Kelly Marie Schaefer
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800 Carroll Ave
Ames, IA 50010
(515) 509-0583
kms510@[Link]
Education
MFA Theatre
Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL
Costume Design Emphasis
Acting Emphasis
Phi Kappa Phi- Honors Fraternity
BFA Musical Theatre Performance
Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL
Franklin Honor Society
2001
1999
1999
1996
1996
Education Employment
Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Lecturer in Theatre, Costume Design
2010 - present
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
Assistant Professor of Costume Design
2002 - 2007
Bard College, Annandale, NY
Costume Shop Supervisor
2001 - 2002
Professional Employment
The Repertory Theatre of Iowa, Des Moines, IA
Costume Designer
2011 - present
Stage West Theatre Company, Des Moines, IA
Costume Designer
2011 - present
The Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago, IL
Draper and First Hand
2010
Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Chicago, IL
1
Draper
Metropolitan Opera, New York, NY
Costume Shop, First Hand to the Menswear Draper
Shakespeare & Company, Lenox, MA
Costume Designer
Draper
2009
2008 - 2009
2009
2007 & 2009
Courses Taught
Iowa State University
Acting 1 Fall & Spring 2010 present (2 sections each semester)
Design 1 Fall 2010 - present (team taught with Rob Sunderman, Associate
Professor of Scenic Design)
Stage Makeup Fall 2010 - present
Design 2 Spring 2011, 2012, 2013
Advanced Makeup Design - Spring 2011
Costume Design Spring 2014 - 2016
Costume History Fall 2015
Arkansas State University
Fine Arts: Theatre (General Education Introduction to Theatre course)
Fall 2002 Fall 2007 (taught 1-2 sections each semester)
Stage Makeup Fall 2002 - 2007
Costume Construction Fall 2002 - 2007
Principles of Design Spring 2003 - 2006
Costume Design Spring 2004 - 2006
Advanced Stage Makeup Spring 2004 & 2006
Costume History Spring 2004 & 2006
History of Musical Theatre Spring 2006
Courses Qualified to Teach
Costume Construction
Patternmaking/ Draping
Costume History
Costume Crafts
Stage Makeup
Basic Millinery
Musical Theatre Performance
Acting
Additional Teaching
2
Grandview University, Des Moines, IA
Guest Lecturer, Costume Construction Intensive
Department of Visual and Performing Arts
2013
Drake University, Des Moines, IA
Guest Lecturer, Musical Theatre Performance
Department of Theatre Arts
2012
Educational Costume Design
Iowa State University
Director
The Magic Flute
Leslie Bennett
On the Verge
Amanda Petefish-Schrag
Les Miserables
Brad Dell
Love and Honor: Iowa in the Civil War
Jane Cox
Crimes of the Heart
Brad Dell
Into the Woods
Brad Dell
Amadeus
Jane Cox
The 25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee
Jane Cox
Fiddler on the Roof
Brad Dell
The Three Musketeers
Jane Cox
Alice in Wonderland
Matt Foss
Candide
Brad Dell
Rent
Brad Dell
Chekhov Short Stories
Matt Foss
Loves Labours Lost
Matt Foss
Hedda Gabler
Brad Dell
Six Characters
Matt Foss
The Miracle Worker
Jane Cox
Youre a Good Man Charlie Brown
Jane Cox
The Arabian Nights
Egla Hassan
2015
2015
2015
2015
2014
2014
2014
2013
2013
2013
2012
2012
2012
2012
2011
2011
2011
2011
2010
2010
Grandview University
She Stoops to Conquer
Kristen Larson
2013
Arkansas State University
Beautiful Bodies
Wait Until Dark
Twelfth Night
The House of Yes
The Diviners
God of Hell
The Boys from Syracuse
Sideman
Nick Tickle Fairy Tale Detective
Whos Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf
Molly Simpson
Bob Simpson
John OConnell
Molly Simpson
Stacy Alley
Bob Simpson
John OConnell
Stacy Alley
Molly Simpson
Molly Simpson
2007
2007
2007
2007
2006
2006
2006
2006
2006
2006
3
After Juliet
Jeff McLaughlin
Anything Goes
John OConnell
Crimes of the Heart
Molly Simpson
The Elves and the Shoemaker
Molly Simpson
Five Women Wearing the Same DressStacy Alley
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
John OConnell
The Laramie Project
John OConnell
I Hate Hamlet
Robert Hypes
Raggedy Ann and Andy
Molly Simpson
Sleeping Beauty:
The Hundred Year Adventure
Molly Simpson
The Shape of Things
Molly Simpson
Waiting for Godot
John OConnell
The Beaux Stratagem
John OConnell
Two Rooms
Bob Simpson
