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Mina Credeur (Houston, TX) is a performer, costumer, and former cast director from the Houston area where her primary roles were Columbia and Magenta. She maintains a costume blog, and is a recipient of The Boss Award. She retired from cast in 2011 but continues to visit other casts and conventions.

Cast Affiliation: Independent. Formerly of The Beautiful Creatures (I) & The Beautiful Creatures (II)

Roles Played: Columbia, Magenta, Trixie, Frank N. Furter, Janet Weiss, Rocky, The Criminologist, Eddie

Years Active: 1987-Current

DeVirginization: September, 1987

Honors

• Judged Best Columbia in the costume contest at the East Coast 2000 convention
• RockyHorror.com Fan Profile (July, 2000): http://www.rockyhorror.com/profiles/fan_2000_07.php
• 2011 Winner of The Boss Award

Costuming

Tail Coat & Top Hat by Mina

Mina began making her own costumes in 1988, which led to making costumes for her friends on The Bel-Air Cast. After the Bel-Air Theater closed (February, 1992) Mina started a cast at the River Oaks Theatre (June, 1992) where she made a complete set of costumes for the new cast. She left for college in August and returned in 1998 to start (and costume) another cast - The Beautiful Creatures (I). As the internet expanded in the late 90's she offered her costumes for sale online, specializing primarily in Columbia, Magenta and Janet Weiss costumes. She became overextended in 2001 which led to a hiatus until she returned to the scene in 2006.

In 2009 she began a blog, Columbia's Closet, to illustrate her costuming techniques and research. She was the 2011 recipient of The Boss Award for her informational website. In 2013 she began to shift her sewing endeavors to historical costuming and was no longer taking Rocky Horror (or reproduction) commissions.

Cast Related

Mina & Jef R., 2001

Commerce Park Theater (Nameless Cast) - 1987 - 1988

• Columbia, Trixie

The Bel-Air Cast (Bellaire, TX) from 1988 - 1992

• Columbia, Janet Weiss, Trixie

River Oaks Cast (Houston, TX) Summer 1992

• founder & cast director
• Columbia

Northcross Dressers (Austin, TX) from 1992 - 1993

• Columbia, Trixie

Midnight Madness (Chicago, IL) in 1993

• Janet Weiss (Mundelein Theater)

Dr. X's Feature Creatures (Houston, TX) from 1998 - 1999

• Columbia

The Beautiful Creatures (I) (Houston, TX) from 1999 - 2001

• co-founder & co-director
• Columbia, Frank N. Furter, Trixie, Rocky Horror, and Janet Weiss

The Beautiful Creatures (II) (Houston, TX) from 2005 - 2011

• co-founder & co-director
• Columbia, Eddie, Janet Weiss, and Magenta

The Home of Happiness (Montclair, NJ) since 2012

• Honorary Member

The Sisterhood of Lili St Cyr (Houston, TX) since 2022

• Costume Mistress

Convention Related

Mina Credeur & Bill Brennan at the 25th Anniversary Convention in Las Vegas, NV

East Coast 2000 (Allentown, PA)

• Performed Columbia's floorshow
• Won Best Columbia in the costume contest

25th Anniversary Convention (Las Vegas, NV)

• Performed Columbia's floorshow on Friday night

The AC 4.7.11 Convention (Atlantic City, NJ)

• Recipient of The Boss Award
• Columbia's Closet vendor booth
• Costume contest judge

The Celluloid Jam 2 (Ft. Mitchell, KY)

• participated in the costume forum
• Columbia's Closet vendor booth

RKO Con (Providence, RI)

• Columbia's Closet vendor booth
• Costume contest judge

El Fishnet Fiesta Dos (Tucson, AZ)

• Performed Emily Weiss in Shock Treatment
• Columbia's Closet vendor booth.

Transylvania Carnivale (Chicago, IL)

• Participated in the costume forum
• Columbia's Closet vendor booth

Guest Performances

The Exceptional Beauties with Patricia Quinn, 2015

• As Columbia at Santikos Northwest 10 (San Antonio, TX) - December 14th, 2001
• As Magenta with The World Of The Weird Monster Show (Chicago, IL) for Halloween, 2012
• As Transylvanian with The Home of Happiness (Montclair, NJ) ~2013
• As The Criminologist with The Exceptional Beauties at TRF After Dark (Plantersville, TX) for Halloween, 2015
• As The Criminologist with RHPS Berlin at Freiluftkino Rehberge - September 9. 2017
• As Trixie with Flustered Mustard at Orpheum Theatre (Hillsboro, IL) - October 14, 2023
• As Trixie with Flustered Mustard at The Nat'l Events Plaza (Evansville, IN) with Barry Bostwick - October 13, 2023
• As Columbia with Flustered Mustard at League of American Orchestras 79th National Conference (Houston, TX) with Barry Bostwick - June 6, 2024

Other Projects and Websites

• Columbia's Closet - Owner. Costume website with research and how-to tutorials
• Houston Rocky - Owner. Chronicles the history of RHPS and RHS in Houston, TX
• Costume Designer for The Rocky Horror Show at Playhouse 90 in Richmond, TX
• The Rocky Horror Wiki - Contributing editor

Other Fond Memories

Mina with Anthony Head, 2000

• Attended The Rocky Horror Show starring Anthony Head at the Picadilly Theatre (1990) in London (June 1991)
• Attended The Rocky Horror Show at the Zach Theatre (1999) in Austin, TX
• Met Anthony Head at the 25th Anniversary Convention in Las Vegas, NV (September 2000)
• Stayed the night at Oakley Court Hotel (June 2009)
• Attended The Rocky Horror Picture Show in Berlin at the Freiluftkino Rehberge (August 2014)
• Visited the Museum Lichtspiele in Munich (March 2019)
• Visited the Riff Raff Statue in Hamilton, New Zealand (February 2020)
• Attended The Rocky Horror Show at the Wyvern Theatre in Swindon, UK (August 2023, 50th anniversary tour)