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​MAKEUP DESIGN / ARTIST
for Stage & Screen



Curie, Curie &
After Images or Marie Curie Remembers

Sample of Makeup Facesheets & Instructions
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Produced by Transversal Theater Company, Bryan Reynolds & University of Amsterdam
September 21s & 22nd @ 7:00pm, 2022 University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
​

Other Productions:
January 2022 | Teatr STUDIO, The Palace of Science and Culture, Warsaw, Poland
September 2022 |  Dinant Creative Factory, Dinant, Belgium
​Written & Directed by Bryan Reynolds  |  Choreographed by Jessica Dunn
Starring Jessica Dunn & Evan Lugo  |  Music Composer: Jordy the Blonde
Lighting Designer: Lonnie Alcaraz / Lighting Design Assistant: Lu Valero

Lighting Design Adaptation: Jesús López Vargas  |  Media Creator: James Intriligator
Projections Engineer: Merle DeWitt III  |  Media Assistant & PA: Gosia Lorenza
Costume Designer: Rosalida Medina  |  Makeup Design & Artists: Jesús López Vargas
Calling Stage Managers: Vivian Juarez & Jessica Keasberry-Vnuk  |  Publicity & Photography: MOON Collective

The Macbeth Files: A Witches' Brew

Directed by Eli Simon
Dramaturgy by Julia Lupton
Makeup, Lighting & Sound by Jesús López
​

Hope Andrejack - Witch #1
Meg Evans - Witch #2
Abel Garcia - Witch #3
Evan Lugo - Macbeth

The UC Shakespeare Trial is a joint project of the New Swan Shakespeare Center at UC Irvine, Berkeley Law, Stanford Law, UC Irvine Law, and Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, CA.

SYMPTOMA 20
​(Experimental Feature Film) (50min.)

Direction by MOON Collective
​Art Direction & Design by Athziri Morales

Story Written by Jesús López Vargas
Choreographed by Brandon Ray Alba

Musical Score: Pan-Pan Gou
Cinematography: Jesús López Vargas

Lead Video Editor: Merle DeWitt III
Assistant Director: Cassandra Soto

​Lighting Design: Athziri Morales & Merle DeWitt III
Makeup by 
Jesús López Vargas
Sound Designer: Jaime Lupercio
Remote Management: Mason Bergenholtz | PA: Rodolfo Mariscal
Cast: Aaron Louis Herrera, Valeria Alvarez, Armando Acosta, ​Jared Berry, Marayah Angeliz, Kaelin Li, Robbie Olmos, ​
Joseph Fernandez, Athziri Morales & Bianca Chauntelle Taylor
Makeup Artists per Character: Jesús López Vargas: Navy Blue, Light Blue, Purple, Red & Mystery | Marayah Angeliz: Orange
Robbie Olmos: Yellow | Kaelin Li: Pink | Athziri Morales: White & Mystery
Executive Producers: Jesús López Vargas, Merle DeWitt III & MOON Collective

Produced by Sergio E. López Briones, Maria del Carmen Vargas Rodriguez, Athziri Morales, ​Brandon Ray Alba, British Ballet & Literarity Bookshop

Hedwig & the Angry Inch
Text by John Cameron Mitchell | Lyrics & Score by Stephen Trask

Executive Producers: Desiree Zarate & Hannah Tran
​Produced by: Desiree Zarate & Hannah Tran, 
​in collaboration with K.B. Theater Company
​Producing Mentor: Lonnie Alcaraz
Cast: Wallace Yan & Madilyn Smith
Musicians: Adib Ghorbani (keyboard), (Mike Bear (bass), Bryan Juarez, (guitar) & Scott Collins (drums)
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Director: Desiree Zarate
Musical Director: Adib Ghorbani
​Choreographer: Annelies Veldman
​Production Manager: Jessica Keasberry
Technical Director: Bruce Warner 
Production Stage Manager: Jesús López Vargas
Assistant Stage Manager: Shelby Caughron
Costume Designer: Alix Burgess
Wig Stylists: 
Shelby Caughron & Aubri Kahalekulu
Makeup Design: Jesús López Vargas
Makeup Artists: Jesús López Vargas & Wallace Yan
Lighting Designer: Marissa Díaz
Associate Lighting Designer: Shelby Thach 
Sound Designer: Kyle Causey
Sound Producer Mentor: Jack Buuermann 



LIST OF PRODUCTION CREDITS AS MAKEUP ARTIST

**Julius Caesar (straight play), 2023
** When We Watch (film/series), 2021
Curie, Curie (dance theatre), 2021 & 2022
The Macbeth Files: A Witches' Brew (special theatrical event), 2023
After Images, or Marie Curie Remembers (dance theatre), 2022
Hedwig & the Angry Inch (musical theatre), 2019
*SYMPTOMA 20 (film), 2020
**The Refugee Hotel (straight play), 2019
**Gruesome Playground Injuries (straight play) - CONSULTANT, 2019
The Passage (dance theatre) - CONSULTANT, 2022
** Special Effects / Wounds / Scars
* Full Body Makeup



Miscellaneous Independent Projects

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​*All photography in this website was taken by Jesús ​López unless stated otherwise*
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  • PHOTOGRAPHY
    • Photography Portfolio
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    • Dance | Natural Light
    • Dance | Studio Light
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    • Testimonials
  • STAGE/FILM
    • Artistic Direction + Producer >
      • Zu Sein
      • When We Watch (WWW)
      • No Erasure
      • Don Quixote de La Mancha
      • TZAQIK
      • /ECHO
      • In This Light There is Silence
      • Distance in its Movement
      • Curie, Curie
      • Video Colleges
      • Duality Broken
      • Symptoma 20
      • Brace for Impact
      • Mary's Wedding
      • RED
      • FAWNZ
    • Lighting + Projections Design >
      • After Images or Marie Curie Remembers
      • VIVO Teatro SilCo
      • the shadow of loving (you)
      • IN THIS LIGHT
      • University Designs
      • New Swan Shakespeare
      • FAWNZ Dance Company
    • Coordination + Management
    • Makeup Designer
  • RELATED WORK
    • INDIE ART PROJECTS >
      • Collages (nsfw)
      • "Visual Poetry"
      • "sil nce"
      • "Define the Unmade"
      • "HUU SHK"
      • Film Photography
    • "i.see.red" poetry & photography book
    • Publicity Art
    • ♫ MUSIC
    • "ReCreating the Stage"
    • MOON Collective
  • ABOUT
    • Collaborator's Quotes
    • Press + Media
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