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Rafael Jaen (Costume Designer, Technician and Professor) Mr. Jaen received his Costume Design degree from NYU and Theater Education from Emerson College. He is also a USITT (United States Institute for Theater Technology) and USA 829 (United Scenic Artist) member. He has been designing costumes for over 25 years and he has worked in projects produced in the USA, Spain, Scotland and Venezuela. His design work has been featured in full-page articles in the Boston Globe, Boston Herald and national publications such as LIVE DESIGN magazine. His journal articles have been published in Theatre Design & Technology (TD &T) and LIVE DESIGN magazines.
2005-08 costume design credits include:
- Publick Theatre’s Arcadia, Summer 2005 (Elliot Norton Award 2006 winner for Best Production)
- Lyric Stage’s Urinetown, Fall 2005 (IRNE Award 2006 for Best Musical Production, IRNE Award nomination for Best Costume Design)
- Opera Boston’s Alceste, Winter 2006 (Boston Globe’s full-page article by critic Richard Dyer)
- A.R.T.’s No Exit (Elliot Norton Award 2006 nomination, IRNE Award 2007 for Best Director)
- Emerson Stage's Grease, Spring Musical, April 2006
- Publick Theatre's Beard of Avon and Copenhagen, Summer 2006
- Lyric Stage's 9 Parts of Desire, Fall 2006 (IRNE Award 2007 for Best Solo Performance)
- Lyric Stage's See What I Wanna See, Winter 2007 (Full page feature article in LIVE DESIGN magazine; Elliot Norton Award Nominee for Best Musical Production 2007)
- Publick Theatre's Design for Living, Winter 2007 (Boston Globe’s feature article by Catherine Foster)
- WGBH: American Experience, Sister Aimee. Documentary aired on PBS on April 2007
- Lyric Stage's Man of La Mancha, Fall 2007 (IRNE Award 2008 for Best Musical Production)
- New Repertory Theatre's The Misanthrope, Winter 2008
- Publick Theatre's Travesties, Winter 2008
Mr. Jaen is currently the Costume Area Supervisor at Emerson College where he is part of the Design-Tech Faculty. Mr. Jaen has chaired portfolio reviews and presented workshops at the USITT Design Expo. He is the recipient of a USITT 2008 Grant for his project on Modern Tailoring Techniques for Men’s Period Costumes. In adition he has also been a respondent and workshop presenter at the prestigious Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KC/ACTF) Region IV and at the Nationals in Washington DC. He is the recipient of an "Outstanding Teacher Artist" certificate for KC/ACTF Region 1, 2007. His book Maintaining and Developing a Design-Tech Portfolio was published by Focal Press/ ELSEVIER INC in September 2006.
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Rafael Jaen assembling his portfolio case and making choices; he observes: “Take notice of the materials that you need for a basic layout (i.e.: acid-free double-sided tape, rubber cement, matte board, portfolio pages, etc)”. Mr. Jaen uses the carrying case size that allows him to present his work with confidence. He says: “Plan the portfolio sizes based on their manageability and the interview setting; larger portfolios work best with large groups”. From his book: Developing and Maintaining a Design-Tech Portfolio. Photo by Ariel Heller.
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