Josefa
M. Poppen
25 th & Carpenter
Harmon Fine Arts Center - 251
Drake
University
Des Moines, Iowa 50311
(515) 271-3833
7/88 - Present Costume Designer/ Lecturer . Drake University .
Des Moines, Iowa
- Design and supervise construction of costumes or scenery for four
productions per year (see list)
- Teach three courses per semester (see list)
- Maintain budgets, stock and costume shop
- Supervise student designers and construction of four chamber productions per year
- Photograph departmental productions
- Hire, schedule and supervise crew of 4 work/study
students throughout year
- Design & Maintain Departmental Internet / Web Site
6/2004 - 1/2006 Sales Floor Team Associate. Target Corporation
Ankeny, Iowa
- Cashier
- Stock management (replenishment & display)
- Customer Service
- Switchboard telephone operator
Summer '98 - Present Guest Costume Designer. Des Moines Playhouse / Kate Goldman Children's Theatre
Des Moines, Iowa
- Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Summer 1998
- The Hardy Boys Mystery Spring 1999
- Harriet The Spy Spring 2001
Summers '95 & '96 Asst. Costume Designer. Des Moines Playhouse
Des Moines, Iowa
- Music Man and Sound of Music
Summers '93, '94 & '95 Stitcher/ Wardrobe. Iowa Shakespeare Project
Des Moines, Iowa
- Constructed costumes designed by Amy Jillson
3/89 - 5/91 Assistant Manager. Cloth World (fabric retail)
Des Moines, Iowa
- Processed Payroll
- Supervised 4-6 employees per shift
- Responsible for opening and closing procedure, including bank deposits.
- Customer Service and consulting
- Computerized merchandise ordering and stocking
- Model garment construction and display
3/85 - 7/88 Resident Costume Designer/ "Show Business" Manager.Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse.
Rock Island, Illinois
- Designed and constructed costumes for four - five major productions per year (see list)
- Buyer, fitter and seamstress for any shows designed by jobbed in designers
(usually two shows per year)
- Managed costume rental store, "The Show Business" Including buying, maintenance, scheduling, computerized inventory control, and advertising.
- Taught high school workshops in stage make-up and costuming as requested by schools
and at Circa's high school seminars twice a year
Winters of '88 &'86 Guest Costume Designer. St. Ambrose University.
Davenport, Iowa
- Designed and constructed costumes (see list)
9/84 - 2/85 Graduate Teaching Assistant. Department of Theatre, Ohio State University.
Columbus, Ohio
- Supervised student work crews
- Taught basic costume construction to lab students
- Managed costume storage facilities (including rentals)
9/81 - 5/84 Costume Shop Foreman. Coe College Theatre.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- Same responsibilities as listed above
Summers of '82 & '81 Apprentice. Old Creamery Theatre Company.
Garrison , Iowa
- Acting
- Set, prop and costume construction (duties as assigned)
Ohio State University - Graduate work in theatre/design towards M.F.A. degree
Columbus, Ohio.
Coe College - B.A. degree in Theatre Arts, May 1984.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Volunteer of the Year - Des Moines Menace Soccer Academy 2006
Kennedy Center American College Theatre Fesitval Region V - Costume Parade Nominee 2006
Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region V - Costume Parade Entry 2004
Friends of Drake Arts Faculty Advancement Award Fall 1993, '94, '95, '98, '99,'00,'01,'03
Arthur Vining Davis Grant Spring 1995
Drake Faculty Development Fund Fall 1995, Summer 2002 & 2003
| Interactive Computer Course Materials for Theatre | American College Theatre Festival | January 1997 |
| Computer Assisted Costume Design & Patterning | American College Theatre Festival | January 1996 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Committee Chair - Pack 237. Also served as: Den Leader & Summer Activities Coordinator |
1996 - 2001 |
| Ankeny Soccer Club | Parent Advisor & Competitive Team Coordinator | 1998 - 2003 |
| Holy Trinity Lutheran Church | Church Council | 1995- 97 |
| Ankeny Community Schools | Parent-Teacher Organization (Terrace & Crocker Elementary School) |
1992- Present Fine Arts Committee, Chair |
| Ankeny Community Schools | Non-Sexist, Multicultural Advisory Committee | 1993-96 |
| Holy Trinity Lutheran Church | Church School Teacher / Leader | 2000 - Present |
| Iowa State Fair | Judge - Historic Costume Contest | 1996 |
| Holy Trinity Lutheran Church | Social Concerns Board | 1996-97
Chair 1995-96 Chair-Elect |
| Living History Farms | Period Costume Construction | 1991 - 1998 |
| Holy Trinity Lutheran Church | Christmas Program Costume Coordinator | 1993 ,'94, '95 ,'01 |
| Des
Moines Menace Soccer |
Competitive
Team Manager |
2004
- Present |
| West
Des Moines Soccer Club |
Team
Travel Coordinator |
2005
- Present |
| Iowa
Soccer Association |
ODP
Camp Chaperone |
