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DeAnna Rowe Costume Designer
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DeAnna M. Rowe
Curriculum Vitae
1101 NW 25th Ter
Gainesville, FL 32605
785-213-7313
EDUCATION
M.F.A. in Theatre: Costume Design and Technology, University of Missouri at Kansas City
Thesis production: An Absolute Turkey by George Feydeau set in France during The Belle Epoque. Design concept included frothy concoctions in a delicious ice cream color palette.
Held graduate teaching assistantship which required teaching Stage Makeup and working in Missouri Repertory Theatre (renamed Kansas City Rep) Costume Shop as a stitcher, crafts artisan and Assistant Costume Designer.
Kansas City Repertory Theatre is a professional resident theater company serving the Kansas City metropolitan area, and is the professional theater in residence at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. It has a LORT B designation.
B.A. Dual major in Fashion Merchandise and French, Baker University, Baldwin City, KS
Magna Cum Laude 3.79 GPA
Work-study position as shop manager and Costume Designer/Wardrobe Supervisor for all 4 years
Held leadership positions in Phi Mu Fraternity and Alpha Psi Omega
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Objectives:
Foster a positive environment where students feel safe to explore
Uphold high standards of excellence in product completion and attitude
Generously collaborate and share ideas and solutions to challenges
Appreciate diverse learning styles
Courses Taught (For comprehensive descriptions see Addendum):
University of Florida – School of Theatre and Dance
Beginning Stage Makeup
Graduate Flat Patterning
Undergraduate Flat Patterning
Costume Production and Performance
Undergraduate Advanced Crafts for Stage
Graduate Costume Technology Workshop
University of Memphis – Department of Theatre and Dance
Lower level undergraduate:
Intro to Design for the Theatre
Intro to Theatre Production – Costume section
Fundamentals of Costume Construction for the Theatre – basic sewing
DeAnna M. Rowe Curriculum Vitae 2
Fundamentals of Makeup for the Stage
Costume Production Lab
Upper level undergraduate:
Fundamentals of Costume Construction for the Theatre – pattern making
Principles of Costume Design
Special Topics: Mask Making for Theatre
Special Problems in Theatre: Stage Makeup Techniques for the Performer -Advanced Topics
Costume Technology rotating topics – Pattern making
Directed Study – Draping course project
Directed Study – Costume Design studio
Graduate level:
Costume Technology rotating topics – Pattern making
Directed Studies in Design/Technical Production – Advanced Stage Makeup
Directed Studies in Design/Technical Production - Tailoring
Ohio University School of Theatre
Undergraduate:
Costume Design I
History of Costume I
Costume Patterning Basics
Costume Construction
Intro to Design - team taught with Scenic and Lighting Professors
Special Studies in Costuming – wig styling, draping
Graduate:
History of Costume I
Costume Period Patterning
History of Costume II
Special Studies in Costuming – mask making, draping, shoe making
DeSales University (formerly Allentown College of St. Francis DeSales)
Theatre Crafts Lab
Costume History
Costume Construction and Pattern Drafting
Costume Construction for Dance
Stage Makeup
Costume Design
Advanced Patterning and Draping
California Design College-The Art Institute of California- Hollywood
Fundamentals of Construction for Apparel Industry
University of Missouri-Kansas City Graduate Teaching Assistantship
Stage Makeup
DeAnna M. Rowe Curriculum Vitae 3
ADDITIONAL TEACHING/MENTORING EXPERIENCE
University of California-Irvine
First hired as an ad hoc draper. Eventually spent an entire semester as Senior Wardrobe Technician working with Graduate designers as their cutter/draper and oversaw my team of stitchers.
Worked with the faculty designer for the Dance concerts.
California State University-Long Beach
Maternity leave relief as Assistant Shop Manager and Cutter/draper working with graduate designers and grad and undergrad stitchers, cutters and first hands. Occasionally substitute taught for Costume Design Professor in tailoring and construction classes.
DESIGN EXPERIENCE
Gypsy Dream Studios Head Designer/owner – hundreds of individual design projects for wide variety of clients both nationally and internationally.
