Stagecrafters, 2nd Stage production, 2018 Costume Design, construction and running wardrobe.
Metamorphoses
By Mary Zimmerman
based on the Greek mythology of The Ovid.
I’m especially proud of costuming this elegant play performed on, in & around a water stage.
Planning costumes for the watery environment, to be:
Comfortable for the actors
Easy to dry & care for
and of course, designed to add to the beautiful tableaus of this dreamy theatrical piece.
Running wardrobe for this show was a fun challenge, to keep the many costumes fresh & dry.
I was kept busy running laundry, even throughout the show, as some costumes soaked at the beginning were needed rinsed and dried for the end.
As a base costume, I tried to use a lot of polyester chiffons and other fabrics which would not absorb water, and which had nice flowy, drape.
For each ladies dress bodice, and some of the men’s tops, I experimented with a variety of hand smocked details. Smocking is a technique of systematically stitching patterns by drawing points in the fabric together, to create a 3D pattern.
Hand Smocking
