Chelsea Kerl

ck.kerl@gmail.com

EDUCATOR

Wellesley College.  Costume Shop Manager, Costume Designer, and Costume Professor.

COSTUME DESIGNER

Brilliant Traces.  Brown Box Theatre Project.

     Director: Kyler Taustin

Vanya, Sonia, Masha, and Spike. Wellesley College.

     Director: Nora Hussey

A Midsummer Night's Dream. Huntington Theatre, Boston University Opera Institute.

     Director: Tara Faircloth

Dear Edwina, Jr. Stoneham Theatre, Stoneham young company.

     Director: Sophie Rich

The Housekeeper.  Boston Playwrights' Theatre, Fresh Ink Theatre.

     Director: Shana Gozansky

The House of Blue Leaves. Wellesley Repertory Theatre.

     Director: Marta Rainer

Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!). Gloucester Stage.

     Director: Allison Benko

A Civil War Christmas.  Wellesley College.

     Director: Nora Hussey

A Meaure of Normalcy.  Gloucester Stage.

     Director: David R. Gammons

Luna Gale.  Stoneham Theatre.

     Director: Caitlin Lowans

Salome. Bridge Repertory Theatre.

     Director: Olivia D'Ambrosio

Gloucester Blue.  Gloucester Stage.

     Director: Israel Horovitz

The Taming of the Shrew.  Free Shakespeare at the Beach: Boston and the Eastern Shore, Brown Box Theatre Project.

     Director: Kyler Taustin

Godspell.  Stoneham Theatre, Stoneham young company.

     Director: Brad Jensen

The Comedy Of Errors.  Stoneham Theatre, Stoneham young company.

     Director: Lydia Barnett-Mulligan

Walking the Tightrope.  Stoneham Theatre.

     Director: Caitlin Lowans

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.  Campbell Performing Arts Center, Groton School.

     Director: Laurie Sales

Piggy Nation.  Stoneham Theatre, Stoneham young company.

     Director: Sophie Rich

The Little Prince.  Charles Mosesian Theater, New Repertory Theatre.

     Director: Ilyse Robbins

Assassins.  Charles Mosesian Theater, New Repertory Theatre.

     Director: Jim Petosa

Emilie: La Marquise du Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight.  Central Square Theatre, The Nora Theatre Company.

     Director: Judy Braha

Macbeth​. Free Shakespeare at the Beach: Boston and the Eastern Shore, Brown Box Theatre Project.

     Director: Kyler Taustin

Spamalot. Stoneham Theatre, Stoneham young company.

     Director: Leigh Barrett

The Little Mermaid Jr. Stoneham Theatre, Stoneham young company.

     Director: Pascale Florestal

Henry V. High Rock Tower, Arts After Hours.

     Director: Thomas Martin

Der Vampyr. ​Plaza Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts. OperaHub.
     Director: Christie Lee Gibson

Tongue of a Bird. Black Box Theatre, New Repertory Theatre.

     Director: Emily Ranii

Pacific Overtures. Virginia Wimberly Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion, Boston Center for the Arts.

     Director: Jim Petosa

A Midsummer Night's Dream. Free Shakespeare at the Beach: Boston and the Eastern Shore, Brown Box Theatre Project.

     Director: Kyler Taustin

Much Ado About Nothing. Lynn Woods, Arts After Hours.

     Director: Hondo Weiss-Richmond

Detective Pimbley and the Case of the Rich Dead Lady. DC Capital Fringe, The Impressionable Players.

     Director: Ann Fraistat

Skin of Our Teeth. Boston University Theatre.

