Without question, ACT I's most prolific costumer ever has been Ida Higgins, who has created several hundred costume pieces for us through the years.

Above left is the costume created for Josh Brewer as Prince Edward for our production of The Prince and the Pauper.  The costume was also worn by his twin brother Kyle, who portrayed Tom Canty in that production.  Ida made the costume without a pattern, modeling it after a portrait of the real King Edward VI, (at right) who became king of England at age 8.

In 2001, Ida single handedly costumed our entire production of My Fair Lady.

One of the visual highlights of My Fair Lady was Eliza Doolittle's ballgown.

Ida also created a beautiful set of costumes for the fantasy scenes in Bridge to Terabithia, (1994) some of which are pictured below.

For The Sound of Music in 1995, Ida created over 50 costumes, including all of the children's costumes.

Our current staff costumer, Lisa Finch, designed all the costumes for our production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, which ran in October of 2001.  Lisa will costume both Kiss Me, Kate and Lost in Yonkers for Season 2002 - 2003: A Cast of Outcasts.  

For the opening number of Forum, Lisa hid the show's costumes under capes so as to disguise the characters before the plot begins.

Lisa has also created costumes for ACT I STAGE!, designing the costumes for our productions of The Red Shoes and Stone Soup.

Stone Soup

The Red Shoes

For our 2002 production of Romeo and Juliet, costumes were rented from the Brucemore historic site in Cedar Rapids which had used in their 1999 production of the same show.  In addition to those rented pieces, many more costumes were created from designs by Jill g. Lockard Bopp.

Backstage at the Palace, Jared Parmater as Mercutio and Matthew Meyer as Benvolio are ready to perform the show, wearing costumes designed by Jill Bopp.

Below, Brandon Jolly as Romeo in a costume designed by Jill Bopp and sewn by Lisa Finch, pictured along with Jill's drawing for the same costume.

Below at left is Aaron Murphy as Paris in a costume designed by Jill Bopp, pictured along with Jill's design for Paris's ensemble.

"You look like the Chrysler Building."  Jill created this silver gown for her own role in Lend Me a Tenor in 2006, inspired by this line spoken to her character in the first act.

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