Starting The Drive

That's a costume sketch that our illustrious scenic and costume designer, Lex Liang, has created for the character of Daisy in Driving Miss Daisy, played by Sofia Wilder.

We started rehearsing on Wednesday. It's wonderful to be back in the rehearsal room. This one is different, because there are only three actors. We are already discovering that the play is very much a character study, which allows us to nuance who these three people are as we watch them mature over a 25-year period of their life.

Seeing the vision that the costume designer has for the characters helps us find who they really are. And as you'll see in the upper left hand corner of the image, Lex has even provided fabric samples - because texture is just as important as color and style.

Corrie, our costume shop manager will now see if we have anything close to Lex's vision in our extensive costume stock and pull items that might work. When Lex arrives in town next week, he'll be able to choose from the many items that Corrie has pulled, and if nothing works then we start shopping or building costume pieces.

It is always fun to look at the original sketch and compare it to the costume that ends up on the stage. You can do the same, when you see a performance, starting September 12th.

--Scott

COMMENTS PLEASE!

This blog is for you too. At the bottom of this post, you'll note a little highlighted word that says "comments". Click there and leave your own thoughts about our production of ANYTHING GOES.

Perhaps you'll write about your experiences on Friday Night when we started out in Pickering Square and saw lightening and heard thunder approaching and then stopped the show 15 seconds before the heavens opened up. And then we hustled and close to 200 people followed us up to the Opera House, where 10 minutes later, we picked up right where we left off! The Show Must Go On! Drenched costumes and all!

Or perhaps you'll write about the show last night, when the weather was beautiful and singing was spot on.

Or maybe you'll write about what you think you'll expect when we do the show one more time this evening, at 6 PM. The weather will be absolutely gorgeous - a perfect way to end our fun-filled weekend. So, come on down, whether you've seen the show already or not. And let us know what you thought of your experience!

And, be sure to click here and read the article about the process of the show from Friday's Bangor Daily News.