Jess Rau's work ranges from beautiful hand-tied human hair wigs and facial hair to rejuvenating synthetic store-bought wigs. She is available for theater and entertainment projects as well as personal wig needs. 

Jess Rau is a member of local IATSE13. 

Production History

The 2010/20's

The Guthrie Theater 2022-23 Season

Il Trovatore | Washington National Opera

Airness | Park Square Theater

The Anonymous Lover | Minnesota Opera

The Guthrie Theater 2021-22 Season

Maria & Rosetta | Park Square Theater

The Guthrie Theater 2020-21 Season

The Guthrie Theater 2019-20 Season

The Guthrie Theater 2018-19 Season

Immortal | Trademark Theater

She Loves Me | The Artistry
by Joe Masteroff and Sheldon Harnick
directed by Benjamin McGovern

Hello Dolly | Trollwood Performing Arts School
by Jerry Herman and Michael Stewart
directed by Michael Walling

Two Mile Hollow | Theater MU in Co-Production with Mixed Blood Theater
by Leah Nanako Winkler
directed by Randy Reyes

A Christmas Carol | The Guthrie Theater
by Charles Dickens (adapt. by Crispin Whittel) 
directed by Lauren Keating

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s
South Pacific | The Guthrie Theater
music by Richard Rodgers
lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan
adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel
Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener
directed by Joseph Haj

M. Butterfly | The Guthrie Theater
by David Henry Hwang
directed by Peter Rothstein

The Medora Musical | Burning Hills Amphitheater
by Curt Wollan

Church Basement Ladies | The Plymouth Playhouse
by Jim Stowell and Jessica Zuehlke

The 2000's

Little House on the Prairie | The Guthrie Theater
book by Rachel Sheinkin
music by Rachel Portman
lyrics by Donna di Novelli
based on the "Little House" books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
directed by Francesca Zambello

Sylvia | The Jungle Theater
by A.R. Gurney
directed by Bain Boehlke

Torch Song Trilagy | The Jungle Theater
by Harvey Fierstein
directed by Bain Boehlke

Amadeus | The Guthrie Theater
by Peter Shaffer
directed by Joe Dowling

The Carpetbagger's Children | The Guthrie Theater 
by Horton Foote
directed by Michael Wilson

Falstaff | Opera Omaha  
by Giuseppe Verdi
directed by David Gately

Twelfth Night | The Guthrie Theater
by William Shakespeare
directed by Joe Dowling

Hedda Gabler | The Guthrie Theater
by Henrik Ibsen
directed by David Esbjornson

To Fool the Eye | The Guthrie Theater
by Jean Anouilh's Leocadia (adapt. by Jeffrey Hatcher) 
directed by John Miller-Stephany

The Invention of Love | The Guthrie Theater
by Tom Stoppard
directed by Joe Dowling

A Christmas Carol | The Guthrie Theater
by Charles Dickens (adapt. by Barbara Field) 
directed by Sari Ketter

Blood Wedding | The Guthrie Theater
by Federico Garcia Lorca
directed by Marcela Lorca

Molly Sweeney (Tour) | The Guthrie Theater
by Brian Friel
directed by Joe Dowling

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | The Guthrie Theater
by Edward Albee
directed by David Esbjornson

In the Blood | The Guthrie Theater
by Suzan-Lori Parks
directed by Timothy Douglas

Once in a Lifetime | The Guthrie Theater
by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman
directed by Douglas C. Wager

The 1990's

Sweeney Todd | The Guthrie Theater
by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
directed by John Miller-Stephany

The School for Scandal | The Guthrie Theater
by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
directed by Joe Dowling

Ah, Wilderness! | The Guthrie Theater
by Eugene O'Neill
directed by Douglas C. Wager

Martin Guerre | The Guthrie Theater
by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg
directed by Connell Morrison

Mr. Peters' Connections | The Guthrie Theater
by Arthur Miller
directed by James Houghton

Madame Butterfly | Minnesota Opera
by Giacomo Puccini  
conducted by Richard Buckley

A Christmas Carol | The Guthrie Theater
by Charles Dickens (adapt. by Barbara Field) 
directed by Sari Ketter

Misalliance | The Guthrie Theater
by George Bernard Shaw
directed by Neil Munro

Lake Hollywood | The Guthrie Theater
by John Guare
directed by Itamar Kubovy

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Tour) | The Guthrie Theater
by William Shakespeare
directed by Joe Dowling

The Darker Face of the Earth | The Guthrie Theater
by Rita Dove
directed by Lou Bellamy

The Plough and the Stars | The Guthrie Theater
by Sean O'Casey
directed by Joe Dowling

Side Man | The Guthrie Theater
by Warren Leight
directed by Ethan McSweeny

The Venetian Twins | The Guthrie Theater
by Carlo Goldoni (adapt. by Michael Bogdanov with additional material by Kevin Kling) 
directed by Michael Bogdanov

Gross Indecency | The Guthrie Theater
by Moisés Kaufman
directed by Ethan McSweeny

A Christmas Carol | The Guthrie Theater
by Charles Dickens (adapt. by Barbara Field) 
directed by Sari Ketter

The Magic Fire | The Guthrie Theater
by Lillian Garrett-Groag
directed by Libby Appel

Julius Caesar | The Guthrie Theater
by William Shakespeare
directed by Joe Dowling

Lysistrata | The Guthrie Theater
by Aristophanes
directed by Wendy Knox

Summer and Smoke | The Guthrie Theater 
by Tennessee Williams
directed by David Esbjornson

Tartuffe | University of Minnesota Theater Arts & Dance
by Molière