The Dresser: A Look Backstage at The Matchmaker

This blog post is Emily Schweich, a sophomore Broadcast Journalism major.

The Matchmaker

Photo by Stan Barouh
 

Vibrant costumes and perfectly coiffed hairstyles shone on the Kay Theatre stage as the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies presented Thornton Wilder’s The Matchmaker this October. As the actors moved effortlessly around the stage in their 1880s attire, one could hardly believe that many of them walked into the dressing room bare-faced, wearing sweatpants and some ponytails, just an hour before the show.

It’s like this pressure hour. They come in in sweatpants, with no makeup on, no pin curls, nothing. They have to completely redo their hair, do their face and put on this multi-layered, multi-piece costume.

Applications now being accepted for Choreographers' Showcase Auditions

Choreographers' Showcase

​The Clarice Smith Center and the Maryland-National Capital Parks and Planning Commission invite choreographers 18 years and older to submit applications to audition for the 31st Annual Choreographers’ Showcase. The deadline to apply is Saturday, November 30, 2013.

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