This summer I am costume designing for Boone Theatre's Children production. I had a meeting a little over a month ago with the director and the rest of the production team. It's been an interesting process so far. The show schedule is between the start of rehearsal there will be five weeks for rehearsal and the sixth week is tech. The director does not live in Iowa, so she will not be here until the second week of working. The first two will be dedicated to music only and the last four will be based around putting the rest of the show together. This is a large show to costume design for and on top of that we have a very, very small budget. We will be using costumes that were already donated to the theatre or can be modified. We will also be making some of the castle creatures out of cardboard in an attempt to save money, but also because it is a sturdy material to build with. There are approximately 30 children in the show. The costume are complex in the essence that each child will have at least 2 costume changes, if not upwards of 2-5 for some.
Tonight however, I went to Boone to finish pulling and assigning some costumes before the first sing through on Monday, so that we could have a first round of fittings finished and to get a jump start on costumes. We have figured out most of the costumes and need only some minor assembly on some, while others need only to have the children bring in their own things such as tank tops and tan pants or shorts. I'm excited to get started on these costumes.
Until the next update, have great time,
Lauren Dursky
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