Additional experience in props and accessory fabrication, wigs and hair styling, and cosplay

  • Outstanding sewist, with extreme attention to detail and eye for characters and themes

  • Excellent communication and team leadership skills including ability to engage and collaborate effectively with colleagues, supervisors, designers, and co-creators across functions

  • Subject matter expert in historical textile identification and care

  • Highly organized and efficient, with experience in inventory control and systems design

  • Proficient with Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office Suite; Experience managing department budgets of up to $3000 per show, and controlling costs

Core Competencies and Technical Skills

  • Costume Design Costume Drawing and illustration

  •  Costume Construction Cutter and Draper, Pattern making, Dyeing; Stitching - Hand Sewing, Machine Sewing, Tailoring; Embroidery – hand and machine, Hand Beading

  • Millinery Hat making, Wig and Hair Styling

  • Fabrication Resin Casting, Silicone Casting, Mold Making, Foam Crafting, Jewelry making

  • Props Design

  • Textile/Fiber Arts Quilting, Weaving, Knitting

  • Research Historical costumes, Textile Identification 

  • Wardrobe Department Management and Coordination


Selected Credits

Theater

By the Bog of CatsOct 2023

Fullerton College
Costume Designer: Jojo Siu

Costume Construction

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Nov 2021  

Fullerton College
Costume Designer: Jojo Siu

Assistant Costume Designer  
Our Town – Feb 2020 

Spanos Theatre, Cal Poly
Costume Designer: Tom Bernard 

Stitcher
Loss of Breath: The Unfinished Life and Death of Edgar Allen Poe – Nov 2018  Modern Theatre, Suffolk University Costume Designer: Leslie Held  Costume Construction  
The Women Who Mapped the Stars - Apr 2018 - World Premiere 

Nora Theatre Company at Central Square Theater
Costume Designer: Chelsea Kerl 

Assistant Costume Designer / Wig and Hair Stylist 
Guards at the Taj - Mar 2018 Underground Railway Theater Company at Central Square Theater
Costume Designer: Leslie Held
Wardrobe Supervisor
A Christmas Carol – 2017 and 2018 Central Square Theater
Costume Designer: Leslie Held  
Assistant Costume Designer / Stitcher

Musical Theater / Opera


In the Heights – Mar 2023 Fullerton College
Costume Designer: Jojo Siu
Assistant Costume Designer / Costume Crafts
Hunchback of Notre Dame – Mar 2022   Fullerton College
Costume Designer: Jojo Siu
Stitcher / Wardrobe Supervisor
La Belle Hélène – Jun 2019 Odyssey Opera / Huntington Avenue Theatre
Costume Designer: Brooke Stanton
Stitcher / Wardrobe Crew
The Marriage of Figaro - Feb 2019  New England Conservatory
Costume Designer: Nancy Leary
Stitcher
Disney’s The Little Mermaid – Fall 2019  Marian Theatre, Pacific Conservatory of Performing Arts
Costume Supervisor: Robin Newell 
Stitcher / Dyer / Wig Stylist  
Le Carnaval de Venise – Jun 2017   The Boston Early Music Festival Costume Designer: Anna Watkins Stitcher / Wardrobe Crew

Broadly skilled creative costume technician with 7+ years of professional experience in all aspects of costume construction, maintenance, fabrication and design for theater, film and live events