Tempest the First: Stephano's costume

We're opening two plays in repertory this Thursday and Friday evening at Playmakers Repertory Company, one of which is Shakespeare's The Tempest. I've got some posts in the pipeline about all the interesting work we've done in and around the production process (those pool water tests were only a drop in the bucket, ha!). Today's installment deals with the challenging costume process for the clown character of Stephano, which involved figuring out how to make a fat suit that someone could fall into a pool in!

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