Parker Feenstra (they/she) is a graduate of the BFA program at the University of Victoria’s
Phoenix Theatre in the design faculty. Originally from Calgary, Alberta she has made a home on the West Coast.
They have had work featured during the 2021 and 2023 Prague Quadrennial and World Stage Design 2022. They have had the privilige to work and learn across Western Canada with companies such as the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival and The Wonderheads. This previous work in various theatre company’s wardrobe, prop and set departments, as well as their own work, has provided them with a passion for the arts community and the desire to continue maintaining and working with the artists that make the community the wonderful space that it is.
Parker is incredibly grateful to the arts for the opportunities she has been given to explore the opportunities that exist within the field and to receive a wide array of training and knowledge through them.
Education and Credentials
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Theatrical Design
University of Victoria
Diploma in Fine Arts/ High School Diploma
Central Memorial High School’s Performing and Visual Arts Program
WHMIS 2015
Motion Picture Industry Orientation Certificate
Motion Picture Safety Awareness Certificate
Performing Arts Safety Awareness Certificate
CPR C/ AED Certified
Valid BC Driver’s License
Theatre
COSTUME
The Banff Center | The Handmaid's Tale | 2025
Wardrobe Technician
Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival | The Two Gentlemen of Verona | 2025
Apprentice Costume Designer
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
The Banff Center | The Handmaid's Tale I 2025
Dresser
Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival | 2024 - 2025
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
PRODUCTION
Knots | 2023
Production Designer
Urban Ink | Starwalker | 2023
Production Assistant
Skills
Expertise in costume design, set and prop creation. Proficient in various design software and techniques.
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Competent Seamstress/ Builder
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Competent Artist and Sketch Artist
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Costume Plate Rendering Training
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Proficient with Vectorworks and drafting
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Construction of set scale models
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Dresser Training
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Scenic Painting
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Photoshop and Procreate
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Cosmetology and wig
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Breakdown and dyeign
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Molding
Awards, Exhibitions and Publications
North Van Arts - Anonymous Art Show - buggy (2025)
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)