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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My decorative arts class turned in their last round of projects yesterday, and i have some cool images to share! This class is seriously awesome.

The final project is a unit called "Reshaping the Actor," and it deals with projects in which the basic human form needs to be altered. On a traditional level, this can be a project like a fat pad or a pregnancy belly. On a more craftastic level, students have chosen in the past to do things like a dimensional spine/ribcage, extra arms (think Kali), etc. And, i also allow them to choose to do a half-scale pattern for a creature costume pod-body shape.

Check it out!



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