Sewing with Amaris B.

I am a versatile costume designer whose work includes theater, dance, opera and film. I have created classic characters such as Petruchio, Puck, and new and unusual creations including harajuku girls for Mikado, steampunk Wizard of Oz, and 1920s Little Mermaid. I believes that costume design is a vital art. It is not illustration or embellishment, but a means for the communication of ideas. Successful design takes the story, characters, and historical facts, and translates them through an emotional and artistic lens. I have designed costumes for many bay area venues including The Marin Theater Company, Cinnabar, Marin Musical Theatre Company and was a costume assistant/stylist for Avengers Grimm Movie directed by Jeremy Inman. Her work with dance includes Myth and Machine, Kali Fierce Mother, and Sing Me Home Sick Blues for Carmen Carnes Dance Ensemble, Roco Dance & Fitness and Adda Cevenger Junior Preparatory & Theater School. I have earned best costume design awards for the Annual Arty Awards, Annie and a Youth Production of Little Mermaid. I was a nominee for best costume design for San Francisco Bay Area Theater Critics Circle, Taming of the Shrew and a nominee for best costume design, Elly Awards, Thoroughly Modern Millie I am a member of IATWU 784 the local wardrobe costume union and have received my costume design degree at Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. Upon graduation I worked in fabric and textile design, before moving into costume design full time.  I have worked on many dance and theater productions including: A Couple of Blaguards, Crimes of Passion,Tarzan,Pippin, Into the Woods, Midsummer Nights Dream,Wizard of Oz, Sussical, Little Mermaid, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Annie, Mikado, Pirates of Penzance, HMS Pinnafore, Most Happy Fella, Oliver Twist, Peter Pan, Hair, Aladdin, Grease , Beauty and the Beast, Mary Poppins, Once Upon a Mattress, Alice in Wonderland, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.