The University of Oklahoma. Costume shop Manager/Adjunct Lecturer. 2012-2013
Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts Mission Statement
The Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts, as part of the University of Oklahoma, recognizes the universal language of the Arts and the integral role of the Arts in the improvement of the human condition in a culturally diverse environment.
The Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts provides excellence in arts education, scholarship, and creative activities, and the nurture of its students by maintaining a university environment in which the highest professional standards are exemplified through its faculty.
The College promotes the Arts through statewide community-based outreach programs. As the Center for the Arts in the State of Oklahoma, the Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts is dedicated to bringing recognition to the state within the national community.
Helmerich School of Drama
http://www.ou.edu/finearts/drama/
The mission of the University of Oklahoma Helmerich School of Drama is to educate theatre artists, scholars and teachers, preparing them to enter their professions with a knowledge of evolving industry standards; to perpetuate theatre art by encouraging and nurturing the development of new artistic endeavors; and to provide a variety of theatrical productions and programs of excellence to Oklahoma audiences.
Students from the Helmerich School of Drama have received significant recognition through exceptional accomplishments with the Kennedy Center’s American College Theatre Festival in Washington, DC, having garnered record setting numbers of regional and national accolades. In an unprecedented win, both actors and design students received commendations in various competitions against colleges and universities across the country. The School of Drama is the second oldest established school in the nation behind Yale University.
The Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts, as part of the University of Oklahoma, recognizes the universal language of the Arts and the integral role of the Arts in the improvement of the human condition in a culturally diverse environment.
The Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts provides excellence in arts education, scholarship, and creative activities, and the nurture of its students by maintaining a university environment in which the highest professional standards are exemplified through its faculty.
The College promotes the Arts through statewide community-based outreach programs. As the Center for the Arts in the State of Oklahoma, the Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts is dedicated to bringing recognition to the state within the national community.
Helmerich School of Drama
http://www.ou.edu/finearts/drama/
The mission of the University of Oklahoma Helmerich School of Drama is to educate theatre artists, scholars and teachers, preparing them to enter their professions with a knowledge of evolving industry standards; to perpetuate theatre art by encouraging and nurturing the development of new artistic endeavors; and to provide a variety of theatrical productions and programs of excellence to Oklahoma audiences.
Students from the Helmerich School of Drama have received significant recognition through exceptional accomplishments with the Kennedy Center’s American College Theatre Festival in Washington, DC, having garnered record setting numbers of regional and national accolades. In an unprecedented win, both actors and design students received commendations in various competitions against colleges and universities across the country. The School of Drama is the second oldest established school in the nation behind Yale University.
University of Montana. Graduate Teaching Assistant/Costume shop staff/ Lecturer. 2009 - 2012
URL http://www.umt.edu/theatredance
The Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in Design/Technology is a three-year program that combines intensive professional training and production experience. Students choose to specialize primarily in scenery, costuming, or lighting and also select a secondary area of study. Each program is under the direct guidance of a full-time faculty member with the support of a professional staff, allowing close individual guidance for each student. Students are expected to design or make significant technical contributions to two or three productions a year, in addition to working to support all seven to twelve School shows. Opportunities also exist for the graduate students to design for the Montana Repertory Theatre.
The curriculum is designed to develop each student’s technical skills and artistic abilities to the fullest. Course sequences are offered in all design areas and supported by advanced classes and independent study in the student’s area of concentration. Students are expected to complete coursework in at least two areas of theatrical production. Graduate students are encouraged to teach undergraduate students as a part of their academic training.
Each MFA candidate in scenic or costume design/technology must complete a two-part Final Creative Project in the student’s area of emphasis. For designers, the FCP consists of the design and realization of a mainstage production, and the design for a non-realized major dramatic work. For technicians, the FCP consists of major technical responsibilities for two mainstage productions. Each MFA candidate in lighting design must complete the design of two major mainstage productions during his/her final year of study. All MFA candidates are required to write a culminating paper describing the designer’s process, script analysis, and production outcome for each of the two shows.
In addition, the program develops students as teachers and utilizes teaching and the development of teaching pedagogy to further develop the student’s understanding of his/her own craft and theory. Teaching assistantships are available to qualified applicants who have been admitted to the graduate program. These are awarded annually on a competitive basis and are renewable depending on the candidate's progress and job performance and the instruction needs of the program. All applicants are considered for these awards. Students need not apply under separate cover. Teaching assistants are required to register for nine credits each semester
http://www.umt.edu/umarts/theatredance/DesignTech/Academics/MFA.php
The Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in Design/Technology is a three-year program that combines intensive professional training and production experience. Students choose to specialize primarily in scenery, costuming, or lighting and also select a secondary area of study. Each program is under the direct guidance of a full-time faculty member with the support of a professional staff, allowing close individual guidance for each student. Students are expected to design or make significant technical contributions to two or three productions a year, in addition to working to support all seven to twelve School shows. Opportunities also exist for the graduate students to design for the Montana Repertory Theatre.
The curriculum is designed to develop each student’s technical skills and artistic abilities to the fullest. Course sequences are offered in all design areas and supported by advanced classes and independent study in the student’s area of concentration. Students are expected to complete coursework in at least two areas of theatrical production. Graduate students are encouraged to teach undergraduate students as a part of their academic training.
Each MFA candidate in scenic or costume design/technology must complete a two-part Final Creative Project in the student’s area of emphasis. For designers, the FCP consists of the design and realization of a mainstage production, and the design for a non-realized major dramatic work. For technicians, the FCP consists of major technical responsibilities for two mainstage productions. Each MFA candidate in lighting design must complete the design of two major mainstage productions during his/her final year of study. All MFA candidates are required to write a culminating paper describing the designer’s process, script analysis, and production outcome for each of the two shows.
In addition, the program develops students as teachers and utilizes teaching and the development of teaching pedagogy to further develop the student’s understanding of his/her own craft and theory. Teaching assistantships are available to qualified applicants who have been admitted to the graduate program. These are awarded annually on a competitive basis and are renewable depending on the candidate's progress and job performance and the instruction needs of the program. All applicants are considered for these awards. Students need not apply under separate cover. Teaching assistants are required to register for nine credits each semester
http://www.umt.edu/umarts/theatredance/DesignTech/Academics/MFA.php
Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Center. Head of Costume/Designer/Teacher. 1996 - 2007
Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Centre is a Co-ed Summer Performing Arts Camp for ages 10-18, located in Loch Sheldrake, NY (about 2 hours northwest of NYC in the heart of the Catskill Mountains). Our program is designed for youth interested in intensive exposure to the world of theatre, in a Summer Stock-style setting. Over the past 36 years, it has trained thousands of young actors, many of whom have gone on to success in film, television, and theatre. Both our students & staff are recruited from all over the world and tend to return to us for several seasons.
The camp consists of a variety of theatre spaces, holds three three-week long sessions that start in late June and end in late August. Approximately 280 campers, ranging in age from 10 to 18, attend each session. During a summer, we will produce 39 full-scale productions in our 8 on-site theatres (from black box to proscenium) in order to achieve our primary mission statement ‘A positive theatrical experience for every Stagedoor camper’!
http://stagedoormanor.com/pdf/Variety_April2014.pdf
konnie Kittrells interview in Variety, 2014
http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-theater/news/07-2013/a-summer-at-stagedoor-manor-might-just-be-the-logi_65656.html
Review on theatermanina.com, 2012
http://stagedoormanor.com/pdf/Movie_Maker.pdf
Movie maker review, 2005
The camp consists of a variety of theatre spaces, holds three three-week long sessions that start in late June and end in late August. Approximately 280 campers, ranging in age from 10 to 18, attend each session. During a summer, we will produce 39 full-scale productions in our 8 on-site theatres (from black box to proscenium) in order to achieve our primary mission statement ‘A positive theatrical experience for every Stagedoor camper’!
http://stagedoormanor.com/pdf/Variety_April2014.pdf
konnie Kittrells interview in Variety, 2014
http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-theater/news/07-2013/a-summer-at-stagedoor-manor-might-just-be-the-logi_65656.html
Review on theatermanina.com, 2012
http://stagedoormanor.com/pdf/Movie_Maker.pdf
Movie maker review, 2005
Birmingham Children's Theatre. Costume Shop Manager/Head cutter / Designer / Teacher. 2001 - 2006
http://www.bct123.org/about-us.html
Birmingham Children's Theatre exists to educate, entertain and enrich the lives of children through the magic of professional theatre.
One of the nation's oldest and largest professional theatre companies for young audiences, BCT produces high-quality, professional theatrical entertainment and curriculum-relevant arts education experiences for children and families. BCT is the second largest employer of professional theatre artists in Alabama, and is Alabama's only professional touring theatre company. As the resident professional theatre company of the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex (BJCC), BCT operates the 150-seat Dominick Studio Theatre, the intimate 250-seat Wee Folks Theatre for students ages 3-6 and the larger 950-seat Main stage Theatre for students ages 6-up.
In-house productions at the BJCC annually play to over 90,000 school students in grades K-12, while BCT on Tour reaches over 80,000 additional students each year in approximately 100 cities across Alabama and the Southeast. BCT’s Academy of Performing Arts Classes provide one-on-one instruction for students ages 3-18 in theatre training and fundamental childhood growth skills.
Established in 1947, BCT has touched the lives of over twelve million students throughout its six-decade history. BCT's ongoing New Voices Project has commissioned over 50 original scripts, stories, musicals and adaptations for young audiences since 1982 alone, and maintains a commitment to discovering new voices among playwrights, and the presentation and experimentation in dramatic literature for youth.
Birmingham Children's Theatre exists to educate, entertain and enrich the lives of children through the magic of professional theatre.
One of the nation's oldest and largest professional theatre companies for young audiences, BCT produces high-quality, professional theatrical entertainment and curriculum-relevant arts education experiences for children and families. BCT is the second largest employer of professional theatre artists in Alabama, and is Alabama's only professional touring theatre company. As the resident professional theatre company of the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex (BJCC), BCT operates the 150-seat Dominick Studio Theatre, the intimate 250-seat Wee Folks Theatre for students ages 3-6 and the larger 950-seat Main stage Theatre for students ages 6-up.
In-house productions at the BJCC annually play to over 90,000 school students in grades K-12, while BCT on Tour reaches over 80,000 additional students each year in approximately 100 cities across Alabama and the Southeast. BCT’s Academy of Performing Arts Classes provide one-on-one instruction for students ages 3-18 in theatre training and fundamental childhood growth skills.
Established in 1947, BCT has touched the lives of over twelve million students throughout its six-decade history. BCT's ongoing New Voices Project has commissioned over 50 original scripts, stories, musicals and adaptations for young audiences since 1982 alone, and maintains a commitment to discovering new voices among playwrights, and the presentation and experimentation in dramatic literature for youth.