Summary
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Work History
Education
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Costume Designs at Eastern Michigan University
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Madeleine Huggins

Ypsilanti,Michigan

Summary

As the Costume Shop Supervisor at Eastern Michigan I have worked on 157 productions, and have designed the costumes for 51 of those productions. My duties include purchasing, patterning, cutting, stitching, fitting, dyeing, altering, and maintaining the costumes for our productions. I have worked at organizing the Costume Shop and the Costume Stock so it is more efficient. I supervise and work with student workers and volunteers in the costume shop.

Overview

37
37
years of professional experience

Work History

Costume Shop Supervisor

Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI
09.1998 - Current
  • Design productions as needed and assist the Costume Designer with their designs for our production. Attend production meetings and rehearsals as needed.
  • Supervise and work with student workers to execute the costumes for all of the EMU Theatre Mainstage production, and to maintain the costume stock.
  • Help with teaching the students in EDT 153 basic sewing skills.
  • Recruit and manage students for costume related crews.
  • Purchase materials for the costume shop, and keep track of all of the costume shop budgets.

Lecturer and Costume Shop Manager

Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI
09.1995 - 04.1998
  • Design productions as needed and assist the Costume Designer with their designs for our production. Attend production meetings and rehearsals as needed.
  • Supervise and work with student workers to execute the costumes for all of the EMU Theatre Mainstage production, and to maintain the costume stock.
  • Recruit and manage students for costume related crews.
  • Taught a Fundamentals of Speech class.

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Costume Shop Manager & Costume Designer

Cortland Repertory Theatre
Cortland, NY
05.1995 - 08.1995
  • Design and build costumes for Forever Plaid, Driving Miss Daisy, and Lend Me a Tenor
  • Assist other Costume Designers with their designs.
  • Supervise wardrobe crew.

Assistant Costumer

Syracuse Stage
Syracuse, NY
09.1993 - 05.1995
  • Assist the Costumer with facilitating costumes for all productions.
  • Attend all fittings and dress rehearsals.
  • Help with shopping for the productions.

Costume Designer

Contemporary Theatre of Syracuse
Syracuse, NY
01.1994 - 03.1995
  • Designed costumes for two productions.

Costume Designer/Costume Shop Manager

University of Findlay Summer Stock
Findlay, OH
05.1994 - 07.1994
  • Designed and create costumes for Guys & Dolls, Separate Tables, The Snow Queen, Hooray for Hollywood, and Lend Me a Tenor.
  • Supervise student volunteers.

Costume Designer

Youngstown Playhouse
Youngstown, OH
09.1992 - 06.1993
  • Designed and created costumes for 7 productions.
  • Supervised and worked with a group of volunteers to execute the costume designs.

Academic Staff/Costume Designer

University of Wisconsin Stevens Point
Stevens Point, WI
09.1991 - 05.1992
  • One year sabbatical position as a Costume Designer and teacher.
  • Designed 4 production and taught classes in Costume Design, and Costume Construction.

Visiting Lecturer/Costume Designer

State University of New York - Brockport
Brockport, NY
09.1990 - 06.1991
  • One year sabbatical position as a Costume Designer and teacher.
  • Designed 4 productions and taught classes in Costume History, Stage Makeup, and Costume Construction.
  • Supervised student workers in the Costume Shop.

Crafts Artisian

Utah Shakespeare Festival
Cedar City, UT
05.1990 - 06.1990
  • I was one of the craft artisans for the festival.
  • Worked on shoes, hats, parasols, and various other accessories for 6 productions.

Graduate Assistant

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
09.1987 - 04.1990
  • My first year I taught the undergraduate students basic sewing skills.
  • My second and third year I was the assistant to the Costume Design faculty. One of my jobs was assigning crews to all of the undergraduate theatre students.

Education

Master of Arts - Costume Design

University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
04-1990

Bachelor of Science - Theatre

Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI
04-1984

Skills

  • Fabric Dyeing, Distressing, and Painting
  • Garment construction and alterations
  • Crafts
  • Shopping
  • Inventory Management
  • Budgeting

Costume Designs at Eastern Michigan University

  • Digging Up Dessa
  • North Star
  • She Kills Monsters
  • She Loves Me
  • Chicken Story Time
  • Detroit '67
  • Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
  • A Raisin in the Sun
  • The Last Five Years
  • The Piano Lesson
  • Little Shop Of Horrors
  • The Boy Who Loved Monsters, and The Girl Who Loved Peas
  • Tintypes
  • Sylvia
  • The Shape of Things
  • Honk!
  • The 39 Steps
  • The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
  • Night Blooming
  • Little Me
  • The Prince, the Wolf, and The Firebird
  • Into the Woods
  • Reefer Madness
  • 110 In the Shade
  • A Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas
  • Diamonds in the D
  • A Streetcar Named Desire
  • Gunmetal Blues
  • Ain't Misbehavin'
  • On the Verge
  • A Year with Frog and Toad
  • Soaring on Black Wing
  • Anyone Can Whistle
  • The Big Friendly Giant
  • Biloxi Blues
  • The Robber Bridegroom
  • Brighton Beach Memoirs
  • An Italian Straw Hat
  • As Bees in Honey Drown
  • Crime of the Heart
  • World Goes Round
  • Gypsy
  • South Pacific
  • Arms and the Man
  • Evita
  • Shakin' the Mess Outta Misery
  • The Fantastiks
  • The Ghost of River House
  • Cabaret
  • A School for Scandal
  • The Devil's Disciples
  • Falsettos

Affiliations

  • Workshops at the Stratford Festival on Prop Making, Vest Tailoring, and Costume Embellishment.
  • Workshops on Machine Embroidery.
  • I am the EMU Theatre Archivist. I have spent the last 12 years finding, scanning, and collection photos from the department from the 1930's to present. In doing this I have continued to engaged our alumni, which has helped with fund raising.

Timeline

Costume Shop Supervisor

Eastern Michigan University
09.1998 - Current

Lecturer and Costume Shop Manager

Eastern Michigan University
09.1995 - 04.1998

Costume Shop Manager & Costume Designer

Cortland Repertory Theatre
05.1995 - 08.1995

Costume Designer/Costume Shop Manager

University of Findlay Summer Stock
05.1994 - 07.1994

Costume Designer

Contemporary Theatre of Syracuse
01.1994 - 03.1995

Assistant Costumer

Syracuse Stage
09.1993 - 05.1995

Costume Designer

Youngstown Playhouse
09.1992 - 06.1993

Academic Staff/Costume Designer

University of Wisconsin Stevens Point
09.1991 - 05.1992

Visiting Lecturer/Costume Designer

State University of New York - Brockport
09.1990 - 06.1991

Crafts Artisian

Utah Shakespeare Festival
05.1990 - 06.1990

Graduate Assistant

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
09.1987 - 04.1990

Master of Arts - Costume Design

University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign

Bachelor of Science - Theatre

Eastern Michigan University
Madeleine Huggins