[NEohioPAL] Costume & Wig Quick Change Workshop at CPH

[Laura Kepley]

Dear Theatre Friends and Colleagues,

I would like to invite you to take part in a special theatre community event
on Saturday, October 9th.  We are offering an hour long Costume Design and
Technical Application workshop with the members of the Play House’s Costume
Shop, pre-show talk and matinee performance of our hit season opener The 39
Steps.  The price for the entire afternoon is just $25.  

The 39 Steps is one part Hitchcock masterpiece, one part juicy spy novel, a
bit of Monty Python mixed together to create this season’s most intriguing,
most thrilling, most riotous, and most unmissable comedy smash. This
fast-paced tale of an ordinary man on an extraordinarily entertaining
adventure features a quick-witted and acrobatic cast of four actors creating
over 150 characters.  As you can imagine, the play calls for a lot of
costumes and a lot of quick changes. 

Mary Schilling Martin (Wig Master) Carolyn Dickey, (assistant costume shop
manager), Clare Briggs (Head Draper) and Kirsten Roberts (Craftsperson) will
give you a behind the scenes look at how the clothes were designed and
built.   You will get a glimpse of the backstage coordination required to
pull off this dazzling feat.  They will share insider’s tips gained over
their combined 70 years in the business.  You will have a chance to ask
questions as well as speak to your colleagues from other theatres allowing
us all a chance to connect, share advice and tell stories of costume
triumphs and disasters.

The workshop begins at 1:00pm, with discussion immediately following, and
then The 39 Steps performance at 3:00pm.  I hope that you will be able to
come to this special event and help us celebrate our Send-off Season.  I
look forward to meeting members of Cleveland’s theatre community.
Registration for this workshop is limited so please contact The Play House
Ticket Office at 216-795-7000 ext. 4 as soon as possible to make your
reservation.

All best,

Laura Kepley
Associate Artistic Director


About the Workshop Leaders:

Clare Briggs has been the draper at CPH since 1988.  She graduated from
Bowling Green State University with a degree in theatre and communication
and did graduate studies in costume design and technology at the University
of Nebraska at Lincoln.  She has worked at various regional theatres
including the Asolo in Sarasota, Tennessee Rep at Nashville, and The Alley
Theatre in Houston.

Carolyn Dickey, assistant costume shop manager, began working at CPH 20
years ago after earning her BS in theatre: production and design from Texas
Woman’s University.  She also designs costumes for the Theatre for Youth
series at CPH.  She has designed costumes for productions at Dobama and
Cleveland SignStage.  She has worked at other theatres including Ohio Light
Opera, Shakespeare & Co., Berkshire Theatre Festival, and Lyric Opera
Cleveland.

Mary Schilling Martin, the Wig Master for the Cleveland Play House has
worked in professional theatre for 33 years, mostly wigs, occasionally stage
and opera makeup and a few crazy special effects.  She's designed and built
wigs for over 40 theatre companies, working on over 320 productions. After
she figured this out, she needed a break. She also runs Wigs and Whiskers, a
small theatrical wig company, www.wigsandwhiskers.com

Kirsten Roberts is in her  14th year in entertainment with a solid
background in stagecraft, special effects, wigs and make-up.  Now in her 4th
year at CPH, she is honored to be called “craftsperson” in the lovely
costume shop.  True Story.  More info at www.StoneChurchFX.com.

Laura Kepley recently joined The Cleveland Play House as Associate Artistic
Director.  Previously, she served as a Resident Director and Artistic
Associate for four seasons at Trinity Repertory Company and Interim Head of
the MFA Graduate Program in Directing at Brown University/Trinity Rep for
one. While at Trinity, she directed The Clean House, The Syringa Tree, and
Shapeshifter and co-created and directed the world premiere docu-dramas
Boots on the Ground, and Some Things are Private; both were co-created with
and written by Deborah Salem Smith. Other directing work includes Jennifer
Haley’s Breadcrumbs (Contemporary American Theatre Festival), George Brant’s
shop talk (Drama League’s DIRECTORFEST) and Elephant’s Graveyard (The
University of Texas–Austin), Laura Schellhardt’s The K of D (Kennedy Center
and UCF/ Orlando Shakespeare Festival), and Trista Baldwin’s Falling Up
(Perishable Theatre.) She was a Drama League Fellow and a recipient of the
2009-2011 NEA/TCG Career Development Program for Directors. 

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