Beth Laske Miller

Beth Laske-Miller

[email protected] 847-702-7078

Costume Design EDUCATION • 2004 MFA • 2001 BA • 1996 BA

Theatre Design – Costume Design IMP – Costume & Fashion Design Fine Arts – Studio Art

COSTUME DESIGN Theatre The Hobbit The Sound of Music The Apple Tree A Funny Thing Happened . . . Taming of the Shrew (Asst) The Mysterious Elephant . . . (Asst) The Jungle Book Clue, The Musical Jekyll & Hyde. The Musical Joy of the Desolate The Seagull The Duchess of Malfi (Asst) Clothes for a Summer Hotel (Asst) Life During Wartime Traumaturgy The Effect of Gamma Rays . . . A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Asst) Film Hot Java Crashers The Wedding COSTUME TECHNICIAN Willy Wonka The Sound of Music Cinderella A Funny Thing Happened . . . The Jungle Book Joy of the Desolate The Visit of the Old Lady All’s Well That Ends Well Twelfth Night Hysterex The Seagull King Lear The Visit The Duchess of Malfi Miss Julie Cole Murder Among Friends

California Institute of the Arts Indiana University Indiana University

Director Sara Lance Michele Christiansen David Hunter Kerry Jensen Cox Linda LeVeque Carolyn Klein David Hunter David Hunter David Hunter Nataki Garrett Cat Cooper Nataki Garrett Damien Gray Dennis Black Richard Ford Dennis Black Murray McGibbon

Location CYT - Des Plaines, IL CYT - Lake Zurich, IL Judson University - Elgin IL Greenroom Prod. - Huntley IL Theatre Hikes - Chicago, IL Strange Tree Group - Chicago, IL CYT - Lake Zurich, IL Judson University - Elgin, IL CYT - Huntley, IL CalArts - Valencia, CA CalArts - Valencia, CA CalArts - Valencia, CA CalArts - Valencia, CA IU Theatre - Bloomington, IN IU Theatre - Bloomington, IN IU Theatre - Bloomington, IN IU Theatre - Bloomington, IN

Adam Stein David MacMillan CalArts Student Project

Crafts Lead Designer, Lead Draper Lead Draper Designer, Draper Designer, Draper Designer, Crafts Cutter, Stitcher Assistant Draper, Cutter Assistant Draper, Cutter Assistant Draper, Cutter Designer, Assistant Draper Shopper, Cutter, Stitcher Assistant Draper, First Hand Assistant Draper, First Hand Stitcher Assistant Draper, First Hand Assistant Draper, First Hand

Valencia, CA Bloomington, IN Bloomington, IN Year 2009 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 2003 2002 2002 2001 2001 2001 2001 1999

USC - Los Angeles, CA USC - Los Angeles, CA Valencia, CA

2004 2003 2002

CYT - Aurora CYT - Lake Zurich CYT - Aurora Greenroom – Huntley, IL CYT – Lake Zurich, IL CalArts, Valencia CA CalArts, Valencia CA CalArts, Valencia CA CalArts, Valencia CA CalArts, Valencia CA CalArts, Valencia CA REDCAT, Los Angeles CA CalArts, Valencia CA CalArts, Valencia CA CalArts, Valencia CA BCP, Nashville IN BCP, Nashville IN

2009 2008 2008 2008 2008 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002

The Good Doctor Assistant Draper, First Hand I Hate Hamlet Cutter Clothes for a Summer Hotel Assistant Designer, Shopper, Wigs Salomé Stitcher Oedipus the King Assistant Draper, First Hand Equus Crafts, Stitcher Sylvia Assistant Draper, Wardrobe Super. It Runs in the Family First Hand You’re a Good Man, Assistant Draper, First Hand, Cutter Charlie Brown Burn This Cutter, Stitcher Independence Cutter, Stitcher The Misanthrope Assistant Draper, First Hand Into the Woods Construction Lead, First Hand A Midsummer Night’s Dream Asst. Designer, Draper, First Hand Top Girls Stitcher Once on this Island Crafts, Cutter

BCP, Nashville IN IU, Bloomington IN CalArts, Valencia CA CalArts, Valencia CA IU, Bloomington IN IU, Bloomington IN BCP, Nashville, IN BCP, Nashville, IN BCP, Nashville, IN

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IU, Bloomington IN IU, Bloomington IN IU, Bloomington IN IU, Bloomington IN IU, Bloomington IN IU, Bloomington IN IU, Bloomington IN

2002 2002 2001 2001 2001 2001 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 1999 1999 1999

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT Costume Manager CYT Chicago Cary, IL 2007-current • CYT is a children's theater with 9 locations in the greater Chicagoland area, producing 27 shows annually. • Design new shows (4-6 annually), serve as lead draper, design and build specialty costumes. • Manage costume shop, stock and annual budget. • Coordinate rentals to outside theatre groups. ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE • Scenic Designer, Charlotte's Web • Visual Display Artist, Window Dresser • Co-Designer, Production Manager, Patternmaker • Patternmaker, Sample Maker

Westminster School Macy’s/Marshall Fields Sartoria by Sai Corson Emory K. Holiday

Elgin, IL Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Los Angeles

2006 2005-07 2004-05 2003-04

SPECIALIZED SKILLS • Proficient in a wide variety of design rendering techniques to communicate ideas clearly. • Thorough knowledge of costume history, as well as current fashion and experimental design. • Pattern drafting by hand and computer, flat patterning, draping. • Traditional and experimental fabric manipulation, dyeing, painting and distressing. • Traditional tailoring and corsetry. AWARDS, HONORS, EXHIBITIONS, PRESENTATIONS • Best Narrative Short, Hot Java, directed by Adam Stein, 2004 Los Angeles FirstGlance Film Festival. • Best Film, Hot Java, directed by Adam Stein, 2004 Miami Shorts in the Park. • Chicago STYLEMAX 2005, Sartoria by Sai Corson, 2005 Resort and Spring Collections featured at show. • Design Showcase West, Film/Theatre Design Portfolio Presentation, UCLA, Los Angeles, June 2004. • Film Design Cooperative USC/CalArts, Designers from CalArts invited to gain experience in production of films. Participated as Costume Designer & Assistant Production Designer, Los Angeles, 2003 & 2004. • Portfolio Showcase, Design Portfolio Presentation sponsored by the Indiana Repertory Theatre, Indianapolis, June 2001. • Indiana University AMID Spring Fashion Show, showcasing work of invited Fashion Design students, Bloomington, IN, April 2001. • Theatre Circle Presentation and Dinner, for “The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds”, sponsored by the Indiana University Theatre Circle, Fall 2000. *References and samples of work available upon request.