Nice Work If You Can Get It – “Chief Berry” Moustache Design

Directed by Anne McAlexander
Costumes designed by Genevieve B Beller
Hair/Makeup designed by Sara Opstad
June 24 – August 13, 2016
Summer Repertory Theatre, Santa Rosa, California

What a summer! I did a three month stint as an hair/wig/makeup tech intern working on 5 shows in full rotating rep at Summer Repertory Theatre (now defunct) in 2016, and learned from the Hair/Makeup designer, Sara Opstad everything there is to know about making/styling/applying wigs… AND FACIAL HAIR. This moustache was my very first ventilating project, and it turned out so good that our Chief Berry (Trevor Carr) wore it in the first show of the season.

Dorian Taylor is a multidisciplinary artist based in Chicago, Illinois, who uses devised/physical theatre, puppetry, spoken word, visual media, music, spatial soundscapes, and stagecraft to create original performance work.

Dorian is inspired by nature and our curious relationship with it: we are part of nature, yet we separate ourselves from it. Her work investigates connections between people and the natural world through lyrical interpretations of science. In a world where cutting-edge technologies and outdated myths divide us from nature, Dorian seeks to reunify us with it.

Dorian’s artistic influences include Jacques Lecoq (physical theatre), Thomas Prattki (devised theatre, embodied dramaturgy), Mummenschanz (physical theatre/mask), Complicité/THE ENCOUNTER (spatial audio), Jim Henson (edutainment, puppetry), Carolena Nericcio (improvisational choreography), and Davina Porter (voice acting).

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