre	Pip's Island Fabio Toblini (Costume Designer) / Pip's Island Entertainment (Off-Broadway)
2019	Costume Design Assistant Music & Singing	Rigoletto Bruno Ravella (Director), Mark Bouman (Costume Designer) / Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
2018	Costume Design Assistant Theatre	A Midsummer Night's Dream Joe Dowling (Director), Fabio Toblini (Costume Designer) / Chicago Shakespeare Theater	Navy Pier
2018	Global Director of Visual Merchandising and Store Planning Event	Proenza Schouler Fashion Brand
2014	Visual Coordinator; The Americas Event	Fendi Fashion Brand
2011	Regional Visual Merchandiser; USA & Canada Event	Escada Fashion Brand
2002	Costume Designer Theatre	Into the Woods Sally Godwin / Youth Theatre Northwest
2001	Costume Designer Theatre	Troilus and Cressida David Nochimson / Seattle GreenStage
2001	Costume Shop Assistant Event	The Sleeping Beauty Ronald Hynd (Choreography), Peter Docherty (Costume Design) / Pacific Northwest Ballet
2000	Costume Designer Theatre	Rumi Maureen Miko / Stone Soup Theatre
2000	Costume Designer Theatre	Godspell George Caldwell / Summer Palace
2000	Costumer Designer Theatre	Charlotte's Web Phyllis Gooden-Young / Summer Palace
2000	Costume Designer Theatre	Tintypes Julie Wieck / Summer Palace
1999	Costume Shop Assistant Theatre	The Merry Wives of Windsor Karen Kestler (Director), Michelle Ney (Costume Design) / Idaho Repertory Theatre
1999	Costume Shop Assistant Theatre	Beehive Richard Hochberg / Idaho Repertory Theatre
1999	Costume Shop Assistant Theatre	The Complete History of America - Abridged Karen Kestler / Idaho Repertory Theatre
1999	Costume Shop Assistant Theatre	An Inspector Calls Richard Hochberg / Idaho Repertory Theatre

Education

Year	Qualification	Where
2018	Costume Design and Wardrobe Technician	Fashion Institute of Technology
2003	Fashion Design	Art Institue of Seattle

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About me

Joseph Shrope is a designer based in New York City. As a child he discovered his passion for costumes while doing summer stock theatre and spent much of his adolescence apprenticing in the scenic and costume shops at Washington State University and the University of Idaho. At the age of 18 he began working professionally as a costumer while majoring in fashion design at the Art Institute of Seattle. He designed shows for Stone Soup Theatre, Seattle GreenStage, Summer Palace, Youth Theatre Northwest and assisted in the costume shops of Pacific Northwest Ballet and Idaho Repertory Theatre.

After graduation Joseph began working in the fashion industry as a visual merchandiser and concept designer. He has worked for several luxury brands including Escada, Halston, TSE Cashmere, Mulberry and Fendi. He has designed and overseen installations all over the globe at high profile retailers including Le Bon Marché, Harrods, Isetan, Selfridges, Saks Fifth Avenue, Galeries Lafayette and Bergdorf Goodman. Most recently Joseph served four years as the Global Director of Visual Merchandising and Store Planning for the New York based fashion brand Proenza Schouler.

After more than 15 years working in the fashion industry, Joseph made the decision to return to his roots and honor his true passion of costume design. In 2018 he will obtain a wardrobe technician and costume design specialist certification from the Fashion Institute of Technology.
Additional skills:
Historical Research, Characterization, Design Rendering, Fabric Knowledge, Sourcing, Domestic and Industrial Machine Sewing, Hand Sewing, Basic Flat Patternmaking, Basic Draping, Verbal and Visual Communication, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint
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FASHION EXPERIENCE

Global Director of Visual Merchandising and Store Planning
ProenzaSchouler / NewYork / March2014-April2018

Visual Coordinator; The Americas
Fendi / New York / February 2012-March 2014

Regional Visual Merchandiser; USA & Canada
Escada / New York / Los Angeles / April 2007-March 2011

Skills

Job Titles	Costume Designer, Costumer Maker
Years in industry	6+ years