Jane Pivovarnik

Educator, Costume Manager, Cutter-Draper

EXPERIENCE
Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale IL EDUCATION
October 2019-present
Assistant Professor of Practice, Costume Shop Manager Southern Illinois University
THEA 208c- Beginning Stagecraft Costumes, THEA 412 Patterning and Draping for Theatre Carbondale— MFA Costume
Design
Portland Fashion Institute, Portland OR
July 2019 Southern Illinois University
Course Instructor Carbondale— BS Fashion Design

Portland Opera, Portland OR SKILLS

Feb. 2018- July 2019
Cutter/Draper Pattern drafting, period garment
Rigoletto, Faust, Cenerentola, Orfeo et Euridice, La Traviata, The Barber of Seville, La Finta building, corsetry, tailoring,
Giardiniera alterations, dancewear, domestic
and industrial sewing machine
Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR maintenance, wig styling and basic
Jan.- Feb. 2019 ventilation, wig maintenance, fabric
dyeing and painting, jewelry
Cutter/Draper making, knitting, thermoplastics,
The Beaux’ Stratagem chainmaille, soldering, millinery

Pacific Conservatory Theater (PCPA), Santa Maria CA Course Development and

Asst. Costume Shop Manager & Cutter/Draper Jan. 2017 - Dec. 2017 Instruction
You Can’t Take It with You, The Whipping Man, Lend Me a Tenor (Musical), Disney’s Newsies, Twelfth
Night, Fences, Disney’s Freaky Friday, The Crucible Design and Wardrobe paperwork,
Microsoft Office Suite, Google Suite
Cutter/Draper Aug. 2012- Sept. 2014 Asana, Digital Call Board
The Wizard of Oz, The Tempest, Fiddler on the Roof, Spamalot, Cyrano de Bergerac, Always Patsy
Cline, Clybourne Park, Disney’s Mary Poppins, Hamlet, Spring Awakening, Forever Plaid, Oklahoma,
36 Views
Costume Designer REFERENCES
Tomas and the Library Lady Olusegun A. Ojewuyi
Interim Dean
College of Arts and Media
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, UIUC Urbana IL Southern Illinois University
Sept. 2014-Dec. 2016 Cabondale
Cutter/Draper, Practicum Supervisor
Skin of Our Teeth, Elixir of Love, February Dance ’15, Merry Widow, ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore, Not About Christine Richardson
Nightingales, Into the Woods, 1984, The Other Shore, Beatrice and Benedict, February Dance ‘16, Costume Director
Kingdom City, Midsummer Night’s Dream (Opera), Grapes of Wrath, Kiss Me Kate, Long Lost, Dream Portland Opera
Girls, Dontrell Who Kissed the Sea, Mr. Burns: a Post-Electric Play, Minotaur, Poppea

Glimmerglass Festival, Cooperstown NY Robin Newell

Summer 2011, Summer 2012, Summer 2018 Costume Shop Manager
Pacific Conservatory Theater
First Hand
Annie Get Your Gun, Aida, Cunning Little Vixen
EB McTigue
Mcleod Summer Playhouse, Carbondale IL Draper
Aug. 2009, May 2010- Aug. 2010, Aug. 2012 Krannert Center for the
Performing Arts
Cutter/Draper, Dresser
The Wizard of Oz, The Drowsy Chaperone, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Rodgers and
Hammerstein’s Cinderella , All Shook Up, Into the Woods
Caitlin O’Donoghue
Costume Shop Manager
Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale IL Millikin University
Sept. 2009-May 2012
Cutter/Draper, Costume Designer, Teaching Assistant/Course Instructor
THEA 208c- Beginning Stagecraft Costumes, THEA 205- Stage Makeup, THEA 412 Patterning and
Draping for Theatre