Resume
I’m Michael T. Costain, a Wig-master with 20+ years of experience in NYC. I’ve worked with the New York City Opera, Broadway, and regional theaters, designing for award-winning productions like “Guys and Dolls” and “Prides Crossing.” I excel in large projects on limited budgets without compromising quality. Equipped with tools, materials, and a vast wig stock, I’m ready to collaborate with ambitious production companies and individuals. Attached is my production resume and examples of my work. Looking forward to connecting. Regards, Michael T. Costain
PRODUCTION RESUME
Feature Films
Sleep away Camp II Wig construction Mike Maddi 03
Cosmopolitan Wig Construction Leo Won PBS 03
Feds Wig Construction L. Drake 97
A Season to Remember Wig Construction B. Brown 97
Knight Wig Construction ABC Movie-of-the-Week 97
Nick & Jane Wig Construction Emerald Entertainment 97
People vs. Larry Flint Parting Toupee M. Yonkey 96
Search & Destroy Wig Construction Martin Scorsese 95
Lost Eden Wig Construction Mariana De Fina 95
Power of the Shakti Wig Construction Shakti Productions 94
Radio Land Murders Wig Construction George Lucas 94
1939 Murder Mysteries Wig Construction Featherstone Prod. 94
The Foreign Student Wig Construction Featherstone Productions 94
The Crow Wig Construction Crow vision Productions 94
Through Hazel Eyes Wig Construction kelly Gleason 93
ABC After school Special Wig Construction Andrea Johnson 93
They Wig Construction They Productions 93
Werewolf of Braxton Hall Wig Construction NYU 93
Ballad of Little Jo Wig Construction JoCo Productions 93
Scanners III Wig Construction Mike Maddie 90
Prince of Tides Wig Construction Paul Huntley Ltd. 91
Scenes from a Mall Wig Construction Paul Huntley Ltd. 91
Small Kill wig construction Bryant Holt 89
Off-Broadway/Regional
Full Monty Wig/costume assistant Capital Playhouse Olympia wa 12
Hello Dolly Wig/costume assistant Capital Playhouse Olympia wa 12
Scrooge the Musical Wig/ Makeup Capital Playhouse Olympia wa 11
Forever Patsy Cline Wig/Makeup Capital Playhouse, Olympia WA 11
Land of the Sweets Wig headdress design Lily Verlane, Jasper Mcann 11
White Christmas Wig run crew Fifth Ave Theater, Seattle WA 09
Dream girls National tour Wig run crew Paramount Theater, Seattle WA10
Oklahoma National tour Wardrobe, dresser Admiral theater Bremerton WA 10
Jesus Christ Super Star Wig and makeup design Capital Play House Oly WA 08
A Little Night Music Wig and makeup design Capital Play House Oly. WA 08
Grand Night for Singing Wig and makeup design Capital Play House ,Oly. WA 08
Scrooge Wig and makeup design Capital Play House, Oly. WA 07
Beauty and the Beast Wig and makeup design Capital Play House, Oly. WA 08
My Fair Lady Wig and makeup design Capital Play House, Oly.WA 08
7 Brides for 7 Brothers Wig and makeup design Capital Play House, Oly. WA 08
Little Shop of Horrors Wig and makeup design Broadway Bound, Sea. WA 08
Once Upon a Mattress Wig and Headdress design Broadway Bound, Sea. WA 08
Cats Wig and makeup,Mask design Broadway Bound, Sea. WA 08
Expectations Wig construction/Design/Makeup Stamford Center, CT 04
Crucible Wig construction/Makeup N.J. Shakespeare Co. 00
The Forest Wig construction/Makeup N.J. Shakespeare Co. 00
Anthony and Cleopatra Wig construction N.J. Shakespeare Co. 00
Thirteen Chairs Wig construction/ Makeup Alley Theater, TX 00
Phantom Wig Construction/Makeup/Masks Walnut St. Theater, PA 98
Three Wig construction/ maintenance Prince musical theatre Pa.98
Don Pasquale Wig Construction/Design/Makeup Metro. Opera Guild Ny. 94
Sound of Music Wig Construction Bob Strauss Productions 93
Les Arts FlorIssants Wig Maintenance Paris Renaissance Opera-BAM 91
Henry IV Wig Construction-Design/Makeup Theater for New Audience 90
Loves Labors Lost Wig Construction-Design/Makeup Theater for New Audience 90
Full Gallop Diana Vreland Wig Makeup Actors Group John Houseman Theater 90
Mark Morris’ Hard Nut Makeup Design B.A.M. N.Y. 90-92
Taming of the Shrew Wig Construction/Facial Hair Shakespeare in the Park 89
Lady Bracknell Confinement Wig Construction/Design/Makeup Vineyard Theater ,N.Y.89
Murders of 1940 Hair/Makeup Design St. Bart’s Players 89
