Jenifer Darbellay

Painting Shows and Art Exhibitions

“She” – Solo Show (SS) – May 1- June 1 2016 – Havana Gallery

“Pinpoint the Wind” – Solos Show (SS) January/February 2016– Terra Arts

“Wild Weather, Mothers Love “ – SS December 10th – January 10th - Essentia

“Little Ladies of Weather” – Solo Show August 6th-Present – BATW Yaletown

“Colliding Passions “ – Group Show July 10- August 10 2015 – The Beaumont

 Professional Theatre Costume Design & Set Design

2018

Sweat! - Costume Designer - Arts Club Theatre - Director - Valerie Planche

Butcher - Costume Designer - Prime Cuts Collective - Director - Kevin McKendrick

The Humans - Costume Designer - Arts Club Theatre - Director - Amiel Gladstone

2017

THE PIANO TEACHER - Costume Designer - Arts Club Theatre Company -Directors - Rachel Ditor and Scott Bellis

2016

Slipper : The Christmas Panto - Costume Designer - Alberta Theatre Projects - Director - Rebecca Northan

The Piano Teacher - Costume Designer - Arts Club Theatre  - Director - Yvette Nolan

2014

White Hot - Costume Designer - Kindred Entertainment and Triford Entertainment - Director - Ben Ratner

Venus In Fur - Costume Designer - Alberta Theatre Projects -Director - Tracey Flye

2012

Dinner With Friends - Costume Designer - Dirty Manhattan Equity Coop - Director Jennifer Clement

 

2010

Lobbyhero - Costume Designer - Dirty Manhattan Equity Coop - Director Kelly-Ruth Mercier

Around the World in 80 days - Costume Designer - Gateway Theatre - Director Simon Johnston

Nisei Blue - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Ron Jenkins

The  Romeo Initiative - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Glenda Stirling

Heartbreaker - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Vanessa Porteous

2009

Age of Arousal - Costume Designer - Arts Club - Director Katrina Dunn

The Idiots Karamazov - Costume Designer - UBC Theatre Dept. - Director Chris McGregor

Another Home Invasion - Costume Designer - Alberta Theatre Projects Playrites - Director Richard Rose

The Clockmaker - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Bob White

The Good Egg - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Gina Wilkinson

Thoroughly Modern Millie - Costume Designer - Gateway Theatre - Director Simon Johnston

2008

Leading Ladies - Costume Designer - Gateway Theatre - Director Johnna Wright

Guys and Dolls - Costume Designer - Gateway Theatre - Director Sarah Rodgers

That Elusive Spark - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Linda Moore

The Gift of the Coat - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Amiel Gladstone

August - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Brian Dooley

2007

Midsummer Nights Dream - Costume Designer - UBC Department of Theatre - Director Stephen Heatley

The Odyssey - Costume Designer - Two Planks and A Passion (Nova Scotia) - Director Ken Schwartz

Age of Arousal - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Karen Hines

The Knowing Bird - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Marianne Copithorne

The December Man - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Bob White

Sitting On Paradise - Costume Designer - Alberta Theatre Projects - Director Bob White

2006

The Skin of Our Teeth - Costume Designer - UBC Theatre Department - Director Joanna Garfinkel

Grandstand Show - Costume Designer - Calgary Exhibition & Stampede - Director Brian Foley

The Clean House - Costume Designer - Alberta Theatre Projects - Director Bob White

The Blue Light - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Ron Jenkins

Hippies and Bolsheviks - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Racheal Ditor

Picking Up Chekov - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Don Kugler

Grandstand Show - Costume Designer - Calgary Exhibition & Stampede - Director - Brian Foley

2005

Amadeus - Costume Designer - Alberta Theatre Projects - Director Bob White

Grandstand Show - Costume Designer - Calgary Exhibition & Stampede - Director Brian Foley

Strangers on a Train - Costume Designer - Vertigo Theatre - Director Mark Bellamy

Marion Bridge - Costume Designer - Alberta Theatre Projects (ATP) - Director Pamela Halstead

Get Away - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Glenda Stirling

Myth of Summer - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director James MacDonald

The Leisure Society - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Bob White

Mick Unplugged - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Gina Wilkinson

You Two Stay Here, the Rest Come with Me - Costume Designer - St. Mary’s College - Director Marilyn Potts

Grandstand Show - Costume Designer - Calgary Exhibition & Stampede - Director Brian Foley 

2004

Counselor-at- Law - Costume Designer - Theatre Calgary - Director Ian Prinsloo

Fire - Costume Designer - Theatre Calgary - Director Richard Rose

All Clear - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Bob White

Down The Main Drag - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Dennis Garnhum

