Our town : a first experience as a technical advisor and costume designer : [an honors thesis] (HONRS 499)

Abstract

The objective of this project was to broaden my knowledge and experience with costuming at different levels of theatre production by helping a high school theatre company put on a production of Our Town with appropriately accurate costumes. (By "appropriately accurate" I suggest that the materials, construction methods, and importance of historical accuracy vary with the experience level, budget, and target audience of the production.) I compare those costumes from the high school production with the more historically accurate designs of a professional production.