Debi Jolly
Ager/ Dyer, Crafts, and Wardrobe Management
Education:
MFA, Costume Design and Technology, Ohio University, 2006
BA, Theatre Arts, University of Texas at El Paso, 2002
Highlighted Experience:
Columbia University Lenfest Center for the Arts – Wardrobe Supervisor (2018-Present)
Graduate Student Theses:
Lordes – Jessica Crawford
Middletown – Megan Rutherford
In the Red and Brown Water – Megan Rutherford
Funnyhouse of a Negro – Sabrina Bianca
The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole World (AKA The Negro Book of the Dead) – Sabrina Bianca
Playwrights Horizons – Dyer/Crafts Artisan (2018)
The Thanksgiving Play – Tilly Grimes
I was most Alive with You – David Woolard
Eric Winterling Inc. – Dyer/Crafts Artisan (2013-2017)
Broadway: Alladin, Frozen, Les Miserables, Lion King,
Wicked, Book of Mormon, Shuffle Along, Dr. Zhivago,
Spongebob Squarepants, The Nance, Hamilton, Great Comet,
Little Foxes, Anastasia, Hedwig
Film: The Seagull, Masterminds, God’s Pocket
Television: Turn, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, SNL, The Wiz Live
National: SeaWorld, Ringling Bros., Disney on Ice
Dyenamix – Dyer (2012)
Custom dyed fabrics for clients such as: Theory,
Calvin Klein, and Diane Von Furstenburg
Santa Fe Opera – Various Positions (2004-05, 2010, 2012)
Craft Shop Manager – King Roger – Ann Hould-Ward
Dye Shop Manager – Madame Butterfly – Brigitte Reiffenstuel
Dye Shop Manager – Tales of Hoffman – Constance Hoffman
Costume Craft Assistant – Peter Grimes – Robert Innes Hopkins
Costume Craft Assistant – Lucio Silla – Paul Brown
Costume Craft Assistant – Turandot – Willa Kim
Costume Craft Assistant – Don Giovanni – David Zinn
Arena Stage – Wardrobe Manager (2010-2011)
Oklahoma! – Martin Pakledinaz
Every Tongue Confess – Ilona Somogyi
Ruined – Emilio Sosa
A Time to Kill (National Premier) – Karen Perr
Glass Menagerie – Deb Sivigny
I.A.T.S.E local 772 – Non-Member Dresser (2009-2011)
Radio City Music Hall Rockettes Christmas Spectacular – Verizon Center
Washington National Opera – Dye/Craft Assistant (2006-2009)
Siegfried – Catherine Zuber
Lucrezia Borgia – John Pascoe
Tamerlano – David Zinn
Don Giovanni – John Pascoe
Die Walküre – Catherine Zuber
Teaching and Guest Artist Experience:
Ohio University
Guest Artist – Dye Workshop (2013)
Furman University
Guest Artist – Milinery Workshop (2013)
Guest Artist – Shibori Workshop (2012)
Winston Churchill High School
Guest Lecturer – Introduction to Costume Design (2010)
Marymount University
Adjunct Professor – Fashion Construction, Merchandising, and Costume Design (2009-2010)
Related Skills:
Costume Technology:
Studio management, team organization, budgeting, research, resourcing, outsourcing, time management,
stock organization, 20 years professional sewing experience, draping and flat patterning, dyeing and fabric printing,
silk painting, silk screening, distressing, painting (scenic, props, fabric), airbrushing, FEV, pottery, weaving,
sculpture/carving (wood, automotive body filler, foam, clay), vacuum form molding, thermoplastics and FOSshape,
mask making (leather, latex, thermoplastic, neoprene, foam), metal working, carpentry and power tools, foam sculpture,
armor (metal, felt, leather, fiberglass, plastic), life casting, puppetry, mechanical drawing and illustration drawing, leather work,
quick change rigging, make-up, hair, and wigs.
Computer skills:
Mac and PC proficient. Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook. Photoshop.
Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)