115: AF Rewind - Cookie Jordan - Hair, Wig, & Makeup Designer

Artistic Finance

Hair, wig, and makeup designer Cookie Jordan talks about how she has managed her finances from The Santa Fe Opera to Broadway.

Topics:

⭐️ Paying rent early

⭐️ Unions on Broadway

⭐️ Money is to serve you, you do not serve money

⭐️ When working with non profits, asking for in-kind donation receipts

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www.patreon.com/artisticfinance Episode outtakes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/39-cookie-jordan-46423499

Cookie has designed 26 Broadway shows including A Strange Loop, The Piano Lesson, Slave Play, and The Cher Show. She has been nominated for three Drama Desk Awards for hair and makeup design.

Cookie started at The Santa Fe Opera and has now designed in nearly every opera house in the USA. She has also designed in theaters from Arena Stage, to New York City Center, to Washington DC’s Ford’s Theater.

Cookie's Bio:

https://summitentertainmentgroup.com/project/cookie-jordan/

Papillon Dog (Gus):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papillon_dog

Anywhere Cafe (live music) 2nd St & 2nd Avenue in Manhattan:

https://www.anywaycafe.com/east-village

Chimayo - New Mexico (for red chiles and Cookie's art):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimayo,_New_Mexico

Tom Watson - Broadway Hair & Wig Designer:

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/tom-watson-76348

You Can't Take It With You (play):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Can%27t_Take_It_with_You_(play)

Choir Boy (play):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choir_Boy

Steve Hendel - Fela! Producer (IG @FelaProducer):

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-organization/ruth-steve-hendel-521266

Fela!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fela!

High School Musical Tour (2006 - I had said 2008):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_School_Musical:_The_Concert

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Interview by Ethan Steimel