I’ve been taking a slight break from RHPS costumes… because my cast is currently working on Shock Treatment!

Our cast performs Rocky twice a semester, and one non-Rocky a semester. This semester we voted to shadowcast Shocky. Since our costume mistresses don’t necessarily have to help with non-Rockys (those who are cast are generally responsible for their own when we shadowcast movies like Clue, The Princess Bride, Addams Family, Beetlejuice, etc.), I got to sit this one out. Another member of the cast took on the bigger role of costume mistress for this show, since we want to do it right. I helped out a bit, on the most important costume: the Little Black Dress.

I started out with a boxy black sequined jacket like this:

We have a bin of random clothes that may come in handy for costume pieces, and it’s been languishing there for a few years. I decided to make it useful.

Pics to come, but so far I’ve removed the left sleeve, created an off-the-shoulder hem for the top, and sewed the front seam together. Since it was a jacket that fell to about the hip of our Janet, I need to add on to the bottom to make it into a full dress. With a split up to the hip hip hip.