I found the notes file for the session i attended at USITT hosted by USA 829, the costume designers' union, and realized i'd never posted it. Now that i'm off contract for the season at PlayMakers, i can catch up on a lot of posts i've had percolating. Yay ( Read more... )

First, the job posting--since i've been such the gloom-monger about theatres closing in the news, i'd feel remiss if i didn't help propogate this *excellent* job opportunity. No less than four former colleagues have forwarded it to me, and to be honest, if i weren't planning to operate with the Triangle as my "home base" for at minimum five more ( Read more... )

TheatreFace is a new networking site for professional, educational, and community theatre, sponsored by Stage Directions Magazine. It's got all the usual social networking features like a blog section, a profile page, a "friends list," etc., and the option to join and create communities and groups.

Stagecraft Exchange, launched by UNC graduate ( Read more... )

Today i want to talk about professional guilds and organizations which are of interest to costumers and crafts artisans ( Read more... )

There's a buzz right now in the theatre blogosphere about "greening theatre," as evidenced by its gaining mention in the theatre pages of the Guardian. It's an interesting topic, vastly multifaceted, and one i often ponder myself.

Childrens Theatre of Madison's production manager Mike Lawler writes a blog dedicated to the topic called ecoTheater. ( Read more... )

Again with the ongoing discussion in the last-lecture vein, today's topic is trade union membership in costuming careers.

One question that comes up over and over for costume professionals is, Should I join the union? As with everything, there is no across-the-board answer, but there's information to consider and weigh. It's been my experience ( Read more... )

This is another part of my ongoing series of posts in which i attempt to answer the Hard Questions: What do i wish my professors had told me when i got out of school? What advice would i go back and give myself, if i could, and what knowledge do i want to impart that i haven't already?All of these posts pertain to costume production work in a ( Read more... )

I said yesterday that the main subject i wanted to address next was apprenticeships versus sole-artisanships, so here we go with that. This is another part of my ongoing series of posts in which i attempt to answer the Hard Questions: What do i wish my professors had told me when i got out of school? What advice would i go back and give myself, if ( Read more... )

So earlier today i was blibbering about how our 3rd-years are graduating, how they're my first class of students who are going out into the job market having taken craftwork classes with me, and generally getting all overwrought with questions like, What do i wish my professors had told me when i got out of school? What advice would i go back and ( Read more... )

It's that time of year when i talk about portfolios ( Read more... )