'The Big Come' Costume