New Surry Theatre Presents
Theatre Stage Makeup
The main objective of the Theatre Stage Makeup is to learn the basic techniques for the design and application of make-up for the stage.
Theatre Make-up is relatively easy to learn and practice, moving from simple steps to more and more skillful and intricate ones. The Workshop is very personalized and creative and very appealing and fun for both male and female students. It will help participants be more aware of other people by giving them a task to observe and remember different features, colors and the aging process as it enhances their self-awareness and understanding of how other people see them as well. It will give them a chance, perhaps for the first time ever, to look very closely at themselves from a very different perspective.
Skillful make-up application can produce a dramatic effect, which can be appreciated by the whole group and becomes a point of pride for its creator. It can be documented by taking pictures of the various steps of the make-up process, and the pictures can be used for your Portfolios, so bring your camera.
Please bring a washcloth, a towel and something to keep your hair out of your face. Also bring something to remove the make-up; plain cold cream (such as Ponds or Abolene) works well; so do unscented baby wipes. Some make-up does not easily come out of your clothes; so wear clothing that you don’t mind getting stained. I do not recommend that people with allergic reactions to make-up products take the Workshop, as we are using a wide range of products that cannot all be replaced with hypoallergenic street make-up. The make-up products and mirrors will be supplied by the NST.
Theatre Makeup meets Wednesdays, from 6:30 to 8:00
Elena Bourakovsky headed the large costume department of the Komedy Theatre of St. Petersburg, Russia for 15 years where she presided over the design and implementation of costumes for a repertory theatre that performed more than 20 plays each year. She first met Bill Raiten when she designed the costumes for Murray Schigal's LUV, a play he was directing at her theatre in 1989. In 1990 she was invited by Jane Snider, Head of the Costume Department, and by Al Cyrus, Head of the Theatre Department, to come to UMO as a J1 exchange Professor of Costume Design. The New Surry Theatre asked her to stay and she remained in the U.S. to continue as a designer for the University and for The New Surry Theatre. She has since become a U S citizen and has designed either costumes, make-up or the entire production for more than thirty plays, operas and musicals. She has worked with professional and community theatres, colleges and youth groups in Maine, Canada and California. During this time she continued her work as an artist and her unique miniature egg paintings have been sold in New York City at Rockefeller Center, Trump Towers and The Russian Tea Room.