Theatre 51 Wearable Art Fashion Show
Joe Alloway, Spencer Yeee & Tara Maginnis at the Wearable Art Fashion Show.
There are many photographs available from the show at the bottom of this page.
Costume Designs and Show Concept: by
Additional Costumes Designed by Lorraine Pettit
Body Painting and Additional Body Parts by Robert “Bo” Anderson*
Scene Design: Shannon Colburn*
Lighting Design: Tamar Geist
Production Manager / Technical Director & Video Switcher: Kade Mendelowitz
Stage Direction:
- Strange Suits Jeff Aldrich*
- Biomechanical Cartoon Insanity Jeff Aldrich*
- The Fashion Fairy Carey Seward*
- Period Passions Chip Brookes with Choreographer Terin Walton-Rantz
- Hippie Meditation Awareness Chip Brookes* and Carey Seward*
- Heaven and Hell Jeff Aldrich*
- Japanese Fantasy Christie Burgess with Carey Seward*
- Swashbuckling Spectacle Robert “Bo” Anderson*
- Wedding March Tara Maginnis
Stage Management: Mandara Nott*
Box Office & Video Camera Operator: Maya Salganek
Costume Shop Manager: Lorraine Pettit
Dressers & Makeup Crew: Robin Russell, Anne Foster, Roberta Carnahan, and Andrea Camp.
Models:
Jeff Aldrich, Bo Anderson, Joe Alloway, Alex Antohin, Sasha Antohin, Anita Ashbaugh, Levi Ben-Israel, Kate Billington, Rachel Blackwell, Margaret Bonnell, Craig Brookes, Christine Burgess, Ginger Cat, Thomas Creek, Brianna Doering, Abrah Fawvor, Carrie Fink, Larissa Gall, Dan Gibson, Marecia Guthrie, Joe Harris, Kelly Hartman, Charles Heron, Rob Jordan, Jamie Kearny, Annie Kraus, Heather Maas, Aurora Marhenk, Yvette Martin, Alecia McCoy, Brandon Murphy, Kalesha Pearson, Lorraine Pettit, Charlie Pierce, Troy Robbins, Amy Rodman, Minerva Ryan, Janine Saito, Brandon Seifert, Carey Seward, Aria Shilansk, Ryan Skaw, Brian Smart, Melissa Smith, Ryan Staska, Amy Taylor, Wade Taylor, Terin Walton-Rautz, Jon Ward, Christina Welch, Jessica Williamson, Brian Wooster, Spencer Yee and others whose names were not available at press time.
* Indicates Membership in the 51 Student Drama Association
Wearable Art Fashion Show at Theatre 51
On April 24, 2004, Theatre 51 hosted a fundraiser “fashion show” of more than 70 of the most spectacular costumes that appeared in theatre productions at 51. Shown without a commentary, and modeled by actors and other performers with a bent towards the dramatic, this is a theatrical performance spectacle, not an ordinary fashion show. Music, lighting, and choreographed movement will combine with memorable costumes from Alice in Wonderland, The Magic Flute, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Mikado, The Bacchae , and the little seen, but highly spectacular Grand Tarot . If you missed any of these productions in the past, and wished you had seen the costume made from 20 lbs of twigs, or the one made entirely of videotape, or the reproduction Kabuki costumes, the sexy green chicken-girl, the soft sculpture caterpillar, or even the dancing penis and vagina costumes that got everyone on campus up in arms, now is your chance to see them, and dozens of others, as they were meant to be seen: on actors in the Lee Salisbury theatre at 51. These costumes represent the cream of 15 years of 51 Associate Professor Tara Maginnis’ theatrical designs, including those that have been featured in Theatre Design and Technology.
The proceeds from this show will go to help fund student travel to the Scarborough (UK) Student Theatre Festival, and 51’s best student directors and designers will be showcasing their talents in service of this fundraising goal. Shannon Coburn who designed the sets for 51’s recent productions of Lysistrata and The Possessed designed scenery, and Tamar Geist who previously designed lighting for Alice in Wonderland, Mud, and The Successful Life of 3 did Lighting. Chip Brookes, the director of Cop Out , Jeff Aldrich the director of Captive Audience , and Christy Burgess the author & director of Aaron and the Magic Bubbles , will join with two more actors-turned directors, Bo Anderson and Carey Seward in directing segments of the show.
There was one performance only of this fundraiser event, on Saturday, April 24th at 8:15pm in the Salisbury Theatre on the 51 Campus. Tickets will be $10, $5 for 51 Students, and may be bought at the Theatre 51 Box Office (room 302) in the Great Hall, or call (907) 474-7751.
