We just did Ragtime at The University of Alabama. I was promised that it would be "scaled back". It was.........down to 49 actors. I saw a production in...
We just did Ragtime at the University of Alabama...and it is as big as you think it is. We had 46 adults and 3 kids and the rough estimate on main costumes for...
At Trinity University we have a practicum course that majors are required to take four times and minors take twice. The class requires a minimum of 40 hours of...
Karjala, Jodi
Jodi.Karjala@...
Apr 5, 2004 10:22 am
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I want to thank everyone who wrote in to tell me how their school handles lab hours! I received information about a wide range of systems, which will be very...
I need help. Many of you so generously agreed to fill out session report forms for me for the sessions at the conference in Long Beach. I have been working...
The California state budgets will be drastically cut, and as a consequence, our department show budgets will be severely reduced for next year. In addition to...
Holly Durbin
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Apr 5, 2004 10:14 pm
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Holly, how small do they have to be? Would Three Sisters work (renting the uniforms)? Is Cloud Nine too big? I think for a graduate student's portfolio if...
WBlausen@...
Apr 6, 2004 11:59 am
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Holly - how about Checkov - Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, or The Cherry Orchard. Late Victorian Russia, upper and lower classes. We've done them quite...
Hi We did Game of Love and Chance by Marivaux (2 women, 5 men) a few years ago that was manageable through a combo of pull, build, borrow and rent. Also there...
Paula Davis-Larson
pdavilar@...
Apr 7, 2004 12:28 pm
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I'm also wondering how small they need to be. Are you talking numbers of actors, numbers of period costumes. We pick a season that works for our whole...
Merz, Melissa
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Apr 7, 2004 12:31 pm
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James Joyce's The Dead is an excellent small period musical. Cast size of 9 plus 3 musicians. Dirty Blonde (about Mae West) is very small and in that early...
How about small Ibsen pieces like Ghosts or Hedda Gabler? Or something like Stoppard's Arcadia which has a contemporary and period component (Regency, which...
Holly, Boy do I sympathize! Here are a couple of my favorites in the realm of small cast shows with good design challenges: Mrs. Warren's Profession Arms & the...
Nanalee Raphael
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Apr 7, 2004 12:32 pm
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Hello All-- Are there any summer theatres still looking for stitchers? A former student of mine has had her summer employment plans fall through. She is a...
WinJen@...
Apr 7, 2004 12:32 pm
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Dear Holly- Here are some suggestions for smaller period shows that I've been involved with and think were great design experiences: On the Verge, Eric...
Patt Ness
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Apr 7, 2004 12:32 pm
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Re Holly Durbin's inquiry for small cast 18th and 19th C shows - we haven't produced it, but Flyin' West by Pearl Cleage (all African-Am cast) is about 6...
Jane Snider
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Apr 7, 2004 12:35 pm
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I would echo Whitney's question of how small do you mean? Is The Importance of Being Earnest too big to consider? If you have a stock of men's wear to pull...
RE: Small Period Show We are doing a play I suggested on our next season which I've designed before. It is Phyllis Nagy's adaptation of the Scarlet Letter....
Pisano, Linda M.
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Apr 7, 2004 1:08 pm
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I ran across another small 19th C setting show - there's an adaptation of Kafka's Metamorphosis as a script, small cast 5 scenes, Gregor (the roach) and his...
Jane Snider
Jane_Snider@...
Apr 8, 2004 2:03 am
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Sorry, I should have added that the Marivaux is 18th c. Hi We did Game of Love and Chance by Marivaux (2 women, 5 men) a few years ago that was manageable...
Paula Davis-Larson
pdavilar@...
Apr 8, 2004 7:32 am
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I have been asked to costume "Seussical, the Musical " this July. Before I say yes or no, has anyone done this show or seen this show? If so, do you have any...
I truly sympathize! Here in WV, we're on our third wave of budget cuts. Somehow, production budgets were spared on this last round - thank you, theatre gods!...
I am looking to see if anyone has done Streamers and found different or improved ways of doing the blood effects from what is suggested in the back of the...
... I saw the pre-Broadway run of it here in Boston a few years back. ... Some of it was done very minimalist and representative. For example: Horton the ...
I've not done the show but have seen it. You can see examples of the costumes on the tour web site: http://www.seussical.com/ Basically the characters are from...
We did Streamers several years ago. The vomitng blood was in a gelatin capsule that the actor put in his mouth. For the cut on the palm, we put the blood in...
Hello all, If anyone would be willing to send me a few lines of feedback about the sessions in Long Beach below I would appreciate it. Please include a...
I would appreciate any ideas on how to make the boots squeaky for Yephikodhov in Cherry Orchard. Thanks. Kathleen Donnelly University of Wisconsin Oshkosh ...
I've been working part time while getting my B.A doing costume design & head of wardrobe for a couple of school productions and getting paid a contract fee of...