Babes in Arms Wig & Makeup Design St. Bart’s Players 89
Marvins Room Wig construction/Makeup Play writes Horizons 88
Sweet Table At Richelieu Wig Construction American Repertory Theater 87
Heartbreak House Wig Construction Huntington Theater Company 86
Belle of Amherst Wig Construction Theater By The Sea Nh. 86
Broadway
Wild Party Wig construction Public theater 00
Prides Crossing Wig construction / styling Beaumont theatre 98
Jack: A Night on the Town Makeup Martin Beck Theater 96
Golden Child Wig construction Public theater 96
Coconuts Wig Construction/Design J. Bixby 94
Uncle Vanya Wig Maintenance Circle in the Square M. Maxman 93
Passion Wig Construction/Eyebrows Steven Sondheim J. Lapine 93
Anna Karenina Wig Construction-Design/Makeup Circle in the Square 92
Shimada Wig Construction-Masks/Makeup Paul Berkowsky Prod 92
Salome Wig Construction Circle in the Square 91
Guys & Dolls Wig Construction Dodger Productions 90
Radio City Easter Show Wig Construction Radio City Music Hall 90
On Borrowed Time Wig Construction Circle in the Square 89
Wonder House Wig Construction/Styling Andre Heller Productions 89
Opera/Ballet
Oliver Assistant wig / Makeup Opera Festival of Utah 11
Boris Godinov Assistant wig / Makeup Opera Festival of Utah 11
Don Giovanni Assistant wig / Makeup Opera Festival of Utah 11
South Pacific Wig design/Mu/Run Opera Festival of Utah 11
Don Quixote Wig Maintenance Pacific Northwest ballet 12
Nutcracker Make-up Pacific Northwest Ballet 12
Washington Square Wig Construction National Ballet of Canada 97
Musings Wig Maintenance National Ballet of Canada 96
Don Quixote Wig Construction-Makeup Design National Ballet of Canada 96
Swan Lake Wig Stylist/Maintenance National Ballet of Canada 96
NYC Opera 92-96 Makeup staff Robert Baker Make-up director 92-96
Nut Cracker, 7 yrs. Wig Construction/Makeup Balanchine Trust Darla Hoover 97-05
Madame Butterfly Wig Construction/Makeup Columbia artist tour NYC opera 95
Madama Butterfly Wig Construction-Design/Makeup New York City Opera 94
Balanchine Festival Wig Construction/Styling-Latex pieces New York City Ballet 94
Swan Lake Wig Maintenance National Ballet of Canada 93
Sleeping Beauty Wig Construction/Maintenance New York City Ballet 91
Sleeping Beauty Wig Maintenance American Ballet Theater 87
La Boheme Wig Construction/Makeup Opera Company of Boston 86
Three Penny Opera Wig Maintenance/Makeup Opera Company of Boston 86
Aida Makeup San Francisco Opera 82
La Cenerentola Makeup Western Opera Theater 82
Merry Wives of Windsor Makeup Oakland Opera 81
Falstaff Wig Construction/Makeup West Bay Opera 81
Albert Herring Wig Construction/Makeup SF Conservatory of Music 81
Industrials & International
Howard Stern Wig Construction Makeup E Channel 07
Time Square Makeup design and crew Luc Mcdongh 1999/01
Oz on Ice Wig Construction/Makeup/Masks K. Feld prod.F. Krenz 97
Goldman-Sachs ’96 Wig Construction/Design Industrial 96
Buick ’96 Wig Construction/Design D. Toser 96
Toyota ’96 Wig Construction/Design D. Toser 96
National Baseball Archives Wig Construction M. Lougee Pete Nice 94
Angels in America Wig Construction Ginza Seson Gekkijo 94
Olympia Manaco Cosmetics Craft work Makeup NK Hall-Tokyo, Japan 92
Fujiwara Yoshie Wig Construction/Styling Keiko Hyo-NHK Japan 92
World Vision Dance Co. Wig Construction Matsumoto Expo-Japan 92
Atushi Fukuzawa Wig Design Atushi Cabaret Act-Japan 92
Singing in the Rain Wig Construction/Design Gaslight Prod. Tokyo, Japan 92
HMS Pinafore Wig Construction/Design/Makeup SUNY Purchase 92
Kiss of the Spider Woman Wig Construction LiveEnt. US. 91
Maga Vox Commercial Wig Construction FX, Arnold Gurigullio 89
Simple Justice Facial Hair PBS 89
Good Day New York Wig Construction FOX 5 89
Polaroid Spectra Wig Construction/Makeup Wellsley, MA 86
San Francisco Cable Car Fest. Wig Stylist/Makeup Bectal Corp., 1982
University Theatre
Written by Hand Barney Simon & Barbara Damashek, Brandeis University, 1987 – costume design, wigs and makeup design, Barney Simon
Martin on the Inside Dan Kagan, Brandeis University, 1987 – costume design, wig and makeup design, Dan Cox director.
