The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
Mason Players 2018
Director: Edward Gero
Set Designer: Luciana Stecconi
Lighting Designer: Maggie Riegel
Costume Designer: Amanda Jarvis
Photography: Ed Parker
Iolanthe
Mason Opera 2017
Artistic & Stage Director: John Aler
Music Director/Conductor: Joseph Walsh
Costume Designer: Laurel Dunayer
Assistant Costume Designer: Amanda Jarvis
Assistant costume designer and wearable electronics consultant for Mason Opera's production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Iolanthe at George Mason University. Integrated wearable electronics including LEDs and LilyTwinkle microcontrollers into over 16 costume pieces.
Gogol's Nose
and Other Strange Tales from the City
Mason Players 2017
Director: Kristin Johnsen-Neshati and David Gaines
Costume and Set Designer: Vladimir Shpitalnik
Assistant Costume Designer: Amanda Jarvis and Joseph Mitchell
Assistant costume designer working with visiting designer, Vladamir Shpitalnik. Duties as assistant costume designer included:
Assisting costume designer with pulling costumes from stock according to his vision, renderings, and color palette.
Assisting costume designer and costume shop supervisor with thrift store shopping for costume pieces.
Attending actor fittings with the costume designer and with the costume shop supervisor.
Creating gold "medals" for the costumes based on inspiration images and renderings from the costume designer. Chose to use recycled bottles, bottle caps, and thrift store jewelry. Magnets were used to make them removable for different characters.
Creating "Kammerjunker" coat based on inspiration images from the designer.
Creating sets of removable cuffs and collars. Red with assorted gold trim.
Linen Dress
2016
Early Italian Renaissance style dress based on a portrait by Davide Ghirlandaio ca. 1488. The gamurra was recreated in linen rather than silk. The linen gamurra, linen camicia, and silk organza partlet was constructed entirely by hand with historical sewing techniques without the use of a sewing machine. The look was completed by making a coral and pearl necklace, similar to the one in the portrait.
