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About Me

Emerging designer with years of experience creating eye-catching costumes and captivating set designs for a wide range of theatrical productions.

Access to personal studio for creation of designs.

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Education and Credentials 

Bachelor of Fine Arts - Theatrical Design
University of Victoria 2018-2022
 
Diploma in Fine Arts
Central Memorial High School’s Performing and Visual Arts Program 2015-2018

 
WHMIS 2015
 
Motion Picture Industry Orientation Certificate
 
CPR C/ AED Certified
 
Valid BC Driver’s License

Theatre

COSTUME

Wonderheads Theatre | The Wilds | 2024

Puppet Costume Designer and Builder

The Staging Equality Project | SETYA | 2023
Costume and Props Designer

Chemainus Theatre Festival | Classic Country Roads | 2022
Lead Props Builder, Assistant Costume Designer and Assistant Head of Wardrobe

Student Alternative Theatre Company (SATCo) |

When Was The Last Time You Said Hello? | 2022
Production Designer

University of Victoria's Phoenix Theatre | Dead Man's Cell Phone | 2021
Costume Designer

University of Victoria's Phoenix Theatre | Love and Information | 2021
Assistant Costume Designer

Student Alternative Theatre Company (SATCo) | The Queen of Crystals | 2021
Costume and Environment Designer

Student Alternative Theatre Company (SATCo) | Death By Horoscope | 2020
Costume Designer

SET

Student Alternative Theatre Company (SATCo) |

When Was The Last Time You Said Hello? | 2022
Production Designer

University of Victoria's Phoenix Theatre | The Waste Land | 2022
Associate Set Designer and Props Designer

Student Alternative Theatre Company (SATCo) | Horse Girl | 2022
Set Designer

Student Alternative Theatre Company (SATCo) | Imagine That | 2020
Production Designer

University of Victoria's Phoenix Theatre | The Children's Hour | 2020
Props Assistant/ Scenic Painter

University of Victoria's Phoenix Theatre | Comic Potential | 2020
Lead Props Assistant/ Scenic Painter

University of Victoria's Phoenix Theatre | Othello | 2019
Props Assistant/ Scenic Painter

PRODUCTION

Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival | 2024 - Present
Events Coordinator

Smile Productions | 2021 - 2024
Draftsperson and Event Coordinator

VSO School of Music | 2023 - 2024
Venue Tech/ Venue Manager

Theatre SKAM/ SKAMpede | 2022 - 2023
Site Manager

University of Victoria's Phoenix Theatre | Spring Awakening | 2022
Stitcher 

University of Victoria's Phoenix Theatre | 2018 - 2022
Wardrobe Assistant

University of Victoria's Phoenix Theatre | Shakespeare's Women | 2022
Scenic Draperies Fabricator

University of Victoria's Phoenix Theatre | The Waste Land | 2022
Scenic Draperies Fabricator

Victoria Symphony | 2022
Dresser

Bad Knaps Theatre Collective | A Dinner Party | 2019
Production Assistant

University of Victoria's Phoenix Theatre | 7 Stories | 2019
Dresser

Calgary Young People's Theatre | The Importance of Being Earnest | 2018
Hair and Makeup Coordinator

Film

CREATIVE

Knots | 2023
Production Designer

PRODUCTION

Urban Ink | Starwalker  |  2023
Production Assistant

Skills

Expertise in costume design, set and prop creation. Proficient in various design software and techniques.

  • Competent Seamstress/ Builder

  • Competent Artist and Sketch Artist  

  • Costume Plate Rendering Training

  • Proficient with Vectorworks and drafting

  • Experience constructing set scale models

  • Dresser Training

  • Scenic Painting Experience

  • Photoshop and Procreate experience

  • Cosmetology and wig experience

Awards and Publications

The Days After: Ethical Dilemmas of Industrial and Post-Industrial Society in the 20th and 21st Century Theatre in the Light of Karel Capek’s Plays R.U.R and The White Plague - Collaborative Set Design for The White Plague (2024)

 

Prague Quadrennial - Canada + Quebec Student &Emerging Artists Exhibit - Exhibitor (2023)

Pretty Tender - GEMINI SEASON - “self-portrait” (2023)

 

World Stage Design - Scenofest Common Design Project -Featured Artist (2022)

Prague Quadrennial - Common Design Project - Exhibitor (2020)

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