ROUGH MAGIC Drag Queens

The tulle Drag Queens dresses were built to hide armor worn underneath. On stage the Drag Queens transform into sword wielding Furries! The yards and yards of tulle covered the armor until the big reveal.

Tulle Wigs hide Mohawks

Armor

ROUGH MAGIC: Lizard

The lizard claws for the hands and feet were carved from blue foam, coated with Magic Smooth, inserted into dyed stretch net gloves and then painted. The mask was also dyed stretch net with some soft foam inserts for shape and then painted with fabric paints.

Final Lizard transformation

Painting process

Claws coated with Magic Smooth dry on skewers

Mask, gloves and foot covers before dyeing

THE VIOLET HOUR

Budget challenges required us to purchase fabric for this dress at no more than $10 per yard. Lucky for us we found the right fabric and styled the dress with accessories that gave it a sumptuous look for this production of THE VIOLET HOUR, set in 1919.

TROJAN WOMEN

Hecuba's dress for TROJAN WOMEN, a modern, silk adaptation inspired by classic Greek costume. I draped the dress in half-scale first to determine the placement of the folds and estimate the yardage.

Half-Scale Mock Up

Close Up

TROJAN WOMEN: Poseidon

Poseidon's Headdress was constructed out of Foss Shape molded over two styrofoam wig heads. Acrylic paint, wig, seashells and beads were used to complete the look.

JULIUS CAESAR

In JULIUS CAESAR, we used raw silk, cotton jersey and light weight wool to create the draped shawls. The shawls were attached to a loop of very wide elastic. Worn around the shoulders, across the neck and back, the elastic stabilized the shawls to actors' bodies for this very physical production.

Pleated muslin was used to create the stomach bands. Pleated cotton fabric for the leg wraps.