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TARA MAGINNIS e-mail Tara@costumes.org

COSTUME DESIGNER-TEACHER

Home Address:
1535 Mary Ann St
Fairbanks, AK 99701
(907) 456-8119

EDUCATION 1:

Ph.D. in Theatre History, University of Georgia, Dissertation: Fashion Shows, Strip Shows, and Beauty Pageants: The Theatre of the Feminine Ideal, 2 1991.

M.A. in Costume Design, California State University, Fresno. Thesis: Costume Crafts Instruction Manual, 1985.

B.A. in History, San Francisco State University, Magna Cum Laude, 1981. Work done also at College of Marin 3 `76-78.

TEACHING:

Assistant Professor, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, 1990-Present: History of Fashion and Dress, Costume Design and Construction, Dyeing and Painting for the Theatre (Ind.St.), Millinery (Ind. St.), Russian Costume History, Advanced Costume Design and Construction, Theatre Make-up, Theatre History and Theatre Appreciation. Served as Alaskan coordinator for UAF's American Russian Theatre (ART) program in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Assistant to the Russian Coordinator while in Russia during the summers of 1992-1993. Faculty Senate 1993, 1996. Theatre Department Head 1992-93. Student Drama Association Faculty Adviser 1991-92, 1993-94, 1995-96. On leave at Theatre Terra Mobile, Russia 1994-95. 4

Visiting Assistant Professor 5, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, 1988-89: Costume Design and Construction, Theatre Costume History.

Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Georgia, 1985-87: Appreciation of World Drama 6, also assisted Costume Shop Manager in supervising work of lab students.

Graduate Teaching Assistant, California State University, Fresno, 1983-85: Assisted in Teaching of Costume History, Advanced Costume Crafts, and Introduction to Technical Theatre, wrote the Lab Manual for Advanced Costume Crafts class as M.A. Project.

WRITING:

"Putting Personality into Your Portfolio and Resume", Published in TD&T., Winter 1996-97.

Kiosk Man 7 (1994): a play without words to be performed by Terra Mobile Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1995.

The Omnigarment: Putting Design into the Hands of the Actor in Theatre Design & Technology, Spring 1994.

Costume Crafts at 50 Below: The Fairbanks Non Toxic Crafts Cookbook 8 in TD&T, Fall 1994.

A Student's Guide to Budget Travel Planning 9 in College Monthly February 1994.

Perfumes for the Period Scent in The Lady's Gallery, July 1994.

Freelance Author, October 1994-1995, for The St.Petersburg Press assorted articles: Old and New Rituals at Play; "When The Sun Was God" (theatre review), The Coolest Theatre Event in the World, Fashion A-Z at the House of Fashion, The Empress' Old Clothes and Other Historic Costumes, and other articles too numerous to mention.

The OmniCostume: 32 Ways to a Period Silhouette in USITT Theatre Technology Exhibit 1993 Catalog.

Native Alaskan Costume Bibliography in The Northwest Theatre Review, Spring 1993, Editor and Co-author.

"She Saves Who Sews For Victory"; Home Sewing on the American Home Front in Costume 1992 (The Yearly Journal of the Costume Society, U.K.)

Co-editor and contributing author: Connections: The Russian American Theatre Journal Summer '92.

Could You Please Look These Over?, One Act Play, 1991, UAF.

Quicker Corsetry in Theatre Crafts, October 1990.

Stereographs as a Resource in Costume History in TD&T, Spring 1987.

Library Costume Resources: A Supplement in USITT Newsletter, April 1987

The 12 Dancing Princesses and Cinderella: Children's plays, performed at Cobb School, San Francisco, 1978-79.

PAPERS DELIVERED :

Transformation: The Stripper as Sexual Ideal, 10 UCLA Burlesque Conference, March 14, 1993, Los Angeles, CA. Also, panel member: Representations of Women in Burlesque.

Theatre Education in the USA: The Liberal Arts Model, White Hall Seminars on Artistic Administration, 1992, The White Hall, Committee on Culture, St. Petersburg, Russian Republic.

Tuma: Adapting Alaska Native Costume for the Stage,and Resumes, Portfolios, and Job Hunting in a Free Market Theatre, and Theatre UAF: University Theatre in the USA, The Russian American Theatre Conference, 1992, St.Petersburg, Russian Republic.

The Non-Toxic Costume Shop and Costuming Tuma Alaska Native Theatre, Northwest Drama Conference, Moscow, Idaho, 1992.

Alaska Native Costume and Why Actors Hate Costumers and Vice Versa NWDC, 1991, La Grande, Oregon.

Painting Dyeing and Distressing Indoors in Alaska: Non-Toxic Costume Crafts Processes for Unventilated Spaces, and The Costumer and Kinko's: Uses for Xeroxing and Other Media Services in Costume Design, Construction, and Research, NWDC, 1989, Anchorage, Alaska

Fashion Films: Fashion Newsreels 1905-1987, Costume Society of America, Region IV Annual Conference, 1987, Palm Beach, Florida.

Using Tailoring Manuals to Date Men's Clothing and Writing a Research Paper in Costume History: Guest lectures in the Department of Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors, UGA, 1986.

COSTUME DESIGNS:

The University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1988-97: The Bacchae, The Island, Reckless, Comedy of Errors, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Glass Menagerie, Cabaret, The Velveteen Rabbit, Jesus Christ Superstar, Noises Off, You Can't Take It With You,The Inspector General, AK, Treasure Island, Much Ado About Nothing, Woyzeck, Grease (co-designed with students), Ubu Roi, Russian Christmas Tale, Frankenstein, Marat/Sade, Of Mice And Men, As You Like It, Curse of the Starving Class (co-designed with student), Mainstage Productions.

UAF Opera Workshop, 1991-1996: Evening of Opera Scenes, The Stoned Guest, The 614th Commandment, The Bridge, The Old Maid and the Thief, The Abduction of Europa, The Liberation of Theseus, and Ariadne's Abandonment, workshop productions.

UAF/Tuma Theatre Co. (Alaska Native Theatre), 1991-1996: Qayaq: The Magical Man, The Eagle's Gift, Naam/Gen Eehu, Mainstage Productions.

Fairbanks Light Opera Theatre, 1995: Guys and Dolls, Community Theatre.

Theatre Parijh, St.Petersburg, Russia,1995: The Bell That Rang for Itself, Sets and Costumes, Children's musical.

Theatre Terra Mobile, St.Petersburg, Russia, 1995: Out of Darkness, Co-design of costumes with Milla Kalen, sole scene designer, Movement piece.

The State Theatre Inst., St.Petersburg, Interstudio, 1994: The Seagull, Night (a Chinese Opera), Student Productions.

 The Russian American Theatre, St. Petersburg, 1992: The Actor's Nightmare,, Russian-English Dual Language Production.

University of Georgia, 1987: Comedy of Errors Student Production.

The Georgia Resident Acting Company, 1985-86: The Marriage Proposal, Lord Byron's Love Letter, and The Romancers.

Portable Dance Troupe, Fresno, 1984-1985: Forms of Heaven, and Behind the Painted Grin, Modern Dance.

California State University, Fresno, 1984-85: West Side Story (co-designed), True West, Mainstage Productions.

Producer's Associates, Oakland, 1983: Paint Your Wagon, and Little Me!, Professional Theatre.

Ross Valley Players, Ross, 1982: The Real Inspector Hound, and The Marriage Proposal, Community Theatre.

Attic Theatre of San Francisco, 1981: Ten Little Indians, Professional Theatre.

PATTERNING AND CUTTING :

[In addition to patterning and cutting many of my own shows, I have also cut the following shows by other designers. 11]

University of Georgia, 1986: The Pirates of Penzance, A Doll's House, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Mainstage Productions.

California State University, Fresno, 1983-84: Ring 'Round The Moon, Picnic, The Iceman Cometh, Mainstage Productions.

Santa Barbara Repertory Theatre, 1984: Man of La Mancha, The Island, Professional Theatre.

Dominican College, San Rafael, 1983: The Barber of Seville, hired in as cutter on Opera.

COSTUME CRAFTS:

[In addition to doing crafts on my own shows, I began my costume career as a crafts worker on the shows of others.]

UAF/Tuma Theatre, 1982-84: Agayu, Utetmun, and The Child From the Sea, (masks 12), Mainstage.

Directed an Independent Study in Millinery, 1983: for seven people (!!!), at UAF.

University of Georgia, 1985: As You Like It, (accessories and ruffs 12) Mainstage Production.

Houston Children's Theatre Festival, 1985: Fat Pig (animal and fruit costumes ), Jack and the Beanstalk (hats and shoes), Professional Theatre.

Houston Shakespeare Festival, 1985: Richard III (armor, crowns and misc.), Measure for Measure (hats, ruffs and shoes), Professional Theatre.

California State University, Fresno, 1983-1984: Medea (belts and goddess cape), The Rose Tattoo (accessories), Taming of the Shrew (plastic jewelry, accessories and hats), White Chicks (accessories & quick change arm cast), Mainstage Productions.

Contra Costa College, 1983: The Wiz (Tin Man), hired in as crafts expert on Mainstage Production.

Dominican College of San Rafael, 1981-1982: A Midsummer Night's Dream (hats, shoes and props), Beauty and the Beast (hats), Pippin (helmets and crown), hired in periodically as crafts expert for Mainstage and Shakespeare Festival Productions.

Lucasfilm Ltd., 1981: Return of the Jedi, lowly crafts flunky on Major Motion Picture 13.

Berkeley Shakespeare Festival, 1981: Cymbeline, (hot glue & misc.), Professional Theatre.

College of Marin, 1977: Dracula, The Marriage of Figaro, Hotel Paradiso, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Romeo And Juliet, Threepenny Opera, Peter Pan, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, The Mikado (just about everything in crafts you can think of), Mainstage Productions and Operas.

PAINTING AND DYEING:

Directed an Independent Study course in Dyeing and Painting for the Theatre, 1991: for two students, at UAF.

UA-Fairbanks & Tuma Theatre 1989-1994: Naam/Gen Eehu (fake beadwork), Jesus Christ Superstar (spray-dye), As You Like It (dye resist, marbling), Russian Christmas Tale (distressing), Woyzeck (spatter-paint and spray-dye), Much Ado (squiggle paint, spraydye, and tie-dye), Qayaq, Agayu, Child From the Sea, Utetmun, The Eagle's Gift (hand painting), Mainstage Productions.

University of Georgia, 1986: The Boyfriend (vat dyeing), Mainstage Production.

CSU-Fresno/Portable Dance Troupe, 1984-1985: Forms of Heaven (airbrushing), Medea (puffpaint), Mainstage Productions.

Dominican College of San Rafael, 1982: Beauty and The Beast (stenciling), Mainstage Production.

REFERENCES

[Reference names and numbers have been excised here to ensure their privacy, for serious job searches, e-mail me and I will provide them.]

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