Prop at Trinity Rep warehouse
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No turning back.
I'm really doing it again!
And - it actually feels GREAT!!
Six weeks until rehearsals begin for "Ivanov" and I am deep into my research, pulling costumes from the warehouse and theatre, fabric shopping, thrift store hunting, sketching and re-sketching.
Repeat.
Some characters seem very well defined in my mind while others are still searching for the "hook" I need in order to allow them to dwell in the world I am creating.
And it needs to be consistent and have the right balance so that they can all share the space.
It is a world/time that is of it's own making- The male and female silhouettes are based in the early 1890's, definitely European, vaguely Russian, but .......
there is a real contemporary edge to all of it.
"let it incubate
sprawl
be ungainly, misshapen ...
then it will emerge."
It feels so good to be back working with the words of a text. I LOVE delving into characters - listening for the character's voice, trying to understand what makes them tick. The playwright is telling us a story and the characters create that story. My job is to give the audience the visual clues that help them understand each character, how they relate to each other and all the nuance in between.
I'm having such a good time!!!!!
Not to say that I am not having moments of indecision, fear, inadequacy, etc, etc. But that usually accompanies any new project - no matter how many have preceded it. So all the sleepless nights and over-thinking seem quite normal at this point.
The sketches (for costumes that will need to be built from scratch) need to be ready in 4 weeks so that the shop can begin all patterns.
Once rehearsals start we can then begin fittings and, of course, there will be changes and adjustments. There are still open questions that will not be resolved until rehearsals commence - such as the new prologue being added and what that will need in terms of costuming, how the contemporary music being written for the piece will be incorporated, and some other staging issues that we foresee.
Truthfully, that is the beauty and joy of working on the stage -
in the moment, as a community, for a purpose.
I'm really doing it again!
And - it actually feels GREAT!!
Six weeks until rehearsals begin for "Ivanov" and I am deep into my research, pulling costumes from the warehouse and theatre, fabric shopping, thrift store hunting, sketching and re-sketching.
Repeat.
Some characters seem very well defined in my mind while others are still searching for the "hook" I need in order to allow them to dwell in the world I am creating.
And it needs to be consistent and have the right balance so that they can all share the space.
It is a world/time that is of it's own making- The male and female silhouettes are based in the early 1890's, definitely European, vaguely Russian, but .......
there is a real contemporary edge to all of it.
"let it incubate
sprawl
be ungainly, misshapen ...
then it will emerge."
It feels so good to be back working with the words of a text. I LOVE delving into characters - listening for the character's voice, trying to understand what makes them tick. The playwright is telling us a story and the characters create that story. My job is to give the audience the visual clues that help them understand each character, how they relate to each other and all the nuance in between.
I'm having such a good time!!!!!
Not to say that I am not having moments of indecision, fear, inadequacy, etc, etc. But that usually accompanies any new project - no matter how many have preceded it. So all the sleepless nights and over-thinking seem quite normal at this point.
The sketches (for costumes that will need to be built from scratch) need to be ready in 4 weeks so that the shop can begin all patterns.
Once rehearsals start we can then begin fittings and, of course, there will be changes and adjustments. There are still open questions that will not be resolved until rehearsals commence - such as the new prologue being added and what that will need in terms of costuming, how the contemporary music being written for the piece will be incorporated, and some other staging issues that we foresee.
Truthfully, that is the beauty and joy of working on the stage -
in the moment, as a community, for a purpose.
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Costumes at Trinity Rep warehouse
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