Costumes and makeup
White Raven, Black Dove
This 2025 post-apocalyptic opera from production company White Snake Projects required over a dozen performers in variations of elaborate full-face blue makeup, to illustrate the “second skin” which they employ to withstand the deadly rays of the sun.
Looks were finalized over the course of tech week between wardrobe manager & HMU head Ellie DeLucia and myself, culminating in a process that took all performers from streetwear to cyan in under an hour and a half - - just in time to slip backstage for three straight hours of quickchanges, wig swaps, and even a full-face makeup change wherein one performer had to go from red to blue between acts!
photo credit - Kathy Wittman, © Ball Square Films
akasha
“she is the queen of the damned, and the damned can’t live without her.”
- anne rice, queen of the damned
This replica of Aaliyah’s costume in the 2003 film Queen of the Damned was a commission from a friend. The entire costume was assembled from resin casts of hand-sculpted polymer clay decor, faux polymer clay abalone, wire, polysatin, and foam. The full work took three weeks to assemble.
model credit - Natasha Thompson
photo credit - Megan Marshall
unreleased project:
“who the hell is benny o’hara?”
Unedited stills from the 2024 shoot of upcoming multi-era historical short film “Who the Hell is Benny O’Hara?”
All costumes are hand-restored real vintage aside from specific replica pieces.
Release date TBA.
l’incoronazione di poppea
Makeup looks for the New England Conservatory’s Spring 2025 production of Monteverdi’s opera, executed by me, designed by Rachel Padula-Shufelt.
misc. commissions
A replica of the famous Madame X dress as pictured in John Singer Sargeant’s portrait of an anonymous sitter, and a hand-appliqued skirt.
the rocky horror show
Middlesex Community College’s 2022 production was my second experience costuming and makeup directing a full show, featuring dozens of bespoke costume pieces, a full slate of makeup looks each performance, and time to get myself into costume to meet my cues as dance captain.
I also painted the set and props for this production, including this trompe l’oeil car!
To see more of my painting work, visit my illustration gallery:
the new albion radio hour
In 2024, I costumed a student-directed collegiate debut of an original “deiselpunk” musical: a fusion of prohibition aesthetics and retro-industrial themes. A fun opportunity to work with some new actors and artists on a costume plot where every bespoke item — including WW1 cyborg supersoldier John O’Brien — was made of 100% recycled material.
“foreclosure”
boston 48 hour film project - 2023
This film was written, designed, shot, and edited in 48 hours, based on the prompts “medical”, “thriller”, and including the required prop (a pizza box), character (a tattoo artist named alexander green), and the line of dialogue “she’ll never know”.
This was my first opportunity to act as costume and makeup director for a film project. It was incredibly fun to work with so little overhead, and to scrounge together SFX makeup with no notice or budget.
a midsummer night’s dream
My very first experience as costume director for a full-length, in-person show, I was the exclusive designer and fabricator for Middlesex Community College’s 2021 production of Shakespeare’s romantic classic.
“a rustle of wings”
My directorial debut in Middlesex’s short play festival in 2019, as well an early costuming venture — Linda Eisenstein’s 10 minute play about a woman’s mysterious encounter with an angel at a bar.
she kills monsters: virtual realms
Another early costuming venture; adventurers in Middlesex’s 2020 socially distanced and live greenscreen production of Qui Nguyen’s beloved Dungeons and Dragons play.
