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Jennifer Eccles
I have been involved in Theatre for the majority of my life as a performer, designer, director, scenic artist, scenic constructor, stage manager and technical director. The live act of theatre and performance has the power to engage, evoke, inspire, and directly and physically connect with it's audience, which is why I think it is so important and necessary in today's technology-driven world.
DESIGN PORTFOLIO
Body of Work
 SCENIC DESIGN |  SCENIC PAINTING |  COSTUME DESIGN |  PROP BUILDING |  MASK & PUPPETS |  ARTISTIC WORK |
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VectorWorks Drafting
Hand Drafting
Model Building
Scenic Painting
Carpentry
Acrylic/Gouache/Water Colour Painting
Paper Mache
Lighting Rigging and Focusing
Microsoft Word Microsoft PowerPoint
Basic Photoshop skills
Basic Sewing Skills
RESUME
EDUCATION
MFA Theatrical Scenic Design, Spring 2016, University of Hawai’i at Manoa
BA Hons, 2011, First Class Honors in Theatre at Victoria University of Wellington
BA, 2010, Film and Theatre at Victoria University of Wellington
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
Honolulu Theatre for Youth: Company Scenic/Props Designer and Stage Manager (Jan - Dec 2016)
University of Hawaii at Manoa: Graduate Assistant in the scene shop (August 2013-May 2016)
Technical Director of the Earl Ernst Lab Theatre, UHM (2014)
SCENIC DESIGNS / PROFFESIONAL
Eternity Opera
Madam Butterfly 2018 (Set and Props)
Honolulu Theatre For Youth
Plantation Celebration 2016 (Set and Props)
Can You Hear My Hands? 2016 (Set and Props)
H20: The Story of Water and Hawaii (In House and Tour Version) 2016
Theatre Found, Honolulu
Freud's Last Session 2015 (Set and Props)
Gryphon Theatre, Wellington (Wellington Fringe Festival)
Rageface 2013
Bats Theatre, Wellington (Young & Hungry)
Gameplan 2012
Music Video
Aio: Basement Groove 2011
Conference
TEDx Honolulu 2011 (Co-designed with James Davenport)
Manoa Valley Theatre
Boeing Boeing 2012-2013 (Co-designed with James Davenport)
God of Carnage 2011-2012 (Co-designed with James Davenport)
Around the World in 80 Days 2010-2011 (Co-designed with James Davenport)
SCENIC DESIGNS / EDUCATIONAL
University of Hawaii at Manoa
'Ai Pohaku: Resistance and Resilience to Colonization in Hawai′i 2016
Sunday In The Park With George 2015 (Set and Props)
La'ieikawai 2015 (UHM's first Hawaiian Theatre Production)
Blithe Spirit 2014 (Set and Props)
Very Still and Hard to See 2014
Look Back: Move Forward (Dance Concert) 2013
Big Love 2013 (Props)
Victoria University of Wellington
The Man Who Turned into a Stick 2011
Salome 2010 (Co-designed with Sophia Hanover and Jane Wenley)
Palmerston North Girls High School
The Formal 2007
Theatre and Film Production Work
THEATRE INTERNSHIPS
Four Week Summer Apprenticeship at Bread And Puppet Theater, Glover, Vermont, 2015
Seven Week Summer Scenic Artist Intern at The Children's Theatre Company (CTC), Minneapolis, Minnesota: Busy Town: The Musical 2014, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas 2014
EDUCATIONAL
Victoria University of Wellington
Set Construction and Scenic Artistry: Pericles 2009, Salome 2010, The Master and Margarita 2010, The Man Who Turned into a Stick 2011
Theatrical Director: The Man Who Turned into a Stick 2011
Publicity: Eating Dirt, Sweating Mud 2011
Stage Management: The Master and Margarita 2010
Dramaturge: The Master and Margarita 2010
University of Hawai’i at Manoa
Technical Director of Ernst Lab Theatre (Including Scenic Artist): Winter Footholds 2014, Very Still and Hard to See 2014, Spring Footholds 2014, Ruined 2014, Fall Footholds 2014, The Joker (World Premiere) 2014
Set Construction and Scenic Artistry: La'ieikawai 2015, Dancing off the Page 2015, Sunday In The Park With George 2015, Gorilla 2015, The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip 2014, Blithe Spirit 2014, The BFG 2014, Lady Mu and The Family Generals 2013/2014, Big Love 2013, Look Back: Move Forward 2013
Props Construction: Sunday In The Park With George 2015, Gorilla 2015, Big Love 2013
PROFESSIONAL / VOLUNTEER
Art Director for NZ Short Film 'Scrubbing Day', Dir. by Pachali Brewster, Wellington, 2019
Event Coordinator for Lōemis, Produced by Pirate & Queen Ltd., 2019
Puppet Builder, Devisor, and Performer for 'The Last Ship' an OHP performance, Wellington, 2019
Effigy Builder and Painter for Lōemis, Produced by Pirate & Queen Ltd., Wellington, 2018 & 2019
Head of Art Department for NZ Short Film 'Tumanako'. Dir. by Andy Ferguson and Michelle Cameron, 2017
Assistant Art Director for 'Behold the Ghost' NZ Short Film. Dir. by Jesse Taylor Smith, DOP Alun Bollinger, Produced by Goldfish Creative, Avalon Studios Lower Hutt, 2017
Four Week Volunteer at Bread And Puppet Theater, Glover, Vermont & Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2017
Mask builder and performer for the Puerto Rican Puppetry Festival: Titeretada 2017
Stage Manager at Honolulu Theatre for Youth: Anime Momotaro 2016; H20: The Story of Water and Hawaii Tour 2016, Plantation Celebration 2016
Set Construction and/or Scenic Artistry: Peggy Pickit Sees The Face of God 2019, Burn Her 2019, Summer Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors 2018, You Me And The Space Between 2016, Anime Momotaro 2016, Rageface 2013, Gameplan 2012, The Recipe: Grace 2012, 6 Little Plays for Christchurch 2011, Summer Shakespeare’s A Winter’s Tale 2010/11
Costume and Set Design: Initial Concepts for Weta Workshop's Project Born 2 2012, along with assistant costume constructor
Devisor and Editor: Short Film C’s Get Degrees, NZ, 2011
Graphic Design: 'The Paper Kings' CD Album Cover and T-Shirt Design 2011
Short Film Director: Love Stinks, NZ, 2009
AWARDS
Hawai'ian Po'okela Award for Scenic Design Sunday in the Park with George 2016
Hawai'ian Po'okela Award for Scenic Design La'ieikawai 2015
AWARD NOMINATIONS
KCACTF Scenic Design for Sunday in the Park with George 2015
KCACTF Scenic Design for Blithe Spirit 2014
KCACTF Properties Design for Big Love 2013
Wellington Fringe Festival ‘Best New Comers’ for Rageface 2013
SKILLS