Barbara Matthews
jaynbarbs@yahoo.com
(562)985-4042

academic advisor, wig, makeup design

Barbara Matthews received her BA degree in literature from SUNY Buffalo and her MA at CSULB. She is resident makeup and hair designer at CSULB. Over the past twenty years, Barbara has served as makeup designer and consultant for numerous theatres in the Southern California area, including the Tiffany, West Coast Ensemble, Long Beach Studio Theatre, New Theatre, Inc., the Grove Shakespeare Festival, CSU Northridge, Pomona College, Long Beach Opera and the Los Angeles Classical Ballet. She has also designed and conducted seminars for CSULB Dance Department and has written the chapter on makeup for the recent revision of the textbook Dance Production. She was the recipient of Drama-Logue Awards for her makeup designs for The Mikado and Mud People.