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- Read the play
- Asses resources: Time, Money, and Labor
- Consult with the director
- Get others to help you
- Do the paperwork: lists, drawings, reproductions of research.
- Make a schedule (Found costumes take about 10 hours, personally made outfits can take up to 30 or 40 hours.)
- Make/buy the costumes.
Advice
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Sources (in order of where you should look for things first)
- Our own costume rack
- Asking actors to bring in own clothes
- Other theater groups such as MTG (if they are feeling generous)Asking actors to bring in own clothes
- Thrift stores
- Garmet Garment District 's (including Dollar-a-PoundGoodwill stores (esp. Roxbury)
- Old drapes, tablecloths, linens, and lace for fabric
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