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Lois' Bio & Resume

Lois aka MusicBoxGirl

Lois developed a thriving cottage industry designing and sewing for both the home and the individual.  In addition to many individual patrons, her select clientele includes schools, community groups and theaters, dance troupes, and an occasional wedding. 

She joined the Southwest Shakespeare Company in 1996 and is now in her seventh season as the Resident Costume Designer/Coordinator. 

In the summer of 2002, she joined Shakespeare Sedona as their resident costume designer.

Her costume designs have also been showcased for Stagebrush Theatre and Mesa Youth Theater. She currently manages the costume shop for Actors Theater of Phoenix and has had occasion to work in the costume shop of Mesa Youth Theater and Phoenix Theater

During the 2001/2003 Season she and her co-designer Shana Targozs were nominated for a Zonie for their design work on Merry Wives of Windsor with Southwest Shaksepeare.

In 1997 she coordinated costumes for “Hamlet on Trial", as part of the 1997 UK/AZ Festival in Phoenix.

A mother of five and a native of Virginia, she has learned to call Arizona her home since 1987
 

 

Lois Kay Harcourt Myers

Resident Costume Designer: Dec. 1996-present
SOUTHWEST SHAKESPEARE COMPANY
Mesa, AZ
On contract with Southwest Shakespeare in Mesa, AZ as Costume Designer & Costume Tech. Duties include: costume designs, purchasing, construction, accurate record keeping of budgeted expenses, managing costume related tech staff and all other duties related to the costumes department.

Loves Labours Lost, April 2003
Comedy of Errors, Januaur, 2003
Merrys Wives of Windsor, April, 2002
Julius Caesar, Januray, 2002
Midsummer Nights Dream, April, 2001
 Romeo and Juliet - January, 2001
The Tempest - October, 2000
Measure for Measure - April, 2000
Macbeth - January, 2000
The Two Gentlemen of Verona - October, 1999
As You like It - April, 1999
Taming of the Shrew - January, 1999
Merchant of Venice - October, 1998
Twelfth Night - April, 1998
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - Jan, 1998
(Costumer & Design Assistant)
Hamlet - October, 1997
Much Ado About Nothing - April, 1997
Othello - Jan, 1997 (Costumer/Stitcher)

Resident Costume Designer since 2001, Summer Season
Shakespeare Sedona
Sedona, AZ

Designer/Costumer/Stitcher

Richard III, July, 2003
Old Town - July, 2002
Othello - July, 2001
All's Well that Ends Well - July, 2001


 1999/2000 Season to present
Mesa Youth Theater
Mesa, AZ

Costume Design
Little Jim, February, 2003
The Great Gilly Hopkins - February, 2001

Stitcher
Summer of Swans - Spring, 2001
Designed by Katrina Sandvik
Irish Annie - Fall, 2000
Designed by Katrina Sandvik
Really Rosie - Spring, 2000
Designed by Katrina Sandvik
Jungal Book - Fall, 1999
Designed by Katrina Sandvik & Emily

2002/2003 Season to present
Stagebrush Theatre
Scottsdale, AZ

Butterflies are Free, November, 2002
Man who Came to Dinner, October, 2002

Owner and Operator: 1988-Present
And Sew it Was
Mesa, AZ
Custom sewing and alterations both private and commercial contract work. Theatrical costume design and tech work
Costume Tech/stitcher for Utah Shakespeare Festival, Cedar City, UT 2000
Costume Tech/stitcher for Phoenix Theater Company, Phoenix, AZ, 1999 to present for Uh Oh It's Christmas, Man of LaMancha, Children of Eden
Sub-Contracted with Zag Advertising, Gilbert, AZ, 1998 for commercial print ad costume design and construction.
Sub-Contracted with Campbell's Dance Studio, Mesa, AZ, Spring, 1998 for children's dance costumes
Sub-Contracted with South Mountain High School, Phoenix, Feb., 1998 for costume design of Macbeth
Sub-Contracted with Juli Renn, Dec. 1997 dance wear construction for musical production, in Reno, NV
Costume Design for Hamlet on Trail, Oct. 1997 as part of the UKAZ Festival in Phoenix
Sub-Contracted with Singing Stars (Children's performing group) in 1994 & 1995 for costumes
Sub-Contracted with By the Yard in Tempe, AZ, 1995 for home interior textile items
Sub-Contracted with Mesa Public Schools in 1988 and 1989 for theatrical costumes

Sub-Contracted In-house Seamstress: 1988-1989
CHERTÉ ORIGINAL
Mesa, AZ
Seamstress for local designer / owner. Worked with leathers, suede, silks and other fine textiles in the construction of designer ready-to-wear clothing

Assistant Manager: 1987
HOUSE OF FABRICS
Provo, Utah
Supervision of staff in absence of Store Manager. Duties include ordering, inventory and stocking of merchandise. Completion of daily sales reports, bank deposits, and various other record keeping associated with store management.

 
 
 

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