Peter Rabbit and Me
Molly Simpson
The Brave Little Tailor
Molly Simpson
The Elephant Man
John OConnell
The Fantasticks
Molly Simpson
Western Illinois University
Mame
2005
2005
2005
2005
2004
2004
2004
2004
2004
2004
2003
2003
2003
2003
2003
2003
2002
2002
Brad Dell
2005
Director
Brad Dell
Brad Dell
Matthew McIver
Brad Dell
Matthew McIver
Brad Dell
2015
2015
2014
2014
2012
2012
Brad Dell
Karla Kash
Mark Gruber
2011
2011
2011
Todd Buchacker
Todd Buchacker
Todd Buchacker
Brad Dell
Todd Buhacker
Karla Kash
Todd Buhacker
2016
2015
2015
2014
2012
2012
2011
Professional Costume Design
Repertory Theatre of Iowa
Broadway Bound
Much Ado about Nothing
The Merchant of Venice
Our Town
Christmas Carol
Sense and Sensibility
Santaland Diaries/
A Christmas Memory
As You Like It
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Stage West Theatre Company
Outside Mullingar
Straight White Men
Bad Jews
Baltimore Waltz
In the Next Room:The Vibrator Play
Parade
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Door Shakespeare
4
Loves Labours Lost
Macbeth
Matt Foss
Jason Economus
2013
2013
Dave Demke
2009
The Steppenwolf Theatre Company
The Damnation of Faust
The Brother Sister Plays
Million Dollar Quartet
A Separate Peace
Moses in Egypt
Macbeth
Stitcher
Stitcher
Stitcher
Stitcher
Draper
Draper
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
Richard III
Private Lives
Draper
Draper
2009
2009
Shakespeare & Company
Twelfth Night
Toad of Toad Hall
Antony and Cleopatra
Scapin
A Midsummer Nights Dream
Rough Crossing
Draper
Draper
Draper
Draper
Draper
Draper
2009
2009
2007
2007
2007
2007
Shakespeare & Co
Measure for Measure
Professional Costume Technology
The Metropolitan Opera
First Hand / Stitcher
2008/2009 season
Doctor Atomic The Damnation of Faust Thais La Rondine La Sonnambula Il
Trovatore Adriana Lecouvreur - Cavalleria Rusticana Pagliacci Don Giovanni
LEliser DAmore Eugene Onegin La Gioconda The Magic Flute - Orfeo ed Euridice
The Queen of Spades Rigoletto Rusalka Salome La Traviata Tristan und Isolde
Il
2007/2008 season
Macbeth Peter Grimes Lucia di Lammermoor La Fille du Regiment Satyagraha
Barbiere di Siviglia - La Boheme Carmen Ernani The First Emperor The Gambler
Madama Butterfly Manon Lescaut - Li Nozze di Figaro
Acting Experience
5
Carrie: The Musical
Next to Normal
Noises Off
Fat Pig
The Importance of
Being Earnest
Annie
Margaret White
Diana Goodman
Dottie Ottley
Helen
Stage West Theatre Company
Stage West Theatre Company
Iowa State University
Stage West Theatre Company
2014
2013
2012
2011
Lady Bracknell
Miss Hannigan
Arkansas State University
Foundation for the Arts
2005
2002
University Service
Iowa State University
KC/ACTF Costume Parade Coordinator and Director
2015
KC/ACTF Costume Parade Assistant
2014
KC/ACTF Design Intensive Leader: Costume Runway
2014 & 2015
KC/ACTF Iowa State University Host School
2011 & 2012
Hospitality Coordinator Planning VIP Lunches and Dinners
Assembling and distributing VIP Gift Bags
Arrange Faculty Lounge buffet and bar
KC/ACTF Respondent
2011-present
KC/ACTF Designed and Produced Opening Ceremony Award Slideshow
2012 & 2013
Iowa Thespian Festival
Iowa State University Recruitment Representative
2011 &2013
Arkansas State University
University Calendar Committee
2006 - 2007
Arkansas Thespian Festival Respondent Costume Design Competition
2006
Respondent Poster Design Competition
Presented workshop on costume rendering techniques
Faculty Senator
2004 - 2005
University Appeals Committee
2003 - 2004
Community Service
6
Story Theatre Company Board of Directors
Story Theatre Company Summer Workshop Musical Theatre Performance
2011
2013
Awards
KC/ACTF Region 5
Costume Parade Participant, The Magic Flute
Costume Parade Participant, Into the Woods
Costume Parade Participant, She Stoops to Conquer
Costume Parade Participant, Alice in Wonderland
Costume Designer for Outstanding Production of a Play
Six Charcters in Search of an Author
Costume Parade Participant, Hedda Gabler
Certificate of Merit for Costume Design, The Arabian Nights
KC/ACTF Region 3
Nomination for Costume Design for:
The Tempest
Lost in Yonkers
The Miser
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2011
2010
2001
2000
2000
