Manager Assistant

Jen Bennett

One College Drive

www.elderwoodcradle.com

401-***-****

Bennington, VT 05201

********@**********.***

College Enrollment

Bennington College, Bennington, VT. Projected graduation date June 2009. Concentrating in

costume design and Japanese language.

Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan. Studied for the fall semester of junior year, 2007-2008.

Employment

Costume Shop Manager, Bennington College, VT

2008-current

Tasks include helping student designers complete construction and pattern drafting tasks,

doing seamstress work for student and faculty productions, conserving vintage garments,

and supervising the costume shop.

Conservation Intern, Higgins Armory, Worcester, RI

2006

Conserved individual helmets, swords, guns, and polearms, and full suits of armor.

Learned the skills to conserve wood, leather, and velvet.

Conserved Japanese swords from the Newport Navy, and created mounts for the museum s

exhibit in the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Independently researched and created five historically accurate costumes for display

underneath suits of armor. Costumes are on display in both the museum s traveling tour

and in their main gallery.

Costume Experience

Elderwood Cradle, costume commissions website

2003-2008

Ran independent costuming business, and took year-round commissions from customers.

Film

2008 Catching On: The Day The World Turned Gay Nick Pistorino

Costume Designer

Bennington College Theatre, Bennington, VT

S tudent Directed P erformances

2009 In A Grove (Yabu no Naka) Asher Woodworth

Costume Designer

2008 Hedwig and the Angry Inch Max Wolkowitz

Costume Designer

2007 Mud Fia Alvarez

Costume Designer

F aculty Directed Performances

2008 The Figaro Project Jean Randich

Costume Designer

2007 The Importance of Being Earnest Jean Randich

Seamstress

2006 Measure for Measure Kirk Jackson

Seamstress

2005 Spring Awakening Kirk Jackson

Seamstress

Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre, Providence, RI

2007 Enhanced Interrogation Techniques: Fred Sullivan Jr &

Four One-Acts by Pinter, Becket and Peter Sampieri

Barnes

Wardrobe Assistant

Opera Providence, Providence, RI

2007 Don Pasquale

Wardrobe Assistant

Moses Brown School, Providence, RI

2007 I Hate Hamlet Barry Marshall

Costume Designer

Other Skills

Conversational Japanese

Proficiency with web, email, Microsoft Office, Mac OS and Windows

Familiarity with Dreamweaver, Photoshop, and Html web design

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