Theatre design and Public Speaking

Resident Theatre Costume Designer

Overton Monroe is anexquisitely detailed, vintage inspired linefocused on classic undergarments for today’schic lady We are re-introducing thesefoundation garments and emphasizing theirimportance by offering fresh designs,updated fit, and sharper silhouettes. Ourembellished designs are meant to beexposed in a peek-a-boo style with theintention to be worn as a visible and texturallayering piece. We welcome you to browseour collection

Manage foreign and domestic production of all garments to meet on time deliveries while maintaining a high quality product.

Allocations of all styles to factories Creating all POs for foreign and domestic factoriesTracking and maintaining all units sold from salesEntering information into Blue Cherry

Responsible for assisting in creating and maintaining Excel flow Chart-WIPAttended weekly design flows and various staff meetingsCorrespondence with foreign and domestic garment factories to ensure deliveries of ProductMaintained and organized season filing systemAssisted in Preliminary trim cost for production garmentsShipped and received products for overseas productionCreating and maintaining Purchase orders for garment factories—foreign and domesticChecked all Bill of Materials in technical package before releasing to garment factoryChecked all measurement specs before releasing the product for shipping

Provided Administrative supportMail distributionMaintained Calendars, scheduled conference calls and all meetingsCreated and maintained a filing systemInterpretive sketch sessions with Designers for technical specs and patterningDaily workflow meetings with staff of 12Attended and maintained record of all fittingsMaintained studio budget while being the liaison for many of our vendorsAttended and recorded notes during dress rehearsals

Courses taught—Introduction to Theatre, Costume Design, Costume Construction, Makeup Design, and Oral InterpretationCommittees – Library—Media and book Selection. Artist in Bloom Festival—Sought out community artist to display and or perform their art. Tallahassee Cultural Resource Center—University arts representative for Grants review and Approval.Costume Studio Manager—Responsible for all aspects of Costume Construction—budgets and staffing.Resident Costume Designer—My Emperor’s New Clothes, Jitney, Pretty Fire, Tartuffe, Top Dog Under Dog, Extremities, Antigone, Zoo man and the Sign, Dreamgirls, For Colored Girls who have Considered Suicide when the Rainbow is not Enuf, and The FAMU connection—the universities recruitment machine.Scenic Designer—Jitney, Top Dog Under Dog, and AntigoneDirecting—Witnessing South Africa— An original piece I conceived to enhance a South African Art Exhibit, focusing on youth narratives 10 years after Apartheid. Buried Child, and My Emperor’s new clothes.