A week before tech week for our spring musical Seussical, the director approached me and asked what I thought of Shrek the Musical for spring of 2014. As we were in the middle of latch hooking wigs and creating organza boas, I said sure....sounds great, not knowing the scope and technical problems such a musical would present.
After we wrapped Seussical, I finally had a chance to do a bit of research into what was expected in costuming Shrek.......and I was floored! Not one Fiona dress, but four; two, possibly three, identical wedding gowns; an actor on his knees for the entire show, knights, townspeople, tap-dancing rats, blind mice, up to 19 fairy tale creatures, and don't forget the ogre and his donkey...... AND a multitude of double cast actors necessitating very quick wardrobe and makeup changes...oh, dear.....all for under $2000 including wigs and makeup.
I gathered the costume moms and we started pulling fabrics and costumes from stock. I was pleasantly surprised to discover just how much we could do with what we had in stock!
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