SARAH HAVENS
Louisville, KY
RESUME
COSTUMER
Louisville Ballet, Louisville, KY
2013
► stitched and worked wardrobe for Breaking Ground
The Big Nazo, Providence, RI
2008 – Present
► costumes for various creature puppetry productions
RI Moving CO, Newport, RI
2008
► responsible for stitching ten dance costumes
Glimmerglass Opera, Cooperstown, NY 2005, 2006
► supervised a team of 5 artisans to build accessories for four operas
► worked with costume designers in fittings and rehearsals
Stonehill College, Easten, MA
2007 - 2008
► responsible for draping costumes for spring & fall production
► supervised students & professional stitchers
DESIGNER
St. George’s School, Newport, RI
2008 – 2009
► Costume Designer for dance concert and production of Grease
► supervised students in the costume production and dress rehearsals
Cincinnati Children’s Opera, Cincinnati, OH
2007
► designed and constructed twenty costumes for Alice in Operala
Xavier University Cincinnati, OH 2004
► designed and constructed fourteen masks and three puppets for The Stag King, supervised five
people in the construction process
MILLINER & CRAFTS ARTISAN
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park (2004 Regional Theatre Tony Award Recipient) Cincinnati, OH 2004
► solely responsible for the creation of all costume crafts and dyeing
►experience working with a variety of costume designers on 80 + shows
►mask-making teaching artist for the Playhouse’s Adopt-a-School program
Cincinnati Ballet, Cincinnati, OH
2011
► responsible for building 45 hats for the production of The Nutcracker
►worked with Carrie Robbins
Dayton Ballet, Dayton, OH
2003
► designed and constructed rat heads for The Nutcracker
► supervised others in the production process and stuck to projected budget
Louisville Ballet, Louisville, KY
2009
► built 30 hats for The Nutcracker
Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Irvington, NJ
2008
► built 6 leather hats for King Lear
► built 3 hats for Amadeus
St Louis Opera, St. Louis, IL
2004-2006
► worked with a crew to build hats and accessories for 4 operas
Metropolitan Opera, New York, NY
2006
► built 28 1780’s Spanish style hats; nine in leather and 19 in felt for The Barber of Seville
► hired by Tony-Award winning costume designer, Catherine Zuber
Glimmerglass Opera, Cooperstown, NY 2005
► worked with a team of four to build 4 operas during a summer season
St. Louis Opera, St. Louis, MO
1999-2000
► worked with a millinery team building four operas
Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe, NM 1998
►apprenticed with Titanic Milliner, Sharon King
TEACHING
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park (2004 Regional Theatre Tony Award Recipient, Cincinnati, OH 2006
► taught mask-making for the Playhouse’s Adopt-a-School program
Artworks, Cincinnati,OH
2003
► worked with a team of four artists in an apprentice program
► taught and supervised 20 teenagers to customize a line of a silkscreened T-shirts and bags
Wheatley Elementary Louisville, KY
1999
► designed and taught parents, teachers and students how to construct life-size puppets for a
children’s holiday parade (won 1st place award)
EDUCATION
COSTUME DESIGN
1996 – 1997
University of Tennessee
B.A. THEATRE ARTS, MINOR IN FASHION 1990 – 1995
Knoxville, TN
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY