Ann E. Watson, manager of the costume shop in the Temple Building, stands among
mannequins while students work.
Cooperation, variety of workers
make theater costume shop tick
By Cinnamon Dokken
Staff Reporter
Walking through the costume
shop of the Temple building, one
sees aisles of wedding dresses and
majorette uniforms, racks of feath
ered hats and baseball caps and a
wall full of shelves that contain
enough shoes to make Imelda
Marcos drool.
Ann E. Watson, the costume
shop supervisor, has been working
there for 16 years.
Watson “keeps it all together,”
said Charlotte Wittig, the under
graduate assistant in the costume
shop.
* Wa tsrki stficl the cdtiumc shop is
a busy place during the school
year. It is staffed by work-study
students, graduate students inter
ested in costume design and stu
dents working on class projects foi
introductory theater, dance or de
sign classes.
“It’s completely possible that inter
ested students can help out — re
gardless of experience," Watsor
said.
Wittig, a textiles and fashion de
sign major, also plays a big role ir
the costume shop.
“I’ve always been interested in
theater," Wittig said. "I first came to
the costume shop to do hours for a
Theater 112 project, and now I’m
planning a career in costume de
sign.”
Both Watson and Wittig said a
lot of work goes into preparing for
a show. Costume designers first
meet with the director in a produc
tion meeting to discuss design pos
sibilities.
“To gel some ideas floating
around," Watson said.
Ihe designer then researches
the era in which the play takes
place or the typical dress of a char
acter’s occupation. For the show
“The Firebugs," Wittig went to the
local fire department for informa
tion.
At other times, designers have
used paintings or art books for
ideas.
Janice Stauffer, the faculty cos
tume designer, patterned the cos
tumes for a production of
Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” after
i porcelain figurines.
During regular production meet
ings, a show’s director, prop master
i and light, sound, set and costume
designers meet to coordinate the
efforts of all involved, Watson said
"Cooperation between set anc
costume designers is especially
important,” she said. “We don’
want actors blending into the walls.'
All of the preparations are made
about four weeks prior to opening
night. The remaining weeks are
spent with the designs in the shop
creating the costumes.
As soon as a wearable garmen
is made, it is fitted to the actor. The
garment often requires a series o
alterations to fit the actor comforta
bly.
Costume designs range from th»
relatively simple to the very diffi
cult.
"A costume can take anywher
from one to 30 hours to make,
Watson said. “It’s difficult to sa
how many hou rsof work it takes li
do the costumes for the average
show, because each one is unique.
Not all costumes must be ere
ated from scratch. Some.can b<
found in the shop storage roon
and reworked. Some designers havi
found appropriate outfits at Lin
coin thrift stores and have altcrc<
them to suit the show better.
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Dancing in tne Lna zone next up
from Theatrix in Temple Building
By Bryan Peterson
Senior Editor
This semester, many theater pro
ductions will be performed both
on and off campus.
Below are offerings from Theatrix.
All performances arc in the Temple
Building and cost S2.
Nov. 24-25: Marya Lucca-Thy
berg directs three performances of
“Dancing in the Fnd /one," a foot
ball comedy in Studio 301.
Dec. 5-8: Layne Fhicrs directs
two onc-acl plays in the Studio
Theatre, “27 Wagons Full of Col
ton" by Tennessee Williams and
"Waiting on the Rocket," a play by
UNL student K. Scott Kolb.
Dec. 5-8: Heather L. Flock di
rects Parke Goodwin’s “Cold Jour
ney in the Dark” and Ruth Dowell
directs “The New Play” by William
Saroyan in Studio 301.
Dec. 12-15: Barbc Marshall pro
duces Cynthia Hcimcl’s “A Girl's
Guide to Chaos” in the Studio Thea
tre. Laura Lionberger directs “Ad
aptation by Flame May ana w
rick Lambrecht directs an adapts
lion of George Orwell’s “1984" i
Studio 301.
UNL Theatre and Dance als
will produce Max Frisch’s “The Firt
bugs" in the Studio Theatre of th
Temple Building Nov. 14-16 an
Nov. 19-23.
"And the Dance Goes On,"
tribute to Sammy Davis Jr., Marge
Fonteyn and Martha Graham, wi
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