The week in review!

It definitely has been one crazy week! I went into the class yesterday to work on costumes again with the class and this time worked with a small group of three. I had finished all my renderings for the costumes, which turned out well and will be presented in a glass display in the lobby. The class' renderings did affect my renderings and I tried to integrate pieces into the show that they wanted to see. On Wednesday we finished the pulling for the class and did a few try-ons. These went well, the only problem we ran into was one character's costume, but I discovered a perfect coat for the character for only 20 dollars at my other job (Old Navy) that would work perfectly for the character. The most amazing thing is that the coat is just what the class was looking for as well! For anything that I haven't been able to pull, I've been able to search Goodwill or clearance at stores to find. Although I haven't executed a costume yet, I feel I may have to for the coat for one of the characters. The character is supposed to be a general who acted as a missionary in Africa for around 20 years. He comes back to be with the sisters (Kate, Chris, Agnes, Maggie, and Rose) in the play. The general needs a sort of military like coat, preferably in white. While the costume shop at my school is expansive, it does not have any sort of military coat like this. I think I will contact the costume director at the Des Moines Playhouse to see if she has any similar items. Hopefully I will be able to pull final looks today and tomorrow to be able to show the director again Friday.