Pre-production-- Twelfth Night

Well, we're in our last week of pre-production meetings for WSF's Twelfth Night.  Actually, we're overlapping pre-production and auditions this week! 

But I sit down for a second sketches meeting with Lars Thorson, the director, on Thursday.  Right before he conducts callbacks for casting.  I'll be hanging out in the back scoping the actors.  I've changed a few sketches of a few characters. . Toby Belch and Malvolio being the principles.  I also have a sketch of Antonio to show up-- straight up Pirate-tastic like he requested.  (I'll probably omit the eyepatch, though!  LOL!).  Toby's costume is straight up Commedia Pantalone-tastic. 

It's been tough combining Italian renaissance, baltic folklore, pirates and commedia as his original precis had in mind, but I think I've done a good job of marrying the Renaissance silhouette with some folkloric touches-- primarily heavy on the embroidered trims and embellishments and a few specific pieces for flavor. But overall, I hope they look like they all exist in the same world. The show is supposed to have a romantic, sea-floral, breeze-strewn feel to it.

Below are my sketches as they stand right now:

 

Comments

[Jay Parks]

Looks great, Heather...You rock the whole damn block!