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So, I'm a little behind on this exciting update, but I'm so so SO THRILLED to announce that NICKEL MINES is going to New York Musical Festival (NYMF) this summer, and I am honored to be returning as the Costume Designer for its second incarnation!! (and making my Off Broadway design debut, no less!) (PERFORMANCE DATES: TBA)

This time around, on the creative team, we have Andrew Palermo (Allegiance, The Other Josh Cohen, Kristin Chenoweth at Carnegie Hall)  returning as Director/Choreographer, in addition to having been the original conceiver of the show, and co-writer with Shannon Stoeke. Exciting new members to the design team are Tony Winning lighting designer Howell Binkley (Hamilton, Allegiance, Memphis, In the Heights among others)  and 6 time Tony Nominee Nevin Steinberg (Hamilton, In the Heights, The Addam's Family Musical and Spamalot among many others) as the sound designer. 

We also have Or Matias orchestrating and arranging, and Ross Jackson will be returning to the team as the Production Stage Manager.

http://www.nickelminesmusical.com - For all the latest updates!

http://www.nymf.org/festival/tickets/ - To purchase tickets to ​Nickel Mines at NYMF and to any other NYMF productions this summer. 

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On Saturday March 5th 2016, at 8:00 p.m. PST, University of California, Irvine's production of WOYZECK (and Sera's graduate costume design thesis) officially opened. The show runs through March 13th, and so far has received very positive feedback via word-of-mouth. Interested in getting tickets? Click here. 

Also, if you're interested in hearing more about this show from our wonderful guest director, Andrew Borba, check out this special interview about the production, found here.

Still not certain you want to make the trip out to see Theater at Monmouth's production of Turn of the Screw? Well, here are some of the reviews that will maybe change your mind! To read the review, please click on the publication title, and to purchase tickets to the closing performance of this special show, please click here. 

Broadway World

MaineToday

Portland Phoenix

Guess who was profiled in Theater at Monmouth's Meet the Artist series on their blog this week? You guessed it, it's yours truly! In the interview, I talk about Turn of the Screw and some of the things that make costume design such an important component of theatre. Click here to read the full interview, led by my lovely colleague (and roommate!) Christina Hallowell! Thanks for the feature!

To purchase tickets to any of our shows at Theater at Monmouth this summer, please click here. 

WOYZECK

UC Irvine will be mounting Woyzeck as part of its 2015-2016 season. The production team will feature:

Director: Andrew Borba
Scenic Designer: David Phillips
Costume Designer: Sera Bourgeau
Lighting Designer: Darrin Wade
Sound Designer: Benjamin Scheff
Stage Manager: Gabrielle Koizumi

The production will be opening March 2016, exact dates and times, TBA. 

Sera will be returning to Theater at Monmouth in Monmouth, Maine this summer as the Costume Designer for Turn of the Screw, and as the Wardrobe Supervisor/Stitcher for the season.

Check out this great company's website to see what else we're up to this summer and purchase tickets!

Theater at Monmouth

Check out this lovely review from StageSceneLA on University of California, Irvine's world premiere production of Nickel Mines. Costume designing this production has been such an incredible learning experience! 

StageSceneLA

University of California, Irvine's Costume Department gets the spotlight shone on it in November 2013, thanks to the Orange County Register!

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/costume-537595-students-durbin.html

During her first quarter of grad school at UCI, Sera was lucky enough to take a number of exciting courses, and design two graduate directing projects (Bertolt Brecht's The Informer and Thorton Wilder's The Happy Journey). A change in the university's 2013-2014 season was also announced. Sera will no longer be designing Chicago, but instead will design the world premiere of a thought-provoking new musical Nickel Mines.