Come Back Little Sheba : Secondary Characters

Here is the final installment of the Come Back Little Sheba 

Turk is the boyfriend of Marie while she is at college. He is a javelin thrower and not the brightest. 

 


He later poses for Marie so she can draw him, while he is in his javelin uniform.

Bruce is Marie's boyfriend from home. He is a rich and very business orientated.

The last character is Ed Anderson who is one of the AA men who comes to the rescue.

Come Back Little Sheba Costume Design: Marie

Marie is the young renter living in Lola and Doc's house. She is very young and free spirited. Her fashion is very up to date and she is reminiscent of a pin up girl.
Her first outfit is described as a pink nightgown and pink fuzzy pumps.

She has a couple flowy outfits throughout the play.

Her final outfit is her boldest and she is fully in bloom.

Come Back Little Sheba Costume Design : Doc

From the Come Back Little Sheba Costume Design I have the series of designs for the character Doc.  The play is set in the 1940's Midwest.

Doc is a man who is a recovering alcoholic, who lost everything business wise but has a small chiropractic practice. He is haunted by his past since his wife Lola keeps bringing it up. He regrets so much and just wants to forget everything.
He is very routine oriented and is very businessman like and formal. I have him costumed in a suit, which since he doesn't have much money he wears everyday.

 

 

He is later so stressed he turns back to his old habits of drinking. He is no longer the well put together and clean man. 

The last scene Doc has been released from treatment at the hospital for his drinking spree. Here he is still broken and disheveled. He is now the weak and disorganized one in the marriage.

  

Come Back Little Sheba Costume Design : Lola

I designed for the play Come Back Little Sheba for my Costume Design final project.
There are three main characters: Lola, Doc, and Marie.

Lola is a tired old house wife stuck in the past and trying to just make it through the day. She really doesn't do much and is always looking for someone to distract her from doing work.
She starts out in a costume described as a lumpy kimono and dirty comfies.

She progressively gets put together throughout the play.

        

                         

        

When she cooks for the young couple she is at her highest moment in the whole play.


         

Her last costume is the most structured and put together one, showing she now is the the strong one in the relationship.

Four

I'm currently in a costume design class for theatre.
Here is what i recently did for they play Four.

Four by Christoher Shinn is a challenging play that explores human relationships and desires with the backdrop the fourth of July fireworks. They all are interconnected without necessarily being physically connected. It's their differences and inability to accept each other that make them feel alone and separated from everyone. The play builds up to the point where everyone stops and watches the fireworks.

The first Character we meet is June, who is described as a young white boy wearing a t-shirt.
He is very conflicted with his sexuality, hiding from his family and peers that he is gay. He is the type of teenage trying hard to blend into the background and not be noticed.

 Next we meet Abigayle, a young black girl, who is specified as wearing a pink nightgown. She very involved in her studies and thoughts. She has a passion and strive that no other character posses. From this fact she is the only character to dressed in mostly warm colors. She later changes when she leaves her house and requires a costume change.

After that Joe comes into the play. He is Abigayle's father, but is never in a scene with her. In the timeframe of the play Joe is with June, lying to his family about where he is. He is very happy man on the outside, but is really very troubled on the inside. He is detailed as wearing a sweater and slacks and being a middle aged black man. Since he talks so much about america and being patriotic his outfit is the only one that has all three elements of red white and blue.

Finally we meet Dexter, who is a half white half puerto rican boy, who is said to be wearing baggy clothes and a baseball hat. He loves basketball, so his shoes are a bright warm color to match that passion. His clothes are a reflection of his want to be accepted by anyone, so he tries to dress like everyone in his neighborhood.