Loki
Fire Emblem – Robin the Tactician
Sabretooth
Elecktra
Thanos
Gauntlet of Infinity
Darkseid
Sailor Mars
George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle
Tangled Princess
Zora Neale Hurston
Arwen Renaissance
Steampunk characters
Victorian Bride and Groom
Thranduil
Uncle Sam
Natsu
Koko Littner
Historical Corsetry
Steampunk Corsetry
Lady Mechanika
Nebula
Palutena
Aragorn
Legolas
Anne Boleyn
Tennessee Shakespeare Company, Memphis, TN
As You Like It Dave Demke director 2018
Macbeth Dan McCleary director 2018
Waiting for Godot Dan McCleary director 2017
The Comedy of Errors Tony Simotes director 2017
To Kill a Mockingbird Dan McCleary director 2016
University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
Accidental Death of an Anarchist Joshua Brewer director 2018
[title of show] Justin Braun director 2017
Anon(ymous) Jazmin Miller director 2017
Panola Playhouse, Sardis, MS
[title of show] Remounted Justin Braun director 2019
South Coast Repertory Theatre-Youth conservatory, Costa Mesa, CA
Sleeping Beauty Mercy Vasquez director 2012
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Mercy Vasquez director 2011
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court Joe Alanes director 2010
Snow Angel Hisa Takakuwa director 2007
The Beloved Dearly Laurie Woolery director 2004
DeAnna M. Rowe Curriculum Vitae 4
South Coast Plaza--an upscale-luxury shopping center - Costa Mesa, CA
Santa’s Village seasonal employees 2004
3 Easter Bunny Mascot costumes 2005
Santa’s Elves 2008
Ohio University, Athens, OH
Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet Jennifer Vellenga director 2002
Muhlenberg College Summer Theatre Program, Allentown, PA
Dracula James Peck director 2000
Allentown College of St. Francis DeSales, Center Valley, PA
On the Third Day Joseph Kline director 2000
On the Razzle Melanie Thomas director 2000
AC dance ensemble Lynne Leopold choreographer 2000
Cynthia Kemmerer choreographer 2000 Vincent Brosseau choreographer 2000
She Loves Me Dennis Razze director 1999
Noises Off Joseph Kline director 1999
Evita Dennis Razze director 1999
The Royal Family Gerry Schubert director 1999
AC dance ensemble Lynne Leopold choreographer 1999
Cynthia Kemmerer choreographer 1999
The Seagull Dennis Razze director 1998
Lend Me a Tenor Joseph Kline director 1998
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival Center Valley, PA
Cinderella Joseph Kline director 1999
The Unicorn Theatre, Kansas City, MO
Flyin’ West Cynthia Levin director 1998
Johnson County Junior College, Overland Park, KS
1,000 Cranes Julie Tan director 1997
Horsefeathers and Applesauce Dinner Theatre, Winfield KS
Me and My Girl Ansley Valentine director 1996
University of Missouri, Kansas City-Graduate student designs, realized productions
A Servant of Two Masters 1998
An Absolute Turkey Theodore Swetz director 1997
Design for television class 1997
Waiting for Godot Dale AJ Rose director 1996
The Shadow of a Gunman 1996
ASSISTANT DESIGN EXPERIENCE
Missouri Repertory Theatre, Kansas City, MO
Blithe Spirit Vincent Scassellatti Costume Designer 1995
DeAnna M. Rowe Curriculum Vitae 5
American Players Theatre, Spring Green, WI
The Country Wife Judy Lundberg Costume Designer 1996
University of Missouri, Kansas City
Twelfth Night Tina Campbell Costume Designer 1996
Reckless Vincent Scassellatti Costume Designer 1995
FACULTY DESIGN ADVISOR, University of Memphis 2016-17 School year
Little Shop of Horrors
Measure for Measure
The Sparrow
Empires of the Eternal Void
Spring Awakening
TECHNICAL COSTUME EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Costume Technology – University of Florida
Mentor Graduate and undergraduate production projects for university productions
2014-2016 and 2017-19 Costume Shop Supervisor/Draper University of Memphis
Spitfire Grill
Intimate Apparel
Accidental Death of an Anarchist
Be More Chill
Shaming Jane Doe
Nine
[title of show]
She Kills Monsters
Secret in the Wings
The Wild Party
Servant of Two Master
The Sparrow
Anon(ymous)
Spring Awakening
Oklahoma!
