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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

ILLINOIS SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, 2017

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DIRECTOR: ROBERT QUINLAN   COSTUME DESIGNER: TYLER WILSON

SCENIC DESIGNER: JOE C. KLUG  LIGHTING DESIGNER: DAN OZMINKOWSKI

SOUND DESIGNER: KIERAN PEREIRA  FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER: JOHN TOVAR

PHOTOS: PETE GUITHER  DRAPER: LINDSAY RECKNAGEL

 

I was first hand on this production, where I draped Helena's blouse and patterned her pants. During the production I was asked to create a tear-away version of Helena's blouse for the Lovers' fight.

"But herein mean I to enrich my pain,/ To have his sight thither and back again."
Rendering of The Lovers
Reference image for blouse with notes
Draped front of blouse
Draped back of blouse
Stitched blouse for fitting
Inside of blouse
Back of tear-away blouse
Back of sleeves of tear-away blouse
Final fitting
Final fitting side
Final fitting back
"You, mistress, all this coil is long of you. Nay, go not back."
"You do advance your cunning more and more."
"I am not yet so low but that my nails can reach unto thine eyes."
Lovers Underwear Rendering
Boxer Pattern Package
Adjusting Boxer Pattern
Demetrius Boxer Back
Demetrius Boxer Side
Bottom Boxer Side
Bottom Boxer Front
"It shall be called 'Bottom’s Dream' because it hath no bottom"
"Could not this make thee know the hate I bear thee made me leave thee so?"
Shirt Pattern Package
"I see their knavery: this is to make an ass of me, to fright me if they could."
"And yours of Helena to me bequeath, Whom I do love and will do till my death."
"Yet my chief humor is for a tyrant."
"To show our simple skill, that is the true beginning of our end."

I also draped Puck's breeches. We padded the front of the breeches to create the exaggerated look of a fawn.

"On the ground sleep sound. I’ll apply to your eye. Gentle lover, remedy."
Puck Rendering
Mock Up Front
Mock Up Back
Padding Side View
Covered Padding Side
Covered Padding Front
Final Fabric
"Thou speak'st aright; I am that merry wanderer of the night."
“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”

Lastly, I patterned boxers and shirts based off of vintage 1940s commercial patterns. I used the same pattern for each garment, but adjusted the pattern for each actor.

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