Here is our set! I can't believe how amazing it is! I love the platforms in front of the stage; they expand the area by several feet and allow at least four extra actors to be onstage at once.
The costuming process continued today while we started fitting kids with their outfits! We focused on students with named characters rather than the ensemble groups because the guard/Dulocian costumes are not ready yet. Anna, one of the three little pigs, tried on her costume today. How adorable!
The costume for Gingy will consist of an all-black outfit and then the actual "cookie" (he snuck into the picture below) strapped onto the front, so we give the illusion the audience is seeing a gingerbread man and not a middle school girl onstage.
NPS theatre brings together kids of all ages who may share nothing in common but a passion for performing. The program is made up of middle school, high school, and even elementary students, pictured below as they get ready to go onstage. By inviting students from all three schools to become part of the SHREK cast, NPS is fostering a love for theatre in children and increasing Narragansett's sense of community!
Since there are three different Fionas in the show (young, teen, and adult) we needed to make three green dresses fit three girls. To make them look like the same Fiona at different ages, we decided to attach identical red brooches onto each dress in the same spot. That way, even though each green dress is a little different, the uniformity of the brooches will create the illusion that they are
all Fiona!
Here is one of our "Three Blind Mice" in her awesome outfit:
My other task today, in addition to helping with fittings, was updating the cast list. Believe it or not, many roles have been added or changed since the beginning of rehearsals as students have quit or been given extra parts. As they tried on their costumes, I asked the students how to spell their names correctly (very important for the program) and confirmed each of their roles (also vital)...Some of these kids have three or four roles and will change costumes twice or even three times! Thankfully, we have another week of rehearsals after this to work on quick changes...There will be several of them!
Finally, I have to thank all the moms and Ms. Miller for their hard work on costuming today. It is a HUGE undertaking with 70+ actors and probably almost 100 different costumes, but these parents are so dedicated to the show! We are lucky to have such talented costume designers and seamstresses in our midst. The show could not go on without them!
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