Big Baby - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Mark Bellamy

My One and Only - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites  - Director Gail Hanrahan

Grandstand Show - Costume Designer - Calgary Exhibition & Stampede - Director Brian Foley

Pervert - Set & Costume Designer - Ground Zero Theatre - Director Ian Prinsloo

Julius Caesar - Costume Designer - Shakespeare In The Park-MRC - Director Martin Fishman

Taming Of The Shrew - Costume Designer - Shakespeare In The Park-MRC - Director Joanne Delleuw

Sleuth - Costume Designer - Vertigo Theatre - Director Margret Bard

Sherlock Holmes - Costume Designer - Theatre Calgary - Director Ian Prinsloo

Unidentified Human Remains (The True Nature of Love) - Costume Designer - Firebelly Theatre - Director Abby Churchun

2003

A Streetcar Named Desire - Costume Designer - Theatre Calgary - Director Ian Prinsloo

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf? - Set & Costume Designer - Alberta Theatre Projects - Director Bob White

Plan B - Costume Designer - Alberta Theatre Projects - Director Vanessa Porteous

The Plum Tree - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Sarah Stanley

Pageant - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Dennis Fitzgerald

Strawberries In January - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Bob White

The Red Priest (eight ways to say goodbye) - Costume Designer - ATP Playrites - Director Ron Jenkins

Henry IV - Costume Designer - Shakespeare In The Park-MRC - Director Martin Fishman

Love’s Labours Lost - Costume Designer - Shakespeare In The Park-MRC - Director Vanessa Porteous

Grandstand Show - Costume Designer - Calgary Exhibition & Stampede - Director Brian Foley

The Red Priest (eight ways to say goodbye) - Costume Designer - Tarragon Theatre - Director Ron Jenkins

Lysistrata - Costume Designer - Mount Royal College Theatre and Speech Dept. - Director JP Fournier

Velvet - Costume Designer - Decidedly Jazz Danceworks - Directors Kimberly Cooper and Hannah Stillwell

Bash - Costume Designer - Ground Zero Theatre - Director Ryan Luhning

2002

The Rimers of Edlrich - Costume Designer - Mount Royal College Theatre and Speech Dept. - Director JP Fournier

The Merchant of Venice - Costume Designer - Shakespeare in the Park - MRC - Director Marty Fishman

Cocktails 2: MR. & Miss Conceptions - Costume Designer - Ground Zero Theatre - Director Sean Bowie

Tongue of a Bird - Set Designer - Vertigo Theatre - Director John Paul Fishbock

Grandstand Show - Costume Designer - Calgary Exhibition & Stampede - Director Brian Foley

 

Film & Television

2013-15

Webisode – Convos with my 2 yr old - Wardrobe Designer Season 4-7, Director Producer Matt Clarke

2007

Control Alt Delete - Costume Designer - Hard Drive Films - Director Cameron Labine

 2005

The Assassination of Jesse  James - Costumer - Director Andrew Dominik

2004

Into The West (6 part mini-series) - Costumer - Director Robert Dornhelm

2003

Defining Edward - Costume Designer - Director Corey Lee

A Problem With Fear - Costumer - Christal Films - Director Gary Burns

Professional Awards

·   Merritt Award for Outstanding Costume Design for The Odyssey 2007 (Nova Scotia)

·   Betty Mitchell for Outstanding Costume Design for Age of Arousal 2007 (Calgary)

·   Betty Mitchell for Outstanding Costume Design for Streetcar Named Desire 2003

·   Betty Mitchell for Outstanding Costume Design for Counselor-at-Law 2004

 

Professional Memberships

A permit tee for IATSE local 212

 

Professional Memberships

Betty Award for Outstanding Costume Design in Calgary Theatre  2003, 2004, 2007

Cordula & Gunter Paetzold Fellowship (UBC)  2007

Graduate Entrance Scholarship (UBC)  2006

William Rea Fellowship in Television (UBC)  2007

 

Education

UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, Vancouver, British Columbia                                                                                                        

        M.F.A. in Costume Design   2008

ALBERTA COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, Calgary, Alberta                                                                                                                          

        B.F.A. in Textiles 1997

        Diploma in Textiles 1996

 

BANFF CENTER, Banff, Alberta                                                                                                                                                                                           

        Millinery Master Class  Sept. 2000

        Costume Breakdown Master Class. April 2000

 

References – 

Marilyn Potts 4032527927  pottsmd@telus.net     - regarding character and working with children, known for 25 years, past employer and teacher

Chris Peerless 6042213605 cpeerless@stgeorge.bc.ca    - regarding character and working with children, known for 1 year, past employer