Natalie Kearns
Props Master and Artisan

Selected Work in Properties for Theatre

Grand Theatre                              Head of Props
September 2013 - Present              London, ON, Canada

Trinity Repertory Company         Properties Artisan/Assistant
August 2010-August 2013              Providence, RI, USA

Trinity/Brown MFA Program        Properties Master
August 2010-August 2013               Providence, RI, USA

Brown University Theatre Arts     Properties Master
September 2011- May 2013              Providence, RI, USA

Trinity/Brown Summer                 Properties Master
Playwright's Rep.                           Providence, RI, USA
Summer 2011-2013                 

Shakespeare and Company           Assistant Properties Master
Summer 2010 Season                       Lenox, MA, USA

Opera Boston                                  Properties Master
2 shows (freelance) 2009-2010          Boston, MA, USA

SpeakEasy Stage Company            Properties Master
8 hows (freelance) 2007-2012           Boston, MA, USA

Lyric Stage Company                      Properties Master
4 shows (freelance) 2008- 2009        Boston, MA, USA

Central City Opera                           Assistant Properties Master
Summer 2009 Season                        Central City, CO, USA


Selected Productions   
Tape  (as Scenic/Props Designer)                                  Tempting Tree Theatre Collective
The Arts Project, London ON                                          June/July 2014
Director: Ryan Cole

Straight White Men**                                                  Brown/Trinity Playwright's Rep
Leeds Theater, Providence, RI                                          March/April 2013
Designer: David Morris, Director: Young Jean Lee

Marisol                                                                          Brown/Trinity MFA Program
Pell-Chafee Perform. Centre, Providence, RI                      February 2012
Designer: Patrick Lynch, Director: Taibi Magar

Parade                                                                          Trinity/Brown MFA Program
Pell-Chafee Perform. Centre, Providence, RI                    November-December 2011
Designer: Tilly Grimes, Director: Talya Klein 

The Threepenny Opera                                                 Trinity/Brown MFA Program
Pell-Chafee Perform. Centre, Providence, RI                     April-May 2011
Designer: Jarrod Bray, Director: Kristan Seemel

La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein                            Opera Boston
Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston, MA                                April-May 2010
Designer: Robert Perdziola Director: David Kneuss

Madame White Snake**                                                Opera Boston
Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston, MA                                January-March 2010
Designer: David Zinn, Director: Robert Woodruff
Subsequent tour in Fall 2010 to the Beijing Music Festival in Beijing, China.

Not Enough Air                                                             Nora Theatre Company
Central Square Theatre, Cambridge, MA                          January-February 2010
Designer: Eric Levenson, Director: Melia Bensussen

[title of show]                                                              SpeakEasy Stage Co.
Roberts Studio Theatre, Boston, MA                                December-January 2009-2010                  
Designer: Eric Levenson, Director: Paul Daigneault

Reckless                                                                         SpeakEasy Stage Co.
Roberts Studio Theatre, Boston, MA                               November-December 2009                 
Designer: Cristina Todesco, Director: Scott Edmiston

The Mystery of Irma Vep                                                Lyric Stage
Lyric Stage Company, Boston, MA                                    November-December 2008   
Brynna Bloomfield, Director: Spiro Veloudos

Follies                                                                              Lyric Stage
Lyric Stage Company, Boston, MA                                    September-October 2008
Designer: Janie Howland, Director: Spiro Veloudos

Little Dog Laughed                                                      SpeakEasy Stage Co.
Roberts Studio Theatre, Boston, MA                                December-January 2007/2008                   
Designer: Eric Levenson, Director: Paul Melone

Zanna Don’t!*                                                                SpeakEasy Stage Co.
Roberts Studio Theatre, Boston, MA                               September-October 2007             
Designer: Crystal Tiala, Director: Paul Daigneault 

Parade                                                                         SpeakEasy Stage Co.
Roberts Studio Theatre, Boston, MA                               April-May 2007           
Designer: Eric Levenson, Director: Paul Daigneault 

2010 Summer Season                                      Producer: Shakespeare and Co.
"Richard III", "The Winter's Tale", "The Amorous Quarrel", "Comedy of Errors", "Bad Dates", "Mendelburg and Mahler", "Sea Marks", "Women of Will"
Shakespeare and Co., Lenox MA                  
Props Master: Patrick Brennan      
Designers: Govane Lobauer, Patrick Brennan, Kiki Smith, Yoshi Tanokura

2009 Summer Season                                   Producer: Central City Opera
"Lucia Di Lammermoor", "A Little Night Music", "Rinaldo"
CC Opera House, Central City, CO                                
Props Master: Eric Barnes    
Designers: Wilson Chin, Cameron Anderson, Caleb Wertenbaker 

**New Work/Premiere   


Education/Training

Huntington Theatre Company      Professional Intern Training Program 2008-2009
Properties Shop Trainee                    Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, MA, USA 

Royal Shakespeare Company      Work Experience Program Fall 2008
Properties Shop Trainee                    Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-Upon-Avon, UK

BFA Theatre Design/Technology  Magna Cum Laude 2008
Dean’s List, Gold Key Honor Society   Emerson College, Boston, MA, USA


Affiliations
IATSE Local 828- Scenic Painters and Prop Builders of Ontario, Canada
Society of Props Artisan Managers (S*PA*M) – Member since 2010

Special Skills
Paper props/paper craft, excellent research skills, budgeting and spread-sheet props management, sewing/patterning/upholstery, clay and foam sculpting, intermediate molding and casting, intermediate carpentry, assemblage/found-object art, graphic design/newspaper layout, Photoshop, faux food craft, knowledge of period styles and interior trends.

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