Event
Costume Design
Workshop
with THEA Award Winning Costume Designer, Sandi LaPlante
When: Saturday, May 6th, 2023 from 9am-4pm
Cost: $25 per person
Sandi LaPlante
THEA Award Winning Costume Designer
(she/her)
Costume Design Workshop with THEA Award Winning Costume Designer, Sandi LaPlante
When: Saturday, May 6th, 2023 from 9am-4pm
Where: The South Simcoe Theatre, 1 Hamilton Street, Cookstown
Cost: $25 per person, includes a light lunch
How: Register your interest at:
Info@TheSouthSimcoeTheatre.com
and E-transfer Registration Fee to:
BoxOffice@TheSouthSimcoeTheatre.com
Financial subsidies available upon request. Supported by a generous grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation.
*For ages 18 and up. Registration is first come, first served.
Topics to be covered include;
- Fabrics for Stage
- Sourcing, Altering & Constructing Costumes/Clothing
- Iconic Fashion Eras
- The Use of Colour
- Sandi's Rule of Three
- Accessories; hats, gloves, purses, belts, etc.
- Footwear/Wigs/Hair
- Creating/Altering Patterns
- The Dreaded Quick Change!
- Cleaning/Maintenance of Costumes
- Read the Play! Picking out the Important Costume Points
- How to Tell the Story/Make a Statement with Costumes
- Getting to know the Director and Cast
- Measurements
- Budget
Meet Sandi LaPlante
THEA Award Winning Costume Designer (she/her)
As a child Sandi collected the scraps from her mother's sewing projects to create outfits for her Barbies and other dolls. Once able to use a sewing machine she made her first bathing suit at the age of 11 and created dance costumes through her teens. A lifetime of sewing for fun eventually led to teaching sewing courses, creating custom dance and skating costumes and designing everything from bathing suits to wedding gowns, tailored menswear and Home Dec. It was only natural for Sandi to take up creating costumes for theatre when she joined SST in 2000 to tap dance in a show (and they found out that she could sew). Since then Sandi has designed costumes for a few local theatre groups and has been recognized by ACTCO with three THEA awards and two nominations for her costume design.
*Supported by a generous grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation
