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ABOUT

Amanda "Mandy" Casterline is an Alaska-based Costume Designer and makeup effects artist who has worked on both theatre and film productions. Recent credits include: Pride and Prejudice (Theatre & Film UAF, Costume Designer & Box Office Manager), She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms (Theatre & Film UAF, Costume Designer, Original Art, & Box Office Manager), Dead Mans Cell Phone (Theatre UAF, Costume Designer & Box Office Manager), I Pagliacci (Opera Fairbanks, Costume Designer), 5 Women Wearing the Same Dress (Theatre UAF, Costume Design), Bodies of Water (Film UAF, Effects makeup), The Fantasticks (Festival 56, Costume Designer), Guys and Dolls (Festival 56, Costume Designer), Violet (Festival 56, Costume Designer), Turandot (Fairbanks Symphony, Makeup and Wigs), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Theatre UAF, Costume Design), Stop Kiss (Theatre UAF, Makeup effects and Wardrobe Supervisor), Hansel and Gretel (Opera Fairbanks, First Hand), and Mining for Ruby (Lock and Monkey Productions, Costume Assistant) , She has also worked in various areas of theatre and film including Personal assistant on a film set, publicity & marketing for theatre, production manager, box office manager, and directing. Currently she is a graduate student at Ohio University earning a degree in Costume Design.

Five Women Wearing the Same Dress

Photograph by Kade Mendelowitz

Education

University of Alaska Fairbanks, B.A., Theatre Design and Technical, Graduated May 2017

Design

Pride and Prejudice, Costume Designer & Construction, Theatre UAF

                                    Director Rebecca George, Spring 2020 Online

She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms, Costume Designer & Original Art, Theatre UAF

                                                              Director Tom Robenolt, Fall 2020 Online

Dead Mans Cell Phone, Costume Designer, Theatre UAF

                                          Director Carrie Baker, Spring 2019

I Pagliacci, Costume Designer & Construction, Opera Fairbanks

                    Director Dylan Thomas, July 2018

Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, Costume Designer, Theatre UAF,

                                                                     Director Carrie Baker, Spring 2017

Bodies of Water (Film), Makeup Department Head, Theatre and Film UAF, 

                                        Director: Maya Salganek, Fall 2016

Guys and Dolls, Costume Designer & Shop Manager, Festival 56, 

                             Director: Shari Mocheit, Summer 2016

Violet, Costume Designer & Shop Manager, Festival 56,

            Director: Tim Seib, Summer 2016

The Fantasticks, Costume Designer & Shop Manager, Festival 56,

                               Director: Jim Brigman, Summer 2016

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Costume Designer, Theatre UAF

                                       Director: Rebecca George, Spring 2016

Everything Changes: Title XI Play, Costume Designer, Salisbury Theatre

                                                            Director: Brian Cook,

                                                            Writers: Sam Thompson & Erlee Hjellen, Fall 2015

Technical

Turandot, Wig and Effects Makeup, Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra, 

                 Costume Designer: Theresa Reed, Spring 2016

Hansel and Gretel, 1st Hand, Opera Fairbanks,

                                Costume Designer: Kathleen Doyle, Summer 2015

The Ash Girl, Costume Shop Assistant, Theatre UAF, 

                      Costume Designer: Bethany Marx, Spring 2015

Les Miserables, Costumer, Electrical, Stagecraft, Fairbanks Light Opera Theatre,      

                         Costume Designer: Rose Meier, Scenic Designer: Kade Mendelowitz, Fall 2014

Tartuffe, Wardrobe Supervisor, Costume Shop Assistant, Theatre UAF,

               Costume Designer: Bethany Marx, Spring 2014

Mining For Ruby (Film), Costume Assistant, Lock and Monkey Productions [US], 

                                        Director: Laura Zoe Quist, Summer 2013

Tartuffe bodice

Photograph by Kade Mendelowitz

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