Amanda Mattes: Costume Technology Resume

Amanda Nicole Mattes

Theatre Technology

205-***-**** ******.******@*****.***

Technical Experience

First Hand/Cutter, Shakespeare and Company, (The Dreamer Examines His Pillow, Wordplay), Lenox, MA, 2009

First Hand/Painter-Dyer, Toad Of Toad Hall, Irena Brook (Dir.), Shakespeare and Company, Lenox, MA 2009

Costume Construction, Shakespeare and Company, (Measure For Measure, Twelfth Night), Lenox, MA, 2009

Assistant Costume Director, The Alabama Ballet, January 2009-Present

First Hand/Cutter, The Alabama Shakespeare Festival, 2008 Season, A Christmas Carol: The Musical

First Hand/Costume Construction/Costume Design Assistant, Shakespeare and Company, 2008 Season

(The Ladies’ Man, Mad Pirate and the Mermaid, Othello)

Corset Construction, Altered-Tyme Corsetry, 2007-Present, Owner-Sharon Morgan, Birmingham, Alabama

Wardrobe Assistant, The Alabama Ballet, 2007-2008

Painter/Dyer, UAB, (The Laramie Project, In the Blood, Cabaret), 2007-2008

Costume Construction, 2007-2008 Season (Our Town, The Laramie Project, As You Like it, Cabaret), UAB

Makeup Artist, G.B. Smith and Associates, Dodge-Chrysler Film Spot, Med South Promotional Video, 2007-Present

Costume Construction, 2006-2007 Season (Playboy of the Western World, Intimate Apparel,

The House of Bernarda Alba, Largo Desolato, The Tempest), UAB

Costume Construction, 2005-2006 Season (Grapes of Wrath, The Piano Lesson, Doctor In Spite of Himself), UAB

Costume Crafts, Antigone, Ward Haarbauer (Dir.), UAB, 2005

Wardrobe Supervisor, UAB, (The Seagull, 36 Views), 2004-2005

Costume Construction, 2004-2005 Season (Light Up the Sky, The Seagull, 36 Views, The IT Girl, Antigone), UAB

Scenic Artist, UAB (36 Views, The Grapes of Wrath, The Tempest), 2005-2007

Scenery Construction (Welding), The Grapes of Wrath, Will York (Dir.), UAB, 2005

Participation/Awards

SIBYL Theatre, Street Theatre, Political Activism, Costume Design and Stage Management, Birmingham, AL, 2008-Present

Guest Lecturer, Into. To Theatrical Design/ Intro. To Costume And Makeup Technology, UAB, 2008-Present

SIBYL Theatre, Costume Design/Member, Birmingham, Alabama, 2008-Present

Dean’s Award for Excellence in Theatre, UAB, 2008

Theatre Stipend (Costume Construction), UAB, 2004-2008

Alpha Psi Omega-Psi Beta Cast, President, 2006-2008

Teaching Assistant, (Costume History, Introduction to Theatrical Design), UAB, 2007-2008

Costume and Makeup Design Consultant, Corner High School, Warrior, AL, Mike Putman: 205-***-****, 2007-Present

Black Warrior River Keeper Society, Volunteer Recycling Work, Member, 2007-Present, Birmingham, Alabama

Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society, Member, 2007-Present

UAB Theatre Department Outstanding Freshman Award, 2004-2005

Metal Arts Apprentice, Sloss Furnaces, Iron Casting and Pouring, 2003

South-Eastern Metal Arts Conference, Participant, Iron Casting: Wax Melt-out and Parted Molds, 2003

Children’s Hospital, Volunteer for the Neo-Natal ICU, 2003-2005

Special Skills/ Interests

-Flat Pattern Drafting and Draping -Metal Casting: Iron and Bronze

-Corset Construction -Figure Drawing, Photoshop Rendering

-Welding Experience: Arc, Mig, Oxyacetylene Torch -Tutu and Dancewear Construction

-Conversational in Japanese, Basic German and French -Basic Knitting, Crocheting, and Needlework

Degree:

-B.A., Cum Laude with Departmental Honors, in Theatrical Design and Technology, with Minors in Studio Art and Japanese Language and Culture, from The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)

*References available upon request

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