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DIRECTOR

    Mixed Nuts - Davis Players

    Eve of Disenchantment - Davis Players

    Godspell - Davis Players

    Footlight Follies - Palladium Productions

    Varieties - Palladium Productions

    Off the Wall - Palladium Productions

    Moon Over Buffalo - North Riverside Theater

BUSINESS MANAGER

• The Halsted Theatre Center-Owned & operated by Michael Frasier

        The Heidi Chronicles
       
        On the Avenue with Lillianne Montevecchi
        directed by Tommy Tune
 
        A Evening with Quentin Crisp starring
        Quentin Crisp
       
        A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline

        Christmas with Elvis

COMPANY MANAGER

    Panache - Palladium Productions

    Vampire Lesbians of Sodom - Edge Productions

    A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline - Frasier Productions

    Christmas with Elvis - Hartzell Productions

COSTUME RESUME 

    Somethings Afoot - Drury Lane Theater 

    Noises Off - Theater Building

    Vampire Lesbians Of Sodom - Royal George Theater

    Cave Life - Griffin Theater

    The Man In The Glass Booth - The Next Theatre Co

    Vampire Lesbians Of Sodom - Theater Building

    On The Waterfront - American Blues Theater

    A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline - Grandel Square
    St.Louis

    Tap Dance Kid - Pegasus Players

    The Women - Palladium Productions

    Tintypes - The Set Gourmet Theater

    Christmas With Elvis - Halsted Theater Center

    Anyone Can Whistle - Pegasus Players

    The Great White Hope - Pegasus Players

    Annie - Circle Theater

    Yentle - Circle Theater

    Ghouls - Circle Theater

    Chicago - Circle Theater

    She Loves Me - Orchard Theater

    Rigaletto - Circle Theater

    Follies - Trition College

   The Little Foxes - Village Players

    Any Bonds Today? - Village Players & tour

    Metropolis - Morton College

    Long Day's Journey Into Night - Inn Town Theater

    Mr. Showbiz-Liberace Musical - Center for
    Performing Arts

    Me And My Gal - Morton College

    Mysteries & Pain - Blind Parrot Theatre

    Guys And Dolls - Village Players

    The Miracle Worker - Circle Theater

    Murder At Malibu - Village Players

    Haunted Radio Hour - Daninamite Studios

    Thicker Than Water - Palladium Productions

    Colored Lights - Palladium Productions

FILM DESIGN

• Dance With Me (Music video) - KB Elements
  

• Darkheart - Darkheart Productions
  

• Below The Ice - Bruce Terris Productions
  

• Somewhere In Time - Greg Loomis Productions
  

• The Little Ones - Ebon Productions
  

RELATED DESIGN & BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

• I. MAGNIN - Bridal & Formal designer

• PLAYBOY MAGAZINE - Advertising Costume Design

• A. ROBBIN & CO. - Head buyer and importer - Formal fabrics

• HALSTED THEATRE CENTRE - Producer/Business Manager

• PALLADIUM PRODUCTIONS - Producer/Artistic Director
  

• HARTZELL PRODUCTIONS - Producer/Company Manager

AWARDS AND HONORS

    THE WOMEN
    "Best Costumed Show of the
    Year"
    -Best of the year list, The Windy City Times

    ANYONE CAN WHISTLE
    Joseph Jefferson
    Recommendation Ollie Award for Best
    Costumes

    VAMPIRE LESBIANS OF SODOM
    Joseph Jefferson Recommendation
    Ollie Award for Best Costumes
    After Dark Award for Best Costumes
    Best Costumed Show of the Year, named by Windy
    City Times & Gay Chicago Magazine

    CABLE ACE AWARDS Judge for the Costume
    Design category 1996-1997 season.

CRITICALLY SPEAKING…

ANYONE CAN WHITSLE-Pegasus Players
"Costumes add a hip futuristic flavor"
Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times

GREAT WHITE HOPE-Pegasus Players
"One of the best Designers in Chicago’s off-Loop scene"
Rick Karlin-Gay Chicago

VAMPIRE LESBIANS OF SODOM-Royal George Theater
"Fabulous period costumes, created with a tongue in chic eye for hilarity, truly breathtaking"
Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times

THE WOMEN-Palladium Productions
"Incredible designed wardrobe, a dazzling procession of 1947 evening wear, that not only includes a fashion show but becomes one two and a half hour tour-de-force"
Lawrence Bommer, Windy City Times

RIGOLETTO-Circle Theater
"Words escape me in trying to describe his expertise in the art of costuming. The costumes alone are worth their own show"
Jackie Schulz, The Oak Leaves

THE LITTLE FOXES-The Village Players
"John Nasca’s vivacious gowns are truly stunning"
Doug Deuchler, The Oak Park Journal