Readying a wardrobe from the past
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20 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 ● THE JUSTICE For Marivaux’s The Game of Love and Chance, the second play by the Brandeis Theater Company this fall, costume design student Deirdre Mc- Cabe (GRAD) and the others work- ing on the play faced a dilemma concerning design choices. “We talked a lot about making the show accessible to contemporary audiences, and one of the ways we decided to kind of play on it, have some fun, was with these little pops of modern touches,” McCabe said of the costumes, which contain many features appropriate for an 18th-cen- tury French play, but also incorpo- rate bright colors and modern accessories like sunglasses. “Noth- ing’s quite period—it’s always breaking through into these inter- esting contemporary elements, which is kind of fun.” McCabe continued, “A lot of the color came out of almost the very first design meeting the group of de- signers had. We had this picture of a green wall—we kind of always knew that the set was going to end up being this bright green color, so all of the colors of the costumes were designed to pop off that green wall. There’s also a black and white floor, so they also had to pop off that.” The play features largely gradu- ate student actors and designers, al- though undergraduate actors, Anthony Rios ’11, Viktoria Lange ’13 and Rebecca Miller ’13 have been cast, and Hannah Kaplan ’10 will stage manage. Beginning next Thursday, Nov. 12, the play will run through Nov. 22 in Spingold’s Laurie Theater. THEATER By ANDREA FINEMAN JUSTICE EDITOR Graduate student adds a contemporary touch AT THE DRAWING BOARD: Costume design student Deirdre McCabe (GRAD) goes over a sketch of a costume designed for Mario, played by Jesse Hinson (GRAD). FITTING: McCabe looks on as actress Samantha Richert (GRAD) is fitted for a costume. Richert plays the part of Sylvia, whom McCabe described, saying, “Sylvia is more subdued as a person, so the colors are a little less bright.” 18TH-CENTURY STYLE: McCabe adjusts a jacket for the character of Orgon, above. SEAMSTRESSES: McCabe adjusts a costume, below, in the studio in the Spingold Theater Center. SOME NEW DUDS: Richert tries on a second costume for the charac- ter Sylvia. Below, Mc- Cabe’s origi- nal sketch for the cos- tume’s de- sign. Photos by Paula Hoekstra/the Justice Readying a wardrobe from the past
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20 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 ● THE JUSTICE
For Marivaux’s The Game of Loveand Chance, the second play by theBrandeis Theater Company this fall,costume design student Deirdre Mc-Cabe (GRAD) and the others work-ing on the play faced a dilemmaconcerning design choices.
“We talked a lot about making theshow accessible to contemporaryaudiences, and one of the ways wedecided to kind of play on it, havesome fun, was with these little popsof modern touches,” McCabe said ofthe costumes, which contain manyfeatures appropriate for an 18th-cen-tury French play, but also incorpo-rate bright colors and modernaccessories like sunglasses. “Noth-ing’s quite period—it’s alwaysbreaking through into these inter-
esting contemporary elements,which is kind of fun.”
McCabe continued, “A lot of thecolor came out of almost the veryfirst design meeting the group of de-signers had. We had this picture ofa green wall—we kind of alwaysknew that the set was going to endup being this bright green color, soall of the colors of the costumeswere designed to pop off that greenwall. There’s also a black and whitefloor, so they also had to pop offthat.”
The play features largely gradu-ate student actors and designers, al-though undergraduate actors,Anthony Rios ’11, Viktoria Lange’13 and Rebecca Miller ’13 have beencast, and Hannah Kaplan ’10 willstage manage.
Beginning next Thursday, Nov.12, the play will run through Nov. 22in Spingold’s Laurie Theater.
THEATER
By ANDREA FINEMANJUSTICE EDITOR
Graduate student addsa contemporary touch
AT THE DRAWING BOARD: Costume design student Deirdre McCabe (GRAD) goesover a sketch of a costume designed for Mario, played by Jesse Hinson (GRAD).
FITTING: McCabe looks on as actress Samantha Richert (GRAD) is fitted for a costume. Richert plays the part ofSylvia, whom McCabe described, saying, “Sylvia is more subdued as a person, so the colors are a little less bright.”
18TH-CENTURY STYLE: McCabe adjusts a jacket forthe character of Orgon, above.
SEAMSTRESSES: McCabe adjusts acostume, below, in the studio in theSpingold Theater Center.
SOME NEWDUDS:Richert trieson a secondcostume forthe charac-ter Sylvia.Below, Mc-Cabe’s origi-nal sketchfor the cos-tume’s de-sign.
Photos by Paula Hoekstra/the Justice
Readying a wardrobe from the past
