The entire cast for my play including our prompter and pianist. We added a few extra characters from the original script. This photo was taken right after the first showing of our production. The cast surprised me with roses. It was a great cast and I was so proud of everyone's performance. They each played their role so well. The audience liked it so much they requested additional performances so we did the show three times and each night the cast added new scenes and scripts. We all had so much fun with this play.

The King and Queen. She was a mean bossy Queen so I wanted her colors to be dark. I chose fabrics with lots of glimmer and shine to them so they would catch the stage lights.

The King, very dignified. I added boots to the costume later. This fabric was difficult to work with but I loved the way it draped and shined.

The Queen. I modified the finished costume a bit from the original concept. I put stays in the collar to make it stand erect. The cape was a bit heavy so I had to attach it to the front of the bodice. The dress is in two parts, bodice and skirt. The lower part of the sleeves had strings attached that wrap around the arm to make it tight and form fitting to her lower arms.

The Throne Room. The students helped me paint the large canvas panels that served as the interior walls of the castle. We painted  carpet rolls for marble columns and I brought it my living-room drapes to hang behind the throne. We even refinished the chairs we picked up at a local thrift store.

The Chancellor's staff was made from a rod from a closet topped with a paper mache formed  and painted gold.

The Chancellor. I never did get around to making the hat but I did add boots to his outfit as well.

The Princess played by Danielle Knisley. This outfit consists of four parts, skirt, corset, blouse and detachable sleeves. We stuffed the sleeves with plastic bags to give them fullness. The sleeves are attached with small snaps secured to the corset. The over-skirt is attached into the waistband. The lower sleeves have strings that wrap around and tie.

This photo was taken during practice. Even though we didn't have all the costumes finsihed I felt it was good for them to practice as much as possible in costume so they would know how to move and work with their costumes especially the ladies with full skirts.

Carlos was the goofy but handsome servant to the king who would pose as the prince to win the king and Queens approval.

Eric Paris played the prince but he is wearing his servants clothes instead because they switched places. Boots were added to this costume later.

So, who can claim the crown? The prince who is not himself or Carlos who is in the Prince's clothes.

Dulcibella the Princess's hand maiden traded places with the Princess to try to win the visiting prince. This outfit has four parts: skirt, corset, a long sleeve under shirt that is full length to the floor, plus a sheer over slip not pictured above.

The guards doublet. We added two guards to our story.

When the Queen was not happy with her servant she would often order "Off with her head!" So, the guards would take away the victim in the case the Queen's own servant.

The servant's outfit cosists of  a long knight shirt, a black corset, and plain khaki skirt. No flashy colors for non-royalty.

The Court Jester another added character to our play that served as a narrator that helped to set the stage for our drama.

We transformed the church auditorium iThe colorful costumes looked great against the neutral backdrop. We used 10 large canvas panels to paint the interior castle walls, and some drapery to hide the piano and organ. We painted two carpet rolls to create marble columns.