Earnest Wrap-up

I still can’t believe we had like two weeks? Two weeks to do all the costumes. Again, I don’t feel like I did much for the play like for Mary Poppins. I just spent hours finding a costume to have it completely changed and replaced. I only really made a small hairpiece for Gwndolyn (only really made hats for Mary Poppins too!). There is a bright side to all this though! I felt more useful backstage as opposed to the Marry Poppins play. I was asked to help with makeup and hair by Reka each night I worked, and I was the one to (try) and rub hay on Dania’s dress. 

(make-up used (or almost used) for Reka)

(finished make-up!)

Another thing I thought went well was the actors being required to sign a contract and being explicitly told the rules of the costumes (such as putting makeup on first before dressing in their costumes). That, and having a smaller cast made things a bit less chaotic and easier to organize things and not lose them as well! I really really liked how we weren’t going to put things back into the closet till the next day of class. I was so hungry my stomach was hurting and I could hardly walk. I bet everyone was feeling the same way by the end of the play

                

     What could have been done better? The last dress rehearsal seemed to be the first night that Dania had someone rub hay all over her skirt. Why wasn’t it done sooner and sooner discovered that there had to be a medium to attach the hay to the skirt? On opening night was the first night the string method was used with the hay. What if it didn’t work? That would have caused a big problem right on stage in front of the audience. I would also say give at least another week for everyone to prepare for another play! Another question that arose in my mind was the question of why weren’t the speakers on? In Mary Poppins, they were an essential part to help the actors know where in the play everything was. I panicked a bit! But I seemed to be the only one that did, so I didn’t worry about it for too long

             

     How I felt about the end result: Even though there was a big rush to finish everything, being backstage and seeing all the costumes and how they turned out made me happy. All the costumes were well done. I also feel like I learn something new about makeup each time and was able to better myself as a theatrical makeup artist.  I learned where to properly place blush this time! Alpha told me that it is supposed to go on the top of the cheeks rather than directly on them. I still don’t know how to really make someone look old or how to perfectly highlight or shadow, but maybe that will be for another play