A Flea in Her Ear
School for Scandal
Well
Next to Normal
The Physicist
The Wedding Singer
The Little Prince
How I Learned to Drive
Macbeth
Blues for an Alabama Sky
2004- present Owner/director/designer Gypsy Dream Studios
Cutter/Draper Tennessee Shakespeare Company
Macbeth
As You Like It
A Midsummer Nights Dream
All’s Well That Ends Well
Henry V
To Kill a Mockingbird
Comedy of Errors
Waiting for Godot
2014 Commissioned draper William Ivey Long Studios, New York, NY
National Tour of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella
2012 Patternmaker/cutter Delicate Illusions, Laguna Beach, CA
Exotic dance, swimwear, and costumes
2006 Overhire cutter/draper Cal-State Long Beach
Metamorphosis
Into the Woods
DeAnna M. Rowe Curriculum Vitae 6
2005-2008 Overhire cutter/draper University of California, Irvine
West Side Story
Anything Goes
Sunday in the Park with George
Urinetown
Kiss Me Kate
New Slate Dance Concert
Dance Visions Dance Concert
Dance Escape Dance Concert
2007 Draping Consultant Walt Disney Character Development, Fullerton, CA
2002-2005 Lead Cutter/Draper South Coast Repertory Theatre, Costa Mesa, CA
Major Barbara
A Christmas Carol
Proof
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Intimate Apparel
The Drawer Boy
The Violet Hour
La Posada Mágica
The Carpetbagger's Children
Relatively Speaking
The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow
The Last Night of Ballyhoo
Terra Nova
Antigone
Safe in Hell
Cyrano de Bergerac
Anna in the Tropics
Lovers and Executioners
Intimate Exchanges
Mr. Marmalade
The Emperor's New Clothes
Sideways Stories from Wayside School
The Wind in the Willows
Brooklyn Boy
Habeas Corpus
The Clean House
A View from the Bridge
The Retreat from Moscow
On the Mountain
Princess Marjorie
Vesuvius
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency
The Little Prince
Pinocchio
2002 Master Draper Glimmerglass Opera, Cooperstown, NY
Dialogue of the Carmelites
2000-2002 Costume Technology Program Head Ohio University MFA/BFA program
2001 Master Draper Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Boulder, CO
Queen Margaret
Two Gentlemen of Verona
As You Like It
2000 Stitcher The Shakespeare Theatre, Washington, D.C.
Don Carlos
2000 Head Draper Muhlenberg College Summer Theatre, Allentown, PA
Dracula
The Music Man
Forever Plaid
1998-200 Shop Supervisor, Draper Allentown College, Center Valley, PA
1999 Head Cutter/Draper Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Center Valley, PA
Merry Wives of Windsor
Tempest
Cinderella
Blithe Spirit
DeAnna M. Rowe Curriculum Vitae 7
1998 Overhire Stitcher Universal Studios and Good Machine
Ride with the Devil film directed by Ang Lee
1997 Crafts Artisan State Ballet of Missouri, Kansas City, MO
The Nutcracker
1995-1998 Stitcher Missouri Repertory Theatre, Kansas City, MO
A Delicate Balance
The Belle of Amherst
Almost September
Antigone
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Misanthrope
Oleanna
Three Tall Women
Oedipus the King
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
Blithe Spirit
Later Life
The Comedy of Errors
The Gospel at Colonus
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
1995-1998 Cutter/Draper University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO
Richard III
The Diary of a Scoundrel
Stitcher University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO
The Three Sisters
The Common Pursuit
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Crafts University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO
Tartuffe
The Fifth of July
Makeup Artist University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO
Holy Ghosts
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Advanced costume construction
Pattern drafting and draping
Stage Makeup
Wig construction and hair styling
Vacu-form armor and 3-D Craft foam manipulation
Jewelry
Painting
Millinery
Period shoe dressing
Dye techniques
Mask making with papier mache and thermo plastics
Computer imaging
Shop management
Tailoring
Computer rendering skills
DeAnna M. Rowe Curriculum Vitae 8
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION AND WORKSHOPS
2020 Portfolio Reviewer USITT - online due to Covid-19
2019 Session Presenter USITT in Louisville, KY
Binding and Tucking: You put what, where?!
The challenges that Drag performers face in suppressing their gender are often something of a mystery. In this session we explored the safe practice of binding and tucking that Drag Queens and Kings employ to create their chosen gender shape. We discussed the various garments available to help create these body shapes. Ended session with discussion and Q & A.
