No Man's Land at Steppenwolf Theater, designed by Janice Pytel, draped by Lynae Vandermeulen. Menswear stitcher
Describe The Night at Steppenwolf Theater, designed by Raquel Adorno, draped by Lynae Vandermeulen. Menswear stitching
Describe the Night at Steppenwolf Theater designed by Raquel Adorno, draped by Lynae Vandermeulen. Stitching
The Christmas Carol at the Alley Theatre with Steppenwolf Theater, designed by Raquel Barreto, draped by Lynae Vandermeulen. Stitching
Miz Martha Washington, designed by Izumi Inaba at the Steppenwolf Theater. Plaid shirts, American flag, cream and yellow ballgown bodice, various alterations. Stitching.
All's Well That Ends Well at Steppenwolf Theater with the Chicago Shakespeare Theater, draped by Lynae Vandermeulen, designed by Raquel Barreto. Stitching
All's Well That Ends Well at Steppenwolf Theater with the Chicago Shakespeare Theater, draped by Emily Waecker, designed by Raquel Barreto. Stitching
February 2020
Jotaro Kujo from Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
metallic and holographic spandex, buckram, millinery wire, heat-transfer vinyl, eva foam
Featuring cricut-cut decals and a custom heat-transfer-vinyl snakeskin pattern on the incorporated shoe-pants, this costume has a wired buckram half-hat with spandex-covered foam decorations.
photos by pndanoodlez and lightmodeon
February 2021
Char Aznable from Gundam
neoprene, silicone-covered vinyl, metallic vinyl, faux leather, foam, elastic cording, worbla
A fully neoprene suit with neoprene and silicone-spandex gusseted gloves, featuring elastic piping, neoprene-covered buttons, and worbla accents. The shoes are neoprene-covered boot covers.
January 2021
X Drake from One Piece
faux leather, velvet, matte poly satin, studs, EVA foam, neoprene, faux fur
The gusseted, clawed gloves have an inner lining of neoprene to allow them to keep their exaggerated shape as they go on over the elbow. The over-the-knee boots also have an inner neoprene structure and are fully covered. The cape is a circle cape. The headband has custom machine embroidery and is backed with clear vinyl to allow the client to adhere it to their face.
December 2020
Bartolomeo the Cannibal from One Piece
faux leather, poly satin, faux fur, cotton, eva foam, heat transfer vinyl
The pants were the most arduous part of this piece, being made of over 500 bias-cut squares that were pieced together and then assembled. Since it was all on the bias, after tracing the squares I had to hand-baste all the markings so it wouldn’t stretch out during assembly.
photos by pndanoodlez
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go, dog, go! , 2019
Cutter/draper
Spotted Dog: jumpsuit Blue Dog: mesh shirt, alterations MC Dog: vest, alterations
this show provided a unique set of challenges to due to the large variety of builds and it being my first time being a draper and managing a team. we completed our builds ahead of the deadline despite changes in design due to fabric choice.
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The Wong Kids and the Secret of the Space Chupracabra… GO! 2018
Craftsperson
Swinson: headpiece
The Great Prognosticator: headpiece, glasses
The Imperious Canute: headpiece
Talking rock puppets
as my first time as a craftsperson on a theatrical production, i was given a large variety of projects that required time management skills between several different mediums, including fosshape, wonderflex, and EVA foam.
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the music man, 2019
The Goodman Theatre
Costume Intern- Stitcher
Background dancers: yellow dress, green dress, blue dress, pink dress
was required to demonstrate and execute an understanding of many different materials. had many different duties that required a high level of precision and time management.
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may 2019
tamamo no mae from onmyoji
silk, silk dye, rattail cord, foil, wood, vinyl, faux fur, styrene
this was one of the most arduous projects i’ve ever undertaken. all 30 yards of silk on this costume is hand dyed and painted using silk paints, and then foiled, french seamed, bound, and hand-hemmed, totalling out to about 90 feet of handhemming overall. all of the accessories are self-made, including the custom drum, geta sandals, airbrushed fox tails, laser cut styrene ornaments and fan, and tassels. it took about 6 months from start to finish.
photos thanks to pndanoodlez, yingalicious, enyen, and vincent kan
february 2019
gentle criminal from my hero academia
wool, steel boning, cotton sateen, neoprene
what started as a relatively simple build turned into a myriad of opportunities to try new techniques. i played with proportions using the balloon-shaped pants and the exaggerated collar. the fabric the pants was manually pinstriped by inserting embroidery thread into the bobbin. the "scarf" or muff around the neck was an experiment in smocking neoprene, which worked to incredible results.
photo by enyen