2002,
03, 06 |
| US
Youth National Tournament |
Field
Marshall |
2006 |
| Super
Y League- DM Menace |
Club
Administrative aid & travel chaperone |
2004,
06 |
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COSTUME AND MAKE-UP DESIGN: |
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Drake University |
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| Major Barbara | Boys From Syracuse | ||
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Present Laughter | ||
| Cabaret | Pericles | The Boyfriend |
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| Pal Joey | Hippolytus | Gaslight |
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| A Woman of No Importance | Alls Well that Ends Well | School for Scandal |
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| Electra | Cole | Veronica's Room |
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| Man of Mode | Waltz of the Toreadors | Stepping Out |
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| Two Gentlemen of Verona | Hay Fever | Quilters |
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| Ghosts in Greasepaint | Uncommon Women and Others | The Shape of Things |
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| No Trifling With Love | Dr. Faustus | Savage in Limbo |
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| The Fantasticks | Baby | Wonderful Town |
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| Chicago | All My Sons | Romeo & Juliet | |
| Hecuba | Measure for Measure | Threepenny Opera | |
| Pippin (twice) |
Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really .....? | Hamlet | |
| Blue Window | Picnic (twice) |
Blood Wedding | |
| The Miser | Ring Around the Moon | Vassa | |
| Close Ties | In Good King Charles Golden Days | Into the Woods | |
| Imaginary Invalid | Suddenly Last Summer | The Way of the World | |
| Nine | Two Gentlemen of Verona - Musical |
| Circa '21 Dinner Playhouse | |
| Little Shop of Horrors | 42nd Street |
| The Sound of Music | Love, Sex and the I.R.S. |
| Corpse | Natalie Needs a Nighty |
| Pump Boys and Dinettes | Two by Two |
| Oklahoma | Mame |
| The King and I | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | The Frog Prince |
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St. Ambrose University |
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| Charlotte's Web | The Foreigner |
| The Skin of Our Teeth | Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really ......? |
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Coe College |
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| Side By Side By Sondheim | The House of Blue Leaves |
ADDITIONAL DESIGN ASSIGNMENTS:
Drake University Theatre , Des Moines, Iowa
Scenic Design - How the Other Half Loves, Fall '02
Scenic Design - Equus, Fall '01 (Remounted at American College Theatre Festival - Region V Jan. '02)
Scenic Design - Female Transport, Spring '99
Scenic/ Lighting Visual Coordinator - Reconstructing Sylock, Spring '99
Scenic/ Lighting Visual Coordinator - Night Must Fall, Spring '98
Scenic Design - Man and Superman , Spring '96
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. Des Moines , Iowa
Sole Man (over sized high top tennis shoe) mascot for walk-a-thons
Principal Financial Group . Des Moines, Iowa
Maxwell Mouse and Pennington Penguin mascot design and construction
Marshall Productions
An Evening of Drama and Music Lighting Design
Coe College
The Glass Menagerie Set Design
Collage Country Western Set Set Design
Say Good Night Gracie Lighting Design
WQPT -TV
"Big Yellow Bird" Mascot Style costume design and construction
COURSES TAUGHT: Costume Design, Costuming, Advanced Costume Technology, Stage Make-up, Costuming Lab, and Creative Drama for Children
Vocal Performance-
Collage 20th Anniversary Concert - Coe College (April '96)
Parting Is - Iowa Composers Forum Concert (October '95)
Stage -
Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? - Role of Sister Helen . Drake Summer Theatre
A Little Night Music - Role of Desiree. Coe College
Side By Side By Sondheim - Coe College/ Cedar Rapids Community Theatre joint venture
Once Upon a Mattress - Old Creamery Theatre Company
Jesus Christ Superstar- Old Creamery Theatre Company
Where's Charley? - Old Creamery Theatre Company
Commercials -
Duds and Suds, Happy Jack's Waterbeds, K & C Appliance, 60 Minute Monogram, K & K Hardware and
promos for KLJB -TV in Davenport, Iowa
Industrials -
Fransican Hospital Mental Health - Informational video tape
Video -
"Live on Tape" - KLJB- TV 30 minute comedy segment
"Collage Christmas Special" - KGAN -TV 30 minute musical special with actor, Don DaFore
INTERESTS AND SPECIAL SKILLS: VERY Basic HTML / Web page design, Computer Aided Design / Pattern Drafting on the Macintosh Computer
(Painter v8)., Fittingly Sew , Sew Soft Bodice), Photography, Singing, &
Spanish.