Celeste A. Coleman

Phone: (203) 214-9985 Email: celeste@celestecoleman.com
Portfolio on request

Exceptional skills in most 2D and 3D mediums, including; wood, paper, clay,
oils, guache, acrylic, watercolor, etc. Fabrication skills include

Latex, Neoprene, Silicone, and Urethane/Resin casting

Trained in various forms of puppetry performance, including:

Extensive studies in acting, movement, and dance, including; jazz, musical
theatre, suzuki, hip hop, and modern movement. Unlimited character
voices and dialects with as many singing character voices. Also a trained
musical vocalist and public speaker.

Fine Art: Painting, Drawing, Illustration, and Sculpting in various media.

Beauty, Glamor, High Fashion, and Culture Specific

Special Effects Make Up Design and Application

Fisher Price's Little People DVD, Season Two, Wreckless Abandon Studios
(stop motion puppet fabricator, foam tech, properties fabricator) 2004

Hybrid (A Senior Thesis Show), Dept. Dramatic Arts Univ. of CT (writer, director,
designer, builder, puppeteer, dancer) 2004

A Christmas Carol, CT Repertory Theatre, Director: Bart Roccoberton (Spirit of
Christmas Present/Marley Team, Associate Mask and Puppet Master) 2003

Pinokenstein, Dept. of Dramatic Arts Univ. of CT, Blood and Turnip Puppetry
Festival, Director: Christopher McLaughlin (Vocal Painting/Ensemble) 2003

Facets Workshop, CT Repertory Theatre, Director: Kathy McCullough
(Medicine Margaret) 2001

12th Night, CT Repertory Theatre (SFX Applicator) 2000

2005 Puppeteer in Residence, Workshops in Community and Schools
Dream Parade
Dream Community, Shijr City, Taiwan- Puppeteer/ Dance Teacher in Residence.

2004 Puppet Fabricator, Foam Tech., Prop Builder, Animator in Training
Wreckless Abandon Studios
Stop motion production fabricator and animator for Fisher Price's Little
People DVD Season 2, directed by Tom Gasek and Michael Bannon

2004 Properties Construction (Goliath House and Davey Race Car) "Davey and
Goliath" Coloring Books Covers- Scholastic Books and Animation Content, LLC

2003 Associate Mask and Puppet Master
Connecticut Repertory Theatre
Head face caster and co-head builder and refurbisher of all masks and
puppets for the show, A Christmas Carol, directed by Bartolo P.
Roccoberton

2003 Technical Assistant
Eugene O'Neill Puppetry Conference
Stage Manager for marionettist Philip Huber, as well as lighting crew, setting
stages, and assisting the Technical Director, Bartolo P. Roccoberton

2003 Prosthetic Make Up Design and Construction
Connecticut Repertory Theatre
Prosthetic make up design, construction, and application for the show, Red Noses

BFA Puppetry Arts, University of Connecticut, 2004

Bartolo P. Roccoberton
Director, advisor, mentor
Professor Puppetry Arts, Univ. of CT
Dept. of Dramatic Arts, Unit # 1127, Storrs, CT 06269
(860) 486-2842

Melinda Lamoreux
Management advisor
Production Stage Manager, CT Repertory Theatre
University of CT, Dept of Dramatic Arts, Unit # 1127, Storrs, CT 06269
(860) 486-1622

Rob Ronning
Stop Motion Puppet Fabricator
Lead Fabricator, Foam Tech., Mold Maker, Wreckless Abandon Studios
17 Connecticut South Drive, East Granby, CT 06426
(860) 844-7090

Full knowledge of carpentry shop tools, costume shop, and safety precautions

Eugene O'Neill Puppetry Conference Participant w/ Kathy Mullen and Michael Frith

Naughty Monkey Party- Journey to the West preview, Dream Community, Taiwan, Director:
Adam Ende (Make Up Artist, Puppeteer Ensemble, Puppet Builder) 2005

Dream Parade, Dream Community, Taiwan, Director: Andrew Kim (Puppeteer and Dance
teacher in residence)