"cabaret"

the spring main-stage musical at the university where ryan and i work was "cabaret" this year!  

as usual, ryan wore many hats: production manager, technical director, lighting designer, and set builder.  i designed the costumes and overall held everything together, while noah supervised it all.

above are some photos from the show taken by the university students for the school newspaper.

for my own sake, at the end of costuming designing every show i like to take a total count of all of the costumes in the production.  here's my tally for this production . . .

"cabaret" by the numbers:

93 full outfits

individual pieces of clothing including:

4 lace bras

8 pairs of costume underwear

1 bedazzled unitard

3 bedazzled leotards

3 solid leotards

3 corsets

3 slips

17 dresses

9 skirts

7 shorts

25 shirts

14 vests 

1 cape 

7 sweaters

11 robes

21 jackets

19 coats

29 pants

10 belts

 5 suspenders

1 cummerbund

19 ties 

5 aprons

11 pairs of socks

16 stockings

32 pairs of shoes

3 feather boas 

2 shawls 

2 arm bands

16 hats

1 scarf

1 pair of glasses

1 wig 

countless hair ties and bobby pins

bringing the grand tally of things in the show to 309 things that i have to track!

i decided to make the lobby an immersive experience so audience felt like they were walking into the kit kat club.  so, i costumed the ushers and even gave ryan an little pizazz! 

love, laurie