Costume Guidelines for All Characters!

Costume Guidelines

We will hand out hard copies of these guidelines at rehearsal tomorrow!

The strength of our show is in the performance of all the characters, so we do not need elaborate costumes!  Be creative in your interpretation of your character – hand painted clothing and homemade accessories are encouraged!  You are NOT expected to spend money or buy a premade Halloween costume.

When putting together your costumes, follow the basic costume guidelines below.

Feel free to reach out with any questions (You can find our email links at www.cavaburbankdramaclub.com) and have fun with this!

Please keep the following guidelines in mind when putting together your costumes:

·       NO MASKS.  We are going to use makeup and need to be able to see your faces!

·       NO LARGE COSTUME PIECES THAT COULD BLOCK OTHER ACTORS

·       NO BLUE JEANS

Basic Costume Requirements:

For the Narrators:

Basic Costume:

Leggings and Shirt in complimentary solid colors

Simple shoes

The key is that you three look like a team – feel free to modify this basic outfit to reflect your characters’ specific personalities.

For All Animal Characters (Tiger, Jackal, Buffalo)

Basic Costume: 

Leggings/pants in black or brown specific to your animal

T-shirt of appropriate solid colors specific to your animal

Any simple headpiece (ears) and/or clip-on tail

No shoes required – bare feet for performance

Feel free to paint designs on your T-shirt to suggest your animal stripes/spots/coloring

For Maple Tree and Elm Tree

Basic Costume:

Leggings/pants in solid brown

Long Sleeve T-shirt in solid brown or brown and green (Yes you can paint your shirt with leaves!)

A wreath or headband of leaves is great!

No shoes required – bare feet for performance

We will provide other leafy accessories for both of you

For Road

Basic Costume:

Brown pants (the grungier the better)

Brown T-shirt long or short sleeved – feel free to paint any road-like splatters, pebbles, mud. 

Beat-up shoes are great

Really have fun personifying this character in your outfit!

For the Brahman

Basic Costume:

Pants and top of the same solid color scheme (no patterns)

Complimentary colored scarf (patterns are fine)

Simple flat shoes

Feel free to modify this to reflect how you think your wise woman would dress on a journey – a vest or a belt or sash of complimentary colors

For the Queen

Basic Costume:

Simple but regal and stately dress of a solid color. NOT a premade costume.

Please no trains or long capes to trip/block other actors

Simple flat shoes

Have fun personifying your Queen with scarf, short cape, sash and/or accessories.

Merchant Bards

Basic Costume:

Leggings and plain T-shirts in complimentary solid colors

Simple flat shoes

Each Merchant Bard should wear a different type of extravagant hat

Have fun picking out your hats!

Royal Advisors

Basic Costume:

Black leggings and white or black T-shirt

Simple flat black shoes (church or dress shoes)

We will provide you with matching sashes

Short or long sleeves are fine, but solid black or white only

Farmer

Basic Costume

Overalls (denim is fine) or plain brown work pants

Plain white T-shirt

Work boots, hiking boots or beat-up shoes

Feel free to add farmer accessories like a neck bandana and/or sun hat (not a baseball cap)

Soldier

Basic Costume:

Brown or beige leggings and matching solid color t-shirt

Work boots or hiking boots

Feel free to modify this with generic soldier accessories: a soldier’s hat, plain jacket, etc.

Mystery Character

Basic Costume:

Black pants

Black T-shirt

Black boots