Brittannie McKenna Travis

S N O W F E V E R

COSTUME DESIGNER

A NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK ROLLING WORLD PREMIERE

DESIGN PROCESS.

For Snow Fever, the director's vision was an abstract perception about the characters' as "imperfect, rusty, dented tin cans . . . on the shelf waiting for a good home." With this, the costume design concept aimed to use print/pattern, texture and contrast to develop a visual story of a rustic, unorthadox band of small-town, Montana misfits.

Each costume design featured a personal touch, as in a visual motif, to reinforce each character's central theme, like Brendan's barren tree tattoo representing his fear of abandonment due to an abstentee father and his fiance leaving him at the alter. In addition, the costume designs were an embodiment of the character's gradual emotional growth as in Lucy's sporadic mindset, shown via a mix of patches and applique, that matures into a focused disposition, via a single horse-inspired pattern/print.

Overall, to abstractly capture a group of quirky, cooky "tin cans" in Robert Caisley's modern karoke Christmas play Snow Fever, the use of holiday-inspired colors, complex print/patterns, rustic textures, varied contrast and personalized motifs were used to evoke each character's hidden wombs from their bitter past as well as their newfound friendship and camaraderie that will lead them into a hopeful new year.

INSPIRATIONAL SONG(S): "Where the River Goes"

Arrangement by Zac Brown of Zack Brown Band

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A CLOSE-UP BEHIND THE COSTUME.

Lucy's Bar Apron

Artisan: Brittannie McKenna Travis

As if it was a fixture in the bar itself, Lucy's 'Wet Whistle' apron was designed and crafted to be one with the set dressing (Props Artisian Kristin Renee Boyd). The Beer tabs and wall hangings were inspiration for the embellishments that were selected to fit the quirky and brash ambience of the establishment. In addition, the stringed, multi-color holiday lights (Lighting Designer Paully Crumpacker) provided a segue for a bold color palette to symbolize the "out-of-the-ordinary" lifestyle of the bar's ownership. The bars infamous "Wet Whistle" logo design, created by set designer Shane Cinal, was outsourced and constructed with natural leather. In addition to the logo, roped fringe, embroidered trim, branded patches (i.e., Coors, Budweiser, Miller's Lite) and more were an added layer of texture that provided a road for the eye to travel.