Bast Designs

"THE RESUME"

SPECIAL EFFECTS MAKEUP

Actor’s Playhouse, Coral Gables, FL - Dec. 2004
Face casting, sculpture, and latex prosthetics for “Beauty and the Beast”

COSTUME DESIGN EXPERIENCE

National Tours
Camel/RJ Reynolds “Speak Easy Tour” – Producer BFG Group – NYC Dec. 2004
VISA’s "Read Me a Story" - Producer: Ketchum Public Relations - 1996 & 1997
Just for Laughs w/ Tim Conway & Tom Poston - Producer: Dodger Productions - 1994

Regional Theatres
MacHayden Theatre - 2003
Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Smokey Joe’s Cafe

Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma - 1998 & 1999
The Music Man w/ David Ruprecht and 42nd Street

Valley Forge/Westbury Music Fairs - 1995 & 1996
The Music Man w/ John Schneider, Fiddler on the Roof w/Theodore Bikel, South Pacific w/ Debbie Boone, My Fair Lady w/ Michael Moriarty, Annie Get Your Gun w/ Andrea McArdle, Guys and Dolls

Jupiter Theatre 1992 – 1997
Annually managed & designed 10 musicals with $100,000 annual costume budgets. Management of shop included interviewing, hiring, training, and scheduling of assistants, interns, seamstresses, wig designers, and wardrobe crew. Ordering and upkeep of machines and supplies. Designer duties included budgets, costume plots, collaboration with directors and choreographers, sketches, construction, purchasing, and coordination of rentals, fittings, and alterations. As well as millinery, specialty masks and jewelry, and props. My 50+ shows included the following:
The Most Happy Fella w/ David Holiday*, The Secret Garden*, Crazy for You, Phantom (Yeston/Kopit)**, Grand Hotel**, City of Angels, The Music Man w/ Gregory Harrison, Guys and Dolls, Cabaret, Mame w/ Sally Kellerman, My One and Only, Evita, Sugar Babies w/ Avery Schreiber, My Fair Lady, Annie, The Odd Couple w/ William Christopher, The Sound of Music, 42nd Street, I Do! I Do! w/ Lee Meriwether, Annie Get Your Gun, Funny Girl, Breaking Legs w/ Ron Palillo, West Side Story, South Pacific, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Man of La Mancha, Nunsense II, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, Will Rogers Follies, Hello Dolly

Lyric Theatre 1990
Barnum (Unitard Design), No, No Nanette (Swimsuit Design)

Independent Films
Path Not Taken - Producer: Crystina Wyler Director: Ali Habashi Shot in Miami, FL - 1999
Black Panthers - Producer/Director: Malcomb Jones Shot in Miami, FL - 1999

Music Video
"Your Eyes" Artist/Producer: Kim Stone, Director: DeRay - 1999
Industrial/Conventions
Sterling Inc. - Producer: Impact Communications @
Contemporary Hotel, Orlando, FL - 1992 & 1994 and @
Fountainbleau Hotel, Miami Beach - 1991

WARDROBE EXPERIENCE

IATSE Local 112, Oklahoma City, OK
Wardrobe, Wigs, and Stagehand 12/2001 – 11/2003
National Tour - 42nd Street - Producer: Troika Organization (Wig and Wardrobe Supervisor) 1997
Television - Disney Easter Parade – Producer: Disney/MGM Studios (Wardrobe Assistant) 1992

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Florida Atlantic University: Graduate Assistant 8/2001 - 12/2001. Assistant to Designers. Supervise lab students and dressers. Basic patterning and draping. Cutting, building,
fittings, and alterations. Face casting, sculpting, and latex prosthetics. Wig stylist, and makeup artist.

University of Miami: Lecturer and Costume Designer 8/1997 - 7/2001. Classes taught included Introduction to Theatre Crafts, Advanced Theatre Crafts, Figure Drawing, Makeup, History of Fashion, Introduction to Design, Design Studios, Costume Labs, and Wardrobe Crews. Interviewing, hiring, and management of shop foreman and student employees. Developed and administered costume rental program. Committees served on include Design & Production, Season Programming, Faculty, also Student Advisor. Designed sixteen mainstage shows which included:
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Anything Goes, Caesar , Crazy for You, Chorus Line, Antigone

RELATED SKILLS

Logistics, Production, Rental Coordination and Administration, Budgets, Bids, Invoicing, Contracts.
Event Planning, Coordinating Décor, Group Transportation, Catering, and Memorabilia.
Public Speaking, and Lecturer/Educator.
Special Effects Makeup, Face Casting and Prosthetics, Makeup Artist Wig & Hair Stylist, Face Painting.
Sewing, Alterations, Patterning, Beading, Novelty headpieces, Custom Bridal Veils and Dresses.
Set Décor, Murals, Faux Painting, Prop Building.
Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word, Quicken, Painter, CAD (patterning) and Internet.

AWARDS

Best Costume Design Carbonell Awards* 1994 & 1995
Best Costume Design Carbonell Nominations** 1993 & 1996

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

United Scenic Artists Local 829 (Invitation for membership, did not join.)
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 112

EDUCATION

Florida Atlantic University MFA credits 2001
Greater Miami Opera Costume Apprentice 1991
Oklahoma City University MA credits 1990 - 1991
Oklahoma State University Bachelor of Science 1987