Mina Credeur
Mina Credeur (Houston, TX) is a shadow cast performer and 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.
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[hide]General Info
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: 1987-1994, 1998-2001, 2005-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
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. She continues to maintain her blog and sell costume accessories at conventions. She is working to import her custom drafted patterns into a Fashion CAD program where they can be graded (sized) and made available to the community.
Cast Related
Commerce Park Theater (Nameless Cast) - 1987 - 1988
The Bel-Air Cast (Bellaire, TX) from 1988 - 1992
River Oaks Theatre (Nameless Cast) in 1992
- founder & cast director
- Columbia
Northcross Dressers (Austin, TX) from 1992 - 1993
Midnight Madness (Chicago, IL) in 1993
- Janet (Mundelein Theater)
Dr. X's Feature Creatures (Houston, TX) from 1998 - 1999
The Beautiful Creatures (I) (Houston, TX) from 1999 - 2001
- co-founder & co-director
- Columbia, Frank, Trixie, Rocky Horror, and Janet Weiss
The Beautiful Creatures (II) (Houston, TX) from 2005 - 2011
- co-founder & co-directed
- Columbia, Eddie, Janet Weiss, and Magenta
The Home of Happiness (Montclair, NJ) since 2012
- Honorary Member
Convention Related
East Coast 2000 (Allentown, PA)
- Performed Columbia's floorshow
- Judged 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 booth
- Costume contest judge
The Celluloid Jam 2 (Ft. Mitchell, KY)
- participated in the costume forum
- Columbia's Closet booth
RKO Con (Providence, RI)
- Columbia's Closet booth
- Costume contest judge
El Fishnet Fiesta Dos (Tucson, AZ)
- Performed Emily Weiss in Shock Treatment
- Columbia's Closet booth.
CRHAP Con II (Chicago, IL) convention
- participated in the costume forum
- Columbia's Closet booth
Guest Performances
- As Magenta with The World Of The Weird Monster Show (Chicago, IL) for Halloween, 2012.
- As Columbia at Santikos Northwest 10 (San Antonio, TX) - December 14th, 2001.
- As The Criminologist with The Exceptional Beauties at TRF After Dark (Plantersville, TX) for Halloween, 2015.
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.
- Rocky Wiki - Contributing editor
Other Fond Memories
- Attended The Rocky Horror Show starring Anthony Head at the Picadilly Theater in London (June 1991)
- Attended The Rocky Horror Show at the Zachary Scott Theatre in Austin, TX (2000)
- 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).