2019 Portfolio Reviewer USITT in Louisville, KY
2018 Portfolio Reviewer USITT in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2017 Portfolio Reviewer Southeastern Theatre Conference in Lexington, KY
2017 Portfolio Reviewer USITT in St. Louis, MO
2017 Presenter The Orpheum Group, Memphis, TN
Technical Theatre Intensive Workshop for High School students - Costume Design
2017 Presenter Tennessee Thespian Conference, Murfreesboro, TN
Fitting and Alteration Techniques
Q & A Panel Session for high school teachers
2016 Presenter Tennessee Thespian Conference , Murfreesboro, TN
Patterning Panache: Hands-On Paper Patterning
2015 High School Workshop University of Memphis
How to Use and Alter Commercial Patterns for Costuming
2015 Presenter Tennessee Thespian Conference, Murfreesboro, TN
A Foundation of Bones: creating historic costume silhouette through corsetry
2002 Wig Ventilation Presentation Prepared for SETC
2001 Portfolio Review panel SETC in Jacksonville, FL
DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
University of Memphis
Visiting Assistant Professor of Costume Design
Teach 3 courses per semester
Serve as Design Faculty Advisor on all student designed productions
Faculty Advisor for all undergraduate costume design majors
Serve on Graduate Advising committee
Assume draping load for department productions
Serve on Ad Hoc Design/Tech Curriculum Review Committee
Interview prospective students
Supervise Costume Independent Studies courses
Serve on NAST Accreditation committee
Serve on Season Selection Committee
Serve on Course Fee Allocation Committee
Attend SETC for recruitment
Attend USITT for recruitment and development
Maintain the budget and prepared receipts for accounting for costume related purchases
DeAnna M. Rowe Curriculum Vitae 9
Costume Shop Supervisor
Supervise Graduate Assistants in Costume shop
Supervise and direct all work flow through the costume shop
Assume draping load for all departmental supported productions
Maintain the costume shop equipment and supplies.
Maintain stock rental records and check in/out rentals for local theatres and student projects
Provide and maintain corsetry for Acting Movement classes
Maintain the budget and prepare receipts for accounting for costume related purchases
Design costumes for the department season as needed
Attend and Present at Tennessee Thespian Conference yearly
Present at yearly High School Recruiting workshops
Ohio University
Taught 2 courses per semester
Advised MFA Costume Technology students
Designed Costumes as needed
Supervised all draping projects for departmental productions
Head of Production Department IT Committee
Head of School of Theatre Undergraduate Scholarship Committee
Member of NAST Accreditation Review Committee
Member of Curriculum Review Committee
Attended Southeastern Theatre Conference
DeSales University
Taught 2 courses per semester
Supervised 3 work-study positions
Supervised 20 costume practicum students
Served as Faculty Advisor
Designed 2 shows per semester
Active on all departmental committees
Attended USITT Conference
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Build my professional design portfolio in challenging ways
Explore and develop costume-specific International Study-Abroad opportunities
At Gypsy Dream Studios I design and create high-end costumes and couture bringing the unique visions of my clients to life. I explore Steampunk, Cosplay, Anime, film and runway reproductions, theme weddings and historically inspired creations. My goal with my business is increased visibility through my website leading to increasingly more challenging and fulfilling projects—becoming the
costume destination for photographers, fashion magazines, feature film industry and high-end special events.
HONORS AND AWARDS
2000 Kennedy Center ACTF Award for Excellence in Costume Design
On the Razzle at Allentown College, Center Valley, PA
1987-1991 Honors: Music, Theatre and Academic Scholarships Baker University
1991 Stuart Alan McCoy Theatre Award for Service Baker University
DeAnna M. Rowe Curriculum Vitae 10
1987 Outstanding Newcomer Theatre Award Baker University
1991 Cardinal Key Baker University
1991 Alpha Mu Gamma-honorary Foreign Language Fraternity Baker University
1988 Alpha Psi Omega-honorary Theatre Fraternity Baker University
1991 Graduated Magna Cum Laude Baker University
1987 Member of National Honor Society
EQUIPMENT KNOWLEDGE
Domestic and industrial sewing machines
Domestic and industrial sergers
Domestic and industrial blind hem machine
Industrial walking-foot machine
Professional steam press
Commercial gravity feed and pump steam iron
Industrial steamer
Industrial dye vat
Ventilated spray booth
Manual and pneumatic grommet setter machines
Rotary cutting
Belt sander
Some experience on 4-5 thread coverstitch machine
Acquisition and experimentation with Wild Ginger Software
Experimentation with Patternmaker pattern drafting software
Experimentation with CNC Router, 3-D printer, and Laser cutter
Learning Corel Painter 17 and Vectorworks