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	Claire Townsend ClaireTownsend@hotmail.com, t. (562) 495 8940 / c. (925) 683 9774 700 E Fifth St #9, Long Beach, CA 90802. English and American Citizen. www.ClaireTownsendDesigns.com Theatre Upland Theatre Company, Resident Costume Designer, 2009- Present Designs so far include Olkahoma, Dickens Christmas and Play On! Deathtrap, Little Fish Theatre, San Pedro, Costume Designer, 2009, Dir. Richard Perloff Julius Ceasar, Marin Shakepeare Company, San Rafael, Costume Designer, 2009, Dir. Robert Currier My Dear, It was Just a Dream, The Actors Playpen, Los Angeles, Director and Designer, 2008 My Dear, It was Just a Dream, The Cochrane Theatre London, Director and Designer, 2008 Hotel Thirteen, Bios Athens, Co-Deviser and Designer, Costumes, 2008 And then they disappeared into complete silence, Central St Martins, Costume Co-designer with Angie Ziemann and Helena Nordberg, 2008, Dir Pete Brooks and Guy Gutman Julius Caesar, New Village Arts Theatre, Costume Designer, 2007, Dir. Chris Williams As You Like It, Mira Costa College, Costume Designer, 2006, Dir. Tracy Williams Fuente Ovejuna, Mira Costa College, Costume Designer, 2005, Dir. Eric Bishop Region 8 Finalist, ACTF Awards. Bullshot Crummond, PCPA Theatrefest, Costume Designer, 2004, Dir. Jay Louden “Special kudos to costume designer Claire Townsend,” Backstage West, 7/15/04 Theatre Assisting Stormy Weather, Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, Shopper, 2009, Dir. Michael Bush Noises Off, South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, Costume Assistant, 2009, Dir. Art Manke The Black Rider, Center Theatre Group LA, Costume Supervisors Assistant, 2006, Dir. Robert Wilson Light Up the Sky, PCPA Theatrefest, Costume Assistant, 2004, Dir. Roger DeLaurier Opera Assisting Porgy and Bess, Tannhouser, Hansel and Gretel, Don Carlo, Los Angeles Opera, Costume Design Assistant, 2006-7 Season The Ring Cycle, Long Beach Opera, Costume Supervisor, 2006, Dir. Johnathon Eaton La Traviata, Le Nozze Di Figaro, Pagliacci/Carmina Burana, Cosi Fan Tutte, Opera Pacific, Costume Design Assistant, 2003-4, 2004-5 Seasons Dance Tribute to Rudy Perez, Luckman Fine Art Complex, Costumes for Sarah Swenson’s Company, 2009 “Gleefully Retro” Dance Magazine, June 09 Auriga, by VOX Dance Theatre, Brand Library Glendale, Costume Designer, 2009 Audacious, Keith Glassman Company, Costume Designer, 2005 Film Stereoscophic film, short, Costume Designer, 2008/9 Dir Melissa Bauwmann, USC Thesis Film Only in Dreams, short, Director and Designer, 2007, shown at LadyFest London June 2008 Skylab, short, Costume Designer, 2004, Dir. Mark Landsman, AFI Thesis Film Boxed, short, Costume Designer, 2004, Dir. Daniel Stamm, AFI Thesis Film One Night Only, Costume Designer, 2002, Dirs. Emma Hunt and Lucy Golding Film Assisting Dark World, Costume Assistant, 2005, Zia Mojabi Gene Generation,Wardrobe, 2005, Dir. Pearry Reginald Teo Television Titan Maximum, Shadow Animation, Costume Intern- Patterning and Sticthing for Stop Animation, 2009 The Hidden City, Costume Trainee to Ann Sinclair, 2002 Drama Series for the Hallmark Channel Music Video Il Remedio, by Ivano Fossati, Stylist, 2008, Dir. Valeria Coizza and Georgia Polizzi Installation On Looking at Street lamps, Co- Devisor and Designer with Sabine Allemande, Central St Martins London, 2007 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, Corel Photopaint, Filemaker PRO, Stitching and Craft Work, Fluent French, Clean Driving License. Have fully equipped costume studio. References? Pete Brooks, Theatre Director, Head of MA Scenography, Central St Martins, London brookspete@hotmail.com +44 (0)2075147067 Jenny Green, Costume Director, Los Angeles Opera JGreen@laopera.com (213) 225-8104 Eric Bishop, Theatre Director and Theatre Head of Mira Costa College ebishop@miracosta.edu (760) 757-2121, x6449