The area community theater community (over 30 companies!) has a recognition organization that does our own little awards ceremony every year. The 2013 nominations were announced last night and, to my shock, I was on the list! I was nominated for hair design for my November show. Surprised me because, of the 7 cast members, only 3 had hairstyles that needed any research or special attention. (The others? One military cut, one old-fashioned bun, one daughter in pigtails, one daughter in a snood. No challenges there.) As I told the cast, though, they had as much to do with it as I did. After all, while I did the style design and showed them how to achieve them, they were the ones who did the actual styling the adjudicators saw and scored.
This didn't feel like nearly as much work as, say, when I costumed the Pirates I was in a few years back. I certainly couldn't have styled 3 heads without making the owners of said heads show up as much as 2 hours before curtain. Since I trained most of them to do their styles (one woman was already well versed in doing period styles), then left them to do their own hair, I really do feel that the cast earned this as much as I did. I didn't see the other productions that were nominated, so I don't know what we're up against, but maybe Sybil's victory rolls will tip the balance and earn "my" cast an award. We'll find out at the awards ceremony in March. Good luck, ladies!
Hmm. Maybe the awards ceremony would be a good excuse to buy a ballgown... ;)
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