resume, costume

S Y  D  N  E  Y    M A  R  E  S  C  A
Costume Designer
smaresca@rocketmail.com



D  E  S  I  G  N    W  O  R  K

Soho Rep.
Snatch by Peter Rose, directed by Linsay Firman, SOHO Rep., New York, NY.  January 2000

Noumenon Theater Company
A Floating Roof above Your Heads three new one-acts by Robert Keefe, directed by Ted Sluberski, Chelsea Playhouse, New York, NY. October 1999

Stacked Deck Theater Group
Kalen’s Cut by Bill Doyle, directed by Michael Alltop, Center Stage, New York, NY.  April 1999

Regret Films
Regret a short film written and directed by Casimir Nozkowski.  March 1999

Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
Machinal by Sophie Treadwell, directed by Kevin Confoy.  December 1997

Figures in a Dance directed by Deborah Casey and David Vining. (Assistant Designer)  April 1996

Beggars in the House of Plenty by John Patrick Shanley, directed by Will Frears.  December 1995

The Bald Soprano directed by James Shearwood.  February 1995


O  T  H  E  R    C  O  S  T  U  M  E    W  O  R  K

Fidget by Kenneth Goldsmith and Theo Bleckmann, Printed Matter, New York, NY
Designed and built 13 men’s suits from paper with text by Kenneth Goldsmith and built additional suits and costumes for and during performance of the text by Theo Bleckmann at the Whitney Museum of American Art at Phillip Morris, New York. May - June 1998

Love Songs by David Rousseve, New York, NY
Assistant to Costume Designer- Developed patterns from designs, cut and built costumes including several one size fits all period costumes for nationally touring dance piece.  July - August 1998

Sarah Lawrence College Costume Shop, Bronxville, NY
Shop Manager. September 1997 - May 1998
Shop Staff - worked on shows including Alice in Wonderland, Fires in the Mirror, Grand Hotel, Once on this Island, Sunday in the Park with George, and The Stronger. 1994 - 1997


E  D  U  C  A  T  I  O  N

Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, B.A., May 1998.
San Francisco School of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, Diploma, June 1994.

Coursework includes four years of costume design and production at Sarah Lawrence College and design and construction courses at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and Parsons School of Design in Paris.


S  P  E  C  I  A  L    S  K  I  L  L  S

Sewing experience with home and industrial machines, basic patternmaking and cutting.  Advanced Russian.  Excellent computer skills.