SERA BOURGEAU

COSTUME DESIGNER

(609)-408-9731

sera.bourgeau@gmail.com

COSTUME DESIGN

Venue:

Woyzeck
Turn of the Screw
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Nickel Mines*
The Happy Journey
The Informer
Still Life With Iris
Tellin' Tales
Memory of Water
Daddy's Dyin', Who's Got
the Will?

University of California, Irvine

Theater at Monmouth
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Irvine
UCI MFA Student Directing Project
UCI MFA Student Directing Project
Long Wharf Theatre
Little Red Wagon Tour
University of New Hampshire
HCAF: The Point Theatre

www.serabourgeau.com
Director:

Date:

Andrew Borba
James Noel Hoban
Jane Page
Andrew Palermo
Travis Kendrick
Sarah Butts
Elizabeth Nearing
Raina Ames
Deborah Kinghorn
Bob Straus

March. 2016
June. 2015
Dec. 2014
May. 2014
Dec. 2013
Dec. 2013
April. 2013
June. 2012
Jan. 2012
Aug. 2011

ASSISTANT COSTUME DESIGN

Designer/Director:
Evita (in progress)
University*of*California,*Irvine
Jessica Van Kempen/Travis Kendrick
May.*2016
Alice Chan*
La Jolla Playhouse Kids Pop Tour
Lex Liang/B.D. Wong
Jan. 2016
The Winter's Tale
Theater at Monmouth
Angelina Herin/Dawn McAndrews
July. 2015
These Shining Lives
University of California, Irvine
Josephine Siu/Sarah Butts
Nov. 2015
Sweet Smell of Success
University of California, Irvine
Josephine Siu/Myrona Delaney
May. 2015
Angels in America: Part I
University of California, Irvine
Leanna Moore/Gavin Cameron-Webb
Jan. 2014
The Nutcracker
New Haven Ballet
Valerie Messick Webster/Jared Redick
Dec. 2012
On-Site Costume Assistant to Holly Poe Durbin: Shakespeare Center Los Angeles, Annual "Simply Shakespeare " Benefit
Two Gentlemen of Verona feat. Sir Paul McCartney
Dir.*Ben*Donenberg/Producers*Tom*Hanks*&*Rita*Wilson
Oct. 2013
As You Like It feat. Paul Simon
Dir.*Ben*Donenberg/Producers*Tom*Hanks*&*Rita*Wilson
Oct. 2014
Twelfth Night feat. Bette Midler
Dir.*Ben*Donenberg/Producers*Tom*Hanks*&*Rita*Wilson
Dec. 2015

*World*Premiere
WARDROBE
Theatre at Monmouth
The Cape Playhouse
New Haven Ballet
Long Wharf Theatre
The Point Theatre

Wardrobe Supervisor
Wardrobe Supervisor
Wardrobe Mistress
Apprentice Dresser
Intern Dresser

2 full seasons, five shows in rep. per season

Full season, six shows.
The Nutcracker (300+ dancers)
Wardrobe Supervisor: Jennifer Tracy
Wardrobe Supervisor: Johna Sewell

Summers 2014-15

Summer 2012
Dec. 2012
Spring 2013
Summer 2011

APPRENTICESHIPS & INTERNSHIPS

Univ. of California, Irvine
Long Wharf Theatre
The Point Theatre
Univ. of New Hampshire

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Costume Resident
Costume Intern
Course Teaching Assistant

Graduate Advisor: Holly Poe Durbin

Supervisor: Valerie Messick Webster
Supervisor: Bobby Dale Sands
Intro. To Costume Construction.
Intro. To Stage Make Up.

2013-Present
2012-2013
Summer 2011
Fall 2011, Spring 2012.

EDUCATION
University of California, Irvine - M.F.A. Costume Design (in progress), expected graduation June 2016.
University of New Hampshire - B.A. Theatre: Design & Technology, Cum Laude, May 2012.

SPECIAL SKILLS
Basic knitting, millinery, mask making, stitching, draping, rendering (felt pen, Photoshop, watercolor, gouache). Stage Make-Up.
Hair/Wig Styling. Quick changes, laundry. MAC/PC Proficient. Spanish language (6 yr), USA Passport, California Driver's License.
USITT Member. Costume Society of America member. Certified bartender.

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

Spring 2012