     Director: Sidney Friedman
Tongue of a Bird. Miller Studio Theatre 352.
     Director: Emily Ranii
Romeo and Juliet.  Free Shakespeare  at the Beach: Boston and the Eastern Shore, Brown Box Theatre Project.
     Director: Kyler Taustin
Orpheus in the Underworld. Strand Theatre, Boston Opera Collaborative.
     Director: David Gram. Music Director: Maria Sensi Sellner
Me and the Devil Blues. DC Capital Fringe, Flying V.
     Director: Jason Schlafstein
Mary’s Wedding. Lane-Comley Studio 210.
     Director: Emily Ranii
Philoctetes.  Boston University College of Fine Arts.
     Director: Hondo Weiss-Richmond
Pandora: A TragiComic Greek Romp. DC Capital Fringe, The Impressionable Players.
     Director: Ann Fraistat
Incurable.  DC Capital Fringe.  Flying V.
     Director: Michael Saltzman
Winter Under the Table. Otono Azul Festival (Argentina), Infinite Stage Theatre Company.
     Director: Leslie Felbain
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds.  Kogod Theatre, The Weekday Players.
     Director: Rob Mueller.
Science Fiction Double Feature.  Writer’s House Theatre, Bethesda, MD.  Flying V.
     Directors: Ryan Maxwell and Lex Davis.
Become What You Are.  Writer’s House Theatre, Bethesda, MD.  Flying V.
     Directors: Jason Schlafstein and Colin Grube.
Dirty Story.  Kogod Theatre, The Weekday Players. 
     Director: JB Berenson
Romeo and Juliet: Choose Your Own Ending. DC Captial Fringe + FringeNYC, The Impressionable Players.
     Director: Ann Fraistat
Bash.  Kogod Theatre, The Weekday Players.
     Director: Rob Mueller.
M. Butterfly.  Cafritz Foundation Theatre, ASIENCE Asian American Theatre Group.
     Director: Ava Su-Chen Kuo
The Pillowman.  Kogod Theatre, The Weekday Players.
     Director: Rob Mueller

CRAFTS AND CONSTRUCTION

Waitress; Crossing; O.P.C.; Father Comes Home From the Wars.  First Hand. American Repertory Theatre.

     Draper: Caitlin Menotti

The Rake's Progress.  First Hand.  Boston Conservatory.

     Draper: Neil Fortin

Our Lady.  Black Box Theatre, New Repertory Theatre.

     Director: James Fluhr.  Designer: Ameera Ali.  Additional Costume Construction: Chelsea Kerl

Florencia en el Amazonas. Boston University Theatre.

     Designer: Kathryn Schondek.  Costume Crafts Head: Chelsea Kerl

Anne Boleyn.  Virginia Wimberly Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion, Boston Center for the Arts.

     Director: Emily Ranii.  Designer: Matthew Malone.  Draper: Teka England.  First Hand: Chelsea Kerl



ASSISTANT COSTUME DESIGNER

Much Ado About Nothing.  American Repertory Theatre Institute.

     Designer:  Katja Andreiev.

Il Matrimonio Segreto.  Boston University Theatre.

     Directory: Amy Hutchinson.  Designer: Daisy Farrant.
American Voices. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institure.
     Director: Leslie Felbain.  Designer: Kristy Hall New Repertory Theatre
Am I Black Enough Yet? Kogod Theatre.
     Director: Scot Reese.  Designer: Laree Lentz
Enchanted April.  Kay Theatre.
     Director: KJ Sanchez.  Designer: Chelsey Schuller
GRIMM.  Roberts Theatre, Company One.  Boston, MA. 
     Directors: Shawn LaCount and Summer Williams.  Designer: Miranda Giurleo



SPECIAL SKILLS
Sewing: Draping, Pattern Making, Construction, and Alterations
Fabric Dyeing

Millinery
Basic Mask and Puppet Construction

EDUCATION              
Master of Fine Arts                                          Boston University
Date of Grad: May 2014
Bachelor of Arts, Theatre                               University of Maryland, College Park
Bachelor of Arts, English                                 Double Degree
Date of Grad: May 2011                                  Cum Laude, Honors Humanities and Honors Programs
GPA: 3.89/4.0