Erika Van Horsten Krause

Resume

Erika Van Horsten Krause

Cutter/Draper · Costume Technician · Instructor
Boston, MA · [email protected] · References available on request.

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Experience

Current
Cutter/Draper and Part-Time Faculty Emerson College, Department of Performing Arts · Boston, MA

Pattern and build costumes for Emerson Stage productions, lead students through fitting notes, and teach Digital Draping (CLO3D) alongside traditional technique.

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee · Julius Caesar · The Great God Pan · Sweet Charity · Barbecue · Starting Here, Starting Now

Nov 2022–2025
Draper Arena Stage · Washington, D.C.

Patterned every garment assigned to my team and led my first hand and stitchers through each build, working in fittings to keep actors comfortable while protecting the designer's vision.

Ride the Cyclone · The High Ground · Exclusion · POTUS · Swept Away · Mindplay · Tempestuous Elements · Unknown Soldier · The Migration · Jaja's African Hair Braiding

Sep 2021–Nov 2022
Cutter/Draper Olney Theatre Center · Olney, MD

Sole draper: patterned and cut every build and guided apprentices through construction, flexing plans to have garments ready for fittings and tech.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch · Beauty and the Beast

Jul 2018–Aug 2020
First Hand Washington National Opera · Washington, D.C.

Cut the draper's patterns, stitched, relayed notes to stitchers and attended fittings and dress rehearsals across multiple operas on tight deadlines. Draper for Faust (2019), leading my own team.

Faust (draper, 2019) · Tosca · Samson and Delilah

Aug 2017–Jul 2018
Assistant Costume Shop Manager University of Maryland, Baltimore County · Catonsville, MD
Mar 2017–Apr 2017
Draper Stonehill College · Easton, MA

As You Like It

Sep 2016–Dec 2016
Intern, then Junior Stitcher Boston Ballet · Boston, MA

The Nutcracker · The Sleeping Beauty

Aug 2016–Sep 2016
Costume Design Assistant American Shakespeare Center · Staunton, VA

Two Gentlemen of Verona, designer Tricia Emlet.

Two Gentlemen of Verona

2014–2016
Draper, First Hand, Stitcher Zeno Entertainment (Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire) · Manheim, PA

Three summer seasons of 16th-century menswear for the faire's acting company: stitcher (2014), first hand (2015), draper (2016).

Apr 2013–May 2014
First Hand Barter Theatre · Abingdon, VA

Kiss Me, Kate! · Les Misérables · A Streetcar Named Desire

Sep 2012–Mar 2013
Wardrobe Supervisor Northern Stage · White River Junction, VT

Sleuth · Peter Pan · Born Yesterday

May 2012–Aug 2012
Stitcher, Dresser TriArts Sharon Playhouse · Sharon, CT
May 2011–Aug 2011
Costume Intern Wolf Trap Opera · Vienna, VA

Le Donne Curiose · The Tales of Hoffmann · Sweeney Todd

Sep 2009–May 2012
Costume Shop Assistant James Madison University, School of Theatre and Dance · Harrisonburg, VA

Education

  • MFA, Costume ProductionBoston University · 2017
  • BA, TheatreJames Madison University · 2012 · Minor in Women's and Gender Studies

Special skills

  • Draping and flat patterning
  • Digital pattern drafting (CLO3D)
  • Historic and modern tailoring
  • 16th-century menswear
  • Bridal
  • Fabric manipulation
  • Millinery
  • Wig styling and maintenance
  • Prosthetic application
  • Casting and mold making
  • Body padding and modification
  • Shoe painting
  • Wardrobe and dressing
  • Industrial and domestic sewing and overlock machines
  • Papier-mache and props
  • Teaching