Resume | clairetownsend

English and American Citizen
Member of Local 764
IMDB : http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2820531/

References upon request

2020-21 was a strange year in which theatre shut down completely in NYC. Projects completely at that time were intimate & remote, in comparison to large scale operas I'm using to designing, and I took a year to focus on mounting an art exhibition and performance in collaboration with the painter Renee Berthelette. Our work together can be viewed here.

Opera

Frisson Films, Nightingale Songs, New York, 2020

Visual Artist and Costume Support for short experimental operatic film.

Dell'Arte Opera, La Mama Summer Shares, New York, 2017-2019

Costume Designer for Princess Maliene, La Calisto, La Cifra, Dir. Brittany Goodwin,

Costume Designer for La Liberazione de Ruggiero, Dir. Sarah Young

Costume Designer for Don Giovanni, Dir. Owen Horsely

Costume Designer for The Little Vixen, Dir. Ashraf Sewaillian

Amore Opera, New York, 2019

Costume Designer for Dinorah, Dir. Nathan Hull

Chelsea Opera, New York, 2018

Costume Designer for Afterlife and Josephine, Dir. Dean Anthony

West Bay Opera, San Francisco 2010-2016
Costume Designer for Lucia Di Lammermoor, La Forza Del Destino, Dir. David Ostwald,

Costume Designer for Madame Butterfly, Dir. Eugene Brancoveneanu

Opera Ebony, New York, 2013
Costume Designer/Co-ordinator for Cosi Fan Tutte, Dir. Hope Clarke

Overtone Industries, Los Angeles 2012
Costume Designer for The Woman in the Wall- a devised opera performed at the Culver City Masonic Lodge. Dir. O-lan Jones

Los Angeles Opera, Los Angeles 2006-7 Season
Costume Design Assistant, Porgy and Bess, Dir.Francesca Zambello, Designer Paul Tazewell
Costume Design Assistant, Tannhouser, Dir. Ian Judge, Designer Gottfried Pilz
Costume Design Assistant, Hansel and Gretel, Dir. and Designer Douglas Fitch
Costume Design Assistant, Don Carlo, Dir. Ian Judge, Designer Tim Goodchild

Long Beach Opera, Long Beach, 2006
Costume Supervisor, The Ring Cycle, Dir. Johnathon Eaton, Designer Danila Korodogsky

Theatre

Letter of Marque Letter Co, New York, 2016-20

Co-creator & Costume Designer, Cup of Knowledge, Web-based Immersive Theatre, Dir. Bea Goodwin, Composed by Whitney George

Costume Designer, The Mis-education of America, Zoom play reading by Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj, Dir Scarlet Maressa Riviera

Costume Designer, Isle full of Noises, Zoom play, Dir. Scarlet Maressa Riviera

Costume Designer, Pinocchio Workshop, Dir. Andrew Borthwick Leslie
Costume Designer, Double Falsehood, Dir. Andrew Borthwick Leslie

AADA, New York, 2018

Costume Designer, The Richard Project, Dir. Owen Horsely

The Humanist Project, New York, 2017

Costume Designer, Macbeth, Dir. Andrew Borthwick Leslie

Stella Adler School of Acting, New York, 2015- Present

Costume Designer, The Crucible, Dir. Mike Grenham

Costume Designer, Women without Men, Dir. Suzi Takahashi
Costume Designer, God of Vengeance, Dir. Kern McFadden

Costume Designer, All's Well that Ends Well, Dir. Owen Horsely

Costume Designer, Age of Bees, Dir. David Hilder

Cypress Community College, Cypress 2010-2013
Costume designer, shopper and builder- in charge of a lab class for Costumes instructing students to sew and craft for productions for Romeo and Juliet, The Wedding Singer, Tartuffe, Sound of Music. Dirs. Mark Majarian, Jim Hormel, Kevin Slay

The Little Fish Theatre, San Pedro 2009-2013
Costume Designer, Death Trap, Southern Exposure, Loot, Lovelist, Marriage is Murder, Bach at Leipzig
Costume Designer for "Shakespeare by the Sea", All's Well, 2013, Dir. Patrick Vest
Costume Designer for "Shakespeare by the Sea", Two Gentlemen of Verona, 2012, Dir. Margaret Schught

The Theatre Company, Upland 2009-10
Costume Designer, South Pacific, Oklahoma, Tartuffe, As You Like It, Dickens Christmas, Play On!
Pulling and creating rental packages for a costume house that shipped all over the US

The Cochrane Theatre, London 2008
Director and Designer, My Dear, It was Just a Dream

Bios, Athens, 2008
Co-Deviser and Costume Designer, Hotel Thirteen

Mira Costa College, 2005-6
Costume Designer, As You Like It, Fuente Ovejuna (Region 8 Finalist, ACTF Awards). Dir Tracey Hill, Dir. Eric Bishop

PCPA Theatrefest, 2004
Costume Designer for Bullshot Crummond. “Special kudos to costume designer Claire Townsend,” Backstage West, 7/15/04. Dir Jay Louden

Dance

Auriga, Vox Dance Company, Costume Designer, 2008

Film

All About Evil, Costume Intern, 2010, Dir. Joshua Granell,

Skylab, short, Costume Designer, 2004, Dir. Mark Landsman, AFI Thesis Film

Boxed, short, Costume Designer, 2004, Dir. Daniel Stamm, AFI Thesis Film

Dark World, Costume Assistant, 2005, Dir. Zia Mojabi

Gene Generation, Wardrobe, 2005, Dir. Pearry Reginald Teo

One Night Only, Costume Designer, 2002, Dirs. Emma Hunt and Lucy Golding

Music Video

Don't Should on Me, By Elly Kace, Collage Artist, 2023 Dir. Bea Goodwin

Il Remedio, by Ivano Fossati, Stylist, 2008, Dir. Valeria Coizza and Georgia Polizzi

A Cappella, A chapbook of illustrated opera lyrics and poetry by Bea Goodwin, available here

Education

MA Performance Design, Central St. Martins, London, 2008
BA(Hons) Costume Design, Wimbledon School of Art, 2002
BTEC, Fashion Foundation, London College of Fashion, 1999

Skills

Excellent Organization and Communication Skills, MS Word, Excel, Adobe Suite, Filemaker PRO, Stitching and Craft Work, Drivers License, Have fully equipped costume studio.