ABout Alison
Alison Reid is a Costume Technician in Orlando, FL. She has created costumes for Orlando Shakes, Opera Orlando, Sarasota Opera, the University of Texas at Austin and regional theatres in Texas and Florida. Alison also worked as a props stitcher for Feld Entertainment, working on everything from inflatable costumes to a 17-foot-tall dragon for Disney on Ice and the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus in the Hagenbeck-Wallace Prop Shop. When she’s not creating costumes and dragons, Alison is indulging in her passion project, creating large-scale puppets.
alisonjoreid@gmail.com
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Skills:
Draping • Tailoring • Theatre Administration & Management • Teaching • Wig Styling • Armor Fabrication • Mask Making
Millinery • Sculpting, Mold Making & Casting • Fabric Painting & Dyeing • Textile Printing • Costume Design • Puppet Design
Work Experience:
DRAPER/TAILOR: Orlando Shakes (Four seasons with one of the region’s most acclaimed professional theaters) 2017-Present
DRAPER: Paul Bernhard Exhibit Design and Consultation (The Atturaif Living Museum) 2017
CRAFTS ARTISAN: Zilker Hillside Theater (Shrek the Musical) 2016
DRAPER: The University of Texas at Austin (Little Women • Twelfth Night • The Wild Party) 2015-2016
WARDROBE SUPERVISOR: The University of Texas at Austin (Into the Woods • The Marriage of Figaro • Refugia) 2014-2015
FIRST HAND: The University of Texas at Austin (Into the Woods• The Marriage of Figaro • A Streetcar Named Desire) 2014-2015
STITCHER: The University of Texas at Austin (Esperanza Rising • Into the Woods • A Streetcar Named Desire) 2014-2015 014-2015
ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION: ZACH Theatre (Two seasons with Austin’s leading producing theatre, assisting with Production Management & Administration) 2012-2014
STITCHER: Sarasota Opera (Carmen • Lucia di Lammermoor • Otello • Vanessa • La Boheme •Don Giovanni • Il Lombardi • The Crucible) 2011-2012
PROP/SCENIC STITCHER: Feld Entertainment (Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus • Disney on Ice) 2010-2012
Design Experience:
COSTUME DESIGNER: Opera Orlando (The Barber of Seville • 6 of VIII • The Girl of the Golden West • Die Fledermaus • The Death of Ivan Ilych • As One) 2019-2020
COSTUME DESIGNER: Orlando Shakes (Becoming Dr. Ruth • Poe: Deep Into that Darkness Peering) 2019-2021
COSTUME DESIGNER: Lake Highland Preparatory School (Oklahoma! • Much Ado About Nothing • Peter and the Starcatcher • Little Women) 2019-2021
COSTUME DESIGNER: Mad Cow Theatre (Outside Mullingar • The Little Foxes • Buyer and Cellar) 2018-2019
COSTUME DESIGNER: The Studio Theatre at Tierra del Sol (John and Jen) 2019
COSTUME and PUPPET DESIGNER/ FABRICATOR: Mad Cow Theatre (Hand to God) 2019
PUPPET DESIGNER/FABRICATOR: Orlando Shakes (The Little Mermaid) 2018
PUPPET DESIGNER/FABRICATOR & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Cohen New Works Festival (Bloodthirsty Fiends) 2017
Teaching Experience:
The University of Texas at Austin-
Teaching Assistant: Tutu Construction
Teaching Assistant: Draping I
Teaching Assistant: Advanced Production Lab (Costume Shop)
Teaching Assistant: Production Lab (Wardrobe Crew)
Education:
MFA-Costume Technology
The University of Texas at Austin, 2017
BA-British and American Literature
New College of Florida, 2009
References available upon request.
