Resume ~ Naomi Lazarus

Naomi Lazarus
778-899-7673
design@naomilazarus.com

Career Objectives:

Skills:

• Costume Design: I have a strong visual sense, which I use to translate character and depth visually through costume design. I can create a unified production design, working with set and lighting designers, and specialize in historical periods ranging from pre-Roman to the twentieth century.
• Research: I am an experienced researcher, and can draw from multiple sources the aesthetic of a particular time period, culture and class. I am knowledgeable in a vast range of historical periods, and have excellent research skills.
• Construction: I am skilled at period costume construction and familiar with unusual sewing techniques found only in period costume, such as boning and cartridge pleating. I can draft my own patterns, use commercial patterns, or follow others' hand-made patterns. I can also distress, dye, break down and stain costumes and fabrics.
• Buying: I am expert at making the most of a tight project budget and am very familiar with the resources available in Vancouver for inexpensive fabrics, props and supplies and am organized and keep excellent records of purchases.
• Millinery: I have some experience as a milliner and can construct hats of a wide range of types and shapes.
• Repair and Maintenance: As a designer on small productions and as a costume assistant for other designers, I have a great deal of experience with repair work, both by hand and machine as well as standard costume maintenance work. I am creative and have a wide variety of craft skills that can assist with props and stage maintenance as well.

Experience:

Theatre:

• 2014 - Costume Designer, The Winter's Tale Classic Chic Productions
• 2014 - Costume Designer, The Cripple of Inishmaan Ensemble Theatre Company
• 2014 - Costume Designer, Witness For the Prosecution Collingwood School
• 2013 - Costume Designer, The Farnsworth Invention Collingwood School
• 2013 - Costume Designer, The Farnsworth Invention Ensemble Theatre Company
• 2013 - Costume Designer, The Diary of Adam and Eve, Ensemble Theatre Company
• 2013 - Costume Designer, The 39 Steps, Collingwood School
• 2012 - Costume Designer, 12 Angry Men/12 Angry Women, Collingwood School
• 2012 - Costume Designer, The Visit, Collingwood School
• 2011 - Costume Designer, The Laramie Project, Collingwood School
• 2011 - Costume Designer, The Good, The Dead and the Unclean, Spectral Theatre
• 2011 - Costume Designer, Little, Little, Little Theatre, William Maranda Productions
• 2011 - Costume Designer, Scenes From American Life,Collingwood School
• 2010 - Costume Designer, The Story of Erisichthon, Tales from the Toadstool, Spectral Theatre
• 2010 - Costume Designer, Harvey,Collingwood School
• 2009 - Costume Designer, The Crucible,Collingwood School
• 2009 - Co-director, Costume Designer, Pyewacket, Spectral Theatre's Late Night Double Feature
• 2009 - Costume Designer, Bayswater Station and The Visitors, Spectral Theatre's Late Night Double Feature
• 2008 - Costume Designer, Amadeus, Collingwood School
• 2008 - Costume Designer, The Velvet Edge, Spectral Theatre
• 2008 - Costume Consultant, The Museum Project, Dive In! Productions
• 2008 - Costume Designer, Necromance, Spectral Theatre's Late Night Double Feature, Spectral Theatre
• 2008 - Costume Designer, The Three Sisters, 3rd St. Series, Presentation House Theatre
• 2007 - Costume Designer, The Diary of Anne Frank, Collingwood School
• 2007 - Costume Designer, Dead Ends V, Spectral Theatre
• 2007 - Costume Designer, Zastrozzi, Enlightenment Theatre
• 2007 - Costume Designer, Hamlet, Centre for Creative Iniatives
• 2007 - Costume Designer, Black Holes, Spectral Theatre
• 2007 - Costume Designer, An Ideal Husband, 3rd St. Theatre Series,Presentation House Theatre
• 2006 - Costume Designer, The Rocky Horror Show, Wicked Awesome Theatre, Nominee, Best Design, Ovations Awards
• 2006 - Costume Coordinator, Chasing The Money, Green Thumb Theatre
• 2006 - Costume Coordinator, Cranked, Green Thumb Theatre
• 2006 - Wardrobe Mistress, ShowCase Festival (The Taming of the Shrew and Kiss Me, Kate)
• 2006 – Costume Designer, Lock Up Your Daughters, North Vancouver Community Players
• 2006 – Costume Designer, Pyewacket, Dead Ends IV, Spectral Theatre, Winner, Favourite Costume Design, The Winslow Awards for Excellence.
• 2006 – Costume Designer, The Seagull, Mice and Mentors Co-op
• 2005 – Costume Designer, The Ladies of the Camellias, Earn The Nose Co-op
• 2004 – 2005 - Head of Wardrobe, United Players Theatre
• 2005 – Costume Designer, A Month in the Country, United Players Theatre
• 2005 – Costume Designer, Hamlet, Spectral Theatre
• 2005 – Costume Designer, Translations, Mice and Mentors Co-op
• 2004 – Costume Designer, Bus Stop, Metro Theatre
• 2004 – Costume Designer, The Lady’s Not For Burning, United Players Theatre
• 2004 – Costume Apprentice, Studio 55
• 2003 – Costume Designer, Cinderella, a Panto, Metro Theatre, Nominee, Best Costume Design, CTC Awards
• 2003 – Costumer, You Say Tomatoes, Metro Theatre
• 1998 - Costume assistant, The Kiss Project
• 1993 - Costume Designer, Road, The Actor’s Resource Group
• 1993 - Stage Manager, Two Short Plays With Punch, The Men’s Festival
• 1992 - Stage Manager and Costumer, The Legend of Bonefish, Vancouver Fringe Festival
• 1988 - Costume Assistant, Farther West, Touchstone Theatre

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