Mina Credeur

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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.

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

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. 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

Mina & Jef R., 2001

Commerce Park Theater (Nameless Cast) - 1987 - 1988

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

River Oaks Cast (Houston, TX) Summer 1992

Northcross Dressers (Austin, TX) from 1992 - 1993

Midnight Madness (Chicago, IL) in 1993

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

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

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

The Home of Happiness (Montclair, NJ) since 2012

  • Honorary Member

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)

The Celluloid Jam 2 (Ft. Mitchell, KY)

RKO Con (Providence, RI)

El Fishnet Fiesta Dos (Tucson, AZ)

Transylvania Carnivale (Chicago, IL)

Guest Performances

Other Projects and Websites

Other Fond Memories

Mina with Anthony Head, 2000