Tessa Pilon
TessaPilonDesign@gmail.com
Costume Experience​
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Costume Dept. Production Assistant
The White House Plumbers
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Costume Designer
Fen By Caryl Churchill, Dir. Christopher McCann
Exit Strategy By Ike Holter, Dir. Jonathan McCrory
The Brothers Size By Tarell Alvin McCraney, Dir. Dean Irby
Bunker: A Student Film by Evan Pritchard
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Assistant Costume Designer
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Dir. Christopher McCann
Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine, Dir. Whitey White
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Wardrobe Supervisor
Gladstone Hollow by Dorothy Lyman, Dir. Bram Lewis
The Color Of Light by Jesse Kornbluth, Dir. Bram Lewis
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Makeup and Related Experience
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Makeup Designer
Bright Room Called Day by Tony Kushner, Dir. Jessi Hill
Dance Showcase-Barbie: A Student Showcase
Exit Strategy By Ike Holter, Dir. Jonathan McCrory
Bye Bye Birdie by Michael Stewart, Dir. Maxwell Teplansky
Annual Revue: A Student Showcase
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Makeup Artist
Bright Room Called Day by Tony Kushner, Dir. Jessi Hill
Dance Showcase-Barbie: A Student Showcase
Bunker: A Student Film by Evan Pritchard
NY Renaissance Faire
Forest of Fear
A Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard
Noises Off by Michael Frayn, Dir. Laura Standley
Bye Bye Birdie by Michael Stewart, Dir. Maxwell Teplansky
Dance Showcase
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Hair Stylist
L'Orfeo by Luigi Rossi, Dir. Mary Birnbaum Cond. Avi Stein
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Random Productions, HBO
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Purchase Repertory Theater
Purchase Repertory Theater
Purchase Repertory Theater
Purchase Film Conservatory
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Purchase Repertory Theater
Purchase Repertory Theater
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The Schoolhouse Theater, Croton Falls, NY
The Schoolhouse Theater, Croton Falls, NY
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Purchase Repertory Theater
Dance Theater Lab, Purchase, NY
Purchase Repertory Theater
MCLA Harlequin Theater, North Adams,MA
MCLA Harlequin Theater, North Adams, MA
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Purchase Repertory Theater
Dance Theater Lab, Purchase, NY
Purchase Film Conservatory
NY Renaissance Faire, Tuxedo, NY
Forest of Fear, Tuxedo, NY
Purchase Repertory Theater
MCLA Venable Theater, North Adams, MA
MCLA Harlequin Theater, North Adams, MA
MCLA Dance Company, North Adams, MA
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Peter J Sharp Theater, New York, NY
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2021
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2019
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2018
2019
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2018
2017
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2019
2019
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2020
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2015
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2020
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2019
2017-19
2016-18
2016
2016
2016
2016
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2021
Related Skills
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Proficient in hand, domestic machine, and industrial machine sewing. Experience in assorted sculpture techniques including latex, silicon, clay, and paper craft; costume craft techniques including distressing, fabric painting, and fabric dying; hair and makeup techniques including special effects, airbrush, and beauty, hair and wig styling, head wraps, padding head blocks, sewing in hair wefts, and ventilating experience.
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Professional Training and Education
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Professional Training Program in Theatre Design/Technology, Conservatory of Theatre Arts, School of the Arts, Purchase College, SUNY, BFA May 2020.
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Studied Theater Art, and Fine Art, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, Massachusetts, 2015-2016
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Internships and Related Experience​
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Professional Apprentice Program in Wigs, Hair, and Makeup Department; The Juilliard School, 2020
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Internship in Wig design and construction with Tom Watson at his studio in Manhattan learning wig styling and construction techniques from Tom Watson and Chuck LaPointe, 2019
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Collaboration with the Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum – Special effects makeup to transform a model into various historic figures.
References
Tom Watson- Anita Yavich- Brandalyn Fulton- Sarah Cimino-
Hair/Wig Designer SUNY Purchase Makeup Artist, Wig/Hairstylist, Educator The Juilliard School
Manhattan, NY Associate Professor Educator at SUNY Purchase Wigs and makeup shop supervisor
. . . Hair and Makeup Portfolio
