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  • 1.  Beauty and the Beast with Steampunk Costumes

    Posted 09-23-2022 12:54
    Good morning,
    Has anyone directed "Beauty and The Beast" using Steampunk costumes?
    Melinda

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    Melinda Carlson
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  • 2.  RE: Beauty and the Beast with Steampunk Costumes

    Posted 09-24-2022 16:05
    We did Midsummer using a steampunk set design and costuming. It was great fun for our costume crew. They created a lot of the costuming themselves because steampunk is pretty popular; they also knew where to shop locally.  They did a lot of thrift shopping, and we ordered some things on Amazon. They also contacted a local person who was an expert on steampunk. She came in and talked to the crews. I have a few drama students who dress steampunk every day. It was visually a great show and the audience loved it.

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    Amy Sando
    Douglas High School
    NV
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  • 3.  RE: Beauty and the Beast with Steampunk Costumes

    Posted 09-25-2022 07:50
    We did "Midsummer" steam punk and I projected "text" messages between scenes
    that summarized or commented on the action. Kids had great fun writing them, creating the "phones", and dreaming up who was texting who! 



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  • 4.  RE: Beauty and the Beast with Steampunk Costumes

    Posted 09-26-2022 09:57
    I have not directed it that way, but years ago I had a student do the Costume Design Individual Event at the Colorado Thespian Conference with that concept. I didn't think it would work when she told me, but it did. It was steampunk apocolyptic.  The Beast had his face covered with a WWII style gas mask. Cogsworth was an automaton, etc.  It can work, aesthestically. Now, whether your audience will go for anything other than the expected Disney-ness is another matter.

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    Josh Belk
    Director of Theatre
    Palmer Ridge High School
    CO
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