> Recently we costumed for the play "A Little Princess." One of the > characters is a young girl with a bit of a weight problem. She was > superbly portrayed by a rather thin young girl. We stuffed a bodystocking > with fiberfill at first during rehearsals but it was so hot she nearly > passed out and became very flushed. So we tried having her wear three > cotton teeshirts but that didn't work too well either. We finally just > used the fiberfill & stuffed her blouse, a fitted Victorian high-collared > style, after she put it on to fill out the necessary areas. That didn't > work really either, because after every scene we had to readjust the > fiberfill because it kept shifting & even falling out below the skirt. > She left puff-bunnies all over backstage but fortunately none fell out on > stage --although in one of the final scenes she suddenly developed a > "hernia" on her left side. > > Please --we may do this play again for the lower schools. Can anyone > give us any ideas on making a Mrs. Doubtfire-type removable bodyshape > suit on a low budget that won't cause the young actress to expire with > heat? > > Thanks for any & all suggestions. > > Blessings, > Susannah > > > --------------------------------- > Love cheap thrills? Enjoy PC-to-Phone calls to 30+ countries for just > 2ยข/min with Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume >
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