Costume Requirements: Please Read COMPLETELY

Hello everyone!

For those of you who participated in the musical last year, this post will look very familiar.  Please read on to be fully aware of all costume requirements to be brought to rehearsal by Sunday, April 27^th.

All actors are asked to pay a $30 costume fee to offset the cost of costume rental. Please make checks payable to HFCS and bring to my classroom this week. Envelope, your name and class, please.

All actors will wear the same shoes found at this link and a little cheaper on Amazon. Please clearly label them with your first and last name on the inside of the shoe. If you read the comments, you’ll find many people wear these as everyday shoes and find that they are very comfortable. Remember when I was asking you to wear closed-toe shoes to rehearsal? Problem solved! I’ve done a great deal of reading about different shoes like these and think the RUBBER SOLES are going to be important on our hardwood stage, particularly for those of you doing martial arts! Please order only from these two links. The link to Karate Depot has great reports of fast shipping, so in the event the size is wrong  then you have time to exchange or if you find the shoes are too slippery on hardwood, please let me know. Please pay attention to the reviews and sizing recommendations on the websites. Thank you!

All actors are asked to provide their own full-length garment bag clearly labeled with their first and last name. Our costume rental arrives the Monday of the show. Please make the organization and steaming of the costumes as easy as possible for the parents helping. You can find a suitable one at this link on Walmart.com. This particular product comes in a pack of three for less than $12. You can select “Ship to Store” and they will be available for pick up by the end of the week. 

If 12 orders are made, we have enough for the whole cast. 

Many of you have asked me how you can help. If you’re willing to buy one or more packs of these garment bags and have them shipped to HFCS, please email me. I’ll keep you all updated on the progress of our orders so hopefully you all don’t need to place separate ones. This would be a very helpful donation to the Genesian Players for future years so we don’t have to continue asking for each child to bring one for every show. Thank you!

All actors are asked to provide at least two hangers clearly labeled with their first and last name.

Actors in Keep Em’ Guessin (Mushu’s song) that was blocked today are required to provide a short sleeved black t-shirt in the same style as our cast shirts (available at Walmart or Michael’s) and full-length black pants. Please label with your first and last name.  No tight fitting tees, please.

Girls are required to wear a sports bra and shorts during all dress rehearsals and performances.

You have just shy of 2 weeks to acquire these things. Even if you are going out of town for Spring Break, you either have these items at home or can pretty easily order them online and have them in time. You can do it!