The Good Doctor Neil Simon, Brandeis University, 1986 – costume design, wig and makeup design
Sweet Table at the Richelieu American Repertory Theatre, Harvard, 1987 – wig construction Ande Serban, Director.
Heart break House G. B. Shaw, Huntington Theatre, Boston University, 1986 – Wig construction
Nureyev and Friends Great woods Performing Arts Center, Mansfield, MA, 1986 – dresser
Rimers of Eldridge Lanford Wilson, Suffolk University, 1987 – wig construction, makeup design
The Days to Come Brandeis University, 1987, Nola Chilton Director – wig stylist
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Shakespeare, Brandies University, 1987 – wig construction, makeup design, prosthetics
The Crucible Pennsylvania State University, 1986 – facial hair construction, design
Morning Becomes Electra Wesleyan University, 1986 – wig construction, makeup design
Great Expectations Empire State Theatre for the Performing Arts, 1986 – wig construction, makeup design
The Bell Of Amherst Theatre by the Sea, Portsmouth NH, 1986 – wig stylist, maintenance Kim Hunter
Good C.P.Taylor, Brandeis University, 1986 – historical makeup and wig design, construction, run crew
Tartuffe Moliere, Brandeis University, 1986 – makeup design, run, wig construction, and maintenance
Company Steven Sondheim, Brandeis University, 1985 – makeup design, run,wig construction, and maintenance
Bent Martin Sherman, Brandeis University, 1985 – wig construction, makeup design, and run
Breakdown Lane Brandeis University, 1985 – makeup design
Little Foxes Lillian Hellman, Brandeis University, 1986 – wig and makeup design
Malcom Edward Albee, Brandeis University, 1985 – wig, makeup design, construction.
Way of the World William Congreve, Brandeis University, 1986 – wig construction, shop supervisor, makeup design
Skirmishes Catherine Hayes, Brandeis University, 1984 – wig construction, makeup design, run crew
Comedy of Errors Shakespeare, Brandeis University, 1984 – wig, mask, design and construction, millinery and shoes
Major Barbara G.B. Shaw, Brandeis University, 1984 – wig construction, makeup design costume construction
Aida Gueseppei Verdi. San Francisco Opera, 1984 – makeup crew
La Cenorentola Giacomo Rossini, Western Opera Theatre S.F. Tour, 1984 – makeup crew
Merry Wives of Windsor, Heromon Von Mosenthal and Otto Nicolai. Oakland Opera, 1984 – makeup crew
Falstaff Guesseppi Verdi, West Bay Opera, 1984 – wig construction makeup crew
Albert Herring Benjamin Britten, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 1984 – wig construction makeup crew
San Francisco Cable Car Festival Bectal Corp., 1984 – folk hero makeup design and crew
P.D.Q.Bach Minnesota Opera theatre, 1984 – wig construction wig master Richard Stead
Lyric Opera Wig construction, wig master Stanley Dufford, 1984
Beach Blanket Babylon Club Fuggazzi, San Francisco, 1984 – wig construction.
Little Bed Riding Hood Children’s Actors Theatre, San Francisco, 1984 – wig construction makeup crew
The Merchant of Venice Shakespeare, University of Hawaii, 1983 – makeup design and crew
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Muriel Spark University of Hawaii, 1983 – makeup crew
Most Happy Fellow F. Loesser and S. Howard, Inter-Arts Hawaii, 1983 – makeup crew
Tartuffe Moliere, Brandeis University, 1986 – assistant lighting design
Little Foxes Lillian Hellman, Brandeis University, 1986 – props master
Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare, Brandeis University, 1984 – wig, mask construction, millinery, shoes
Major Barbara, G.B. Shaw, Brandeis University, 1984 – costume construction
The White Snake Tian Han, University of Hawaii, 1983 – make up crew, set construction, editing, camera operator
Death Trap, Ira Levin, Honolulu community theatre, 1983 – video taping editing camera operator
The wiz, W. Brown and C. Smalls, Kaimuki H.S., Inter-Arts Hawaii, 83 – set construction, scene painting
Flea in Her ear, Georges Feydeau, Hawaii Performing Arts company, 1982 – set construction
Knock Knock, Jules Pfeiffer, Hawaii Performing Arts Company ,1981 – light board operator
Young Choreographers concert University of Hawaii, 1981 – sound operator
Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare, Leeward community College, 1981, – actor Merchant #2
Honolulu City Ballet, 1981 season stagehand
One Flew Over the Cookoo’s Nest Dale Wasserman, Hawaii Perf. Arts Company, 1981 – actor
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