Awesome costuming for GHOSTSHOW!

Next month, the Watch City Players' current show, GHOSTSHOW, is going to be going up, March 8th at 8PM at the Democracy Center. You may recall it is a collection of ghost-themed short plays, some serious, some very silly and funny. It's free, fun, and short, so you should definitely come see it!

One of those most excellent pieces is "Unimportant Conversations with Ghosts, Part 1," by Lenny Somervell. It's a funny and witty piece between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton-- AFTER the latter was killed in a duel by the former. In order to costume Frances for this, who will be playing the late Hamilton, Lenny found a trench coat in the thrift store and I agreed to alter it to make it look like a period cutaway coat. It still needs a fair bit of work, but it's coming along splendidly!

I put it on Adelaide, my accommodating sewing dummy. Then I used a pencil to trace the shape of the cutaway, such that it stopped just above Adelaide's waist. Then I cut it, high across the stomach and back to the side seams. A fair bit of the floral inner lining was exposed by this, so I cut that out too. Then I folded and pressed over the edges of the cut to finish them and sewed them in place.

Quite cool, eh? It needs to be dyed, have the belt removed, and have the back shaped into tails, but I'm quite happy with its progress. You'll be able to see the finished product in action if you come out to see GHOSTSHOW. 8pm on Saturday, March 8th, at the Democracy Center in Cambridge!