Robert in the back yard of the Chicago house. My director's request for this character was "tweedy." It's that time again. David Auburn's "Proof," the first show of the Suffield Players' 2019 - 2020 season opens tonight. "Proof" won both the Pulitzer ...
WIP: “I Hate Hamlet” Costuming
"I was thinking of, you know, something . . . less" "I Hate Hamlet," the Suffield Players' final show of the season, opens tonight. Here's our hero, Andrew Rally, a TV actor come back to New York to try his hand at theater, and Felicia Dantine, the re ...
WIP: “The Sugar Witch” Costuming
The Bean family homestead - setting for "The Sugar Witch" "The Sugar Witch" by Nathan Sanders, the second show of the season for The Suffield Players, opens tonight. It's a Southern gothic drama, set in the Florida swamps and focusing on the Bean fami ...
Anti-Fashion Friday: Costume Distressing
Tea, cola, balsamic vinegar - tastes like costume distressing to me I have one character in the show I'm costuming next month ("The Sugar Witch" at The Suffield Players) whose costume needs to look really ratty, so last week I met up with a friend for ...
WIP: “Ghost of a Chance” costuming
Buck the deer stands guard over the "Ghost of a Chance" set My first costuming gig of the 2018/2019 community theater season opens tomorrow. The show is "Ghost of a Chance" by Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus. The show was written in the mid-1990s and we ...
WIP: Canada Socks again
The latest Drive to Canada socks I didn't post any WIP last Wednesday because my brother and I did another Connecticut to Quebec and back run. Here's the socks I started this time, Whisper Lace Socks by Rachel Hawksley. I'm making them as 4 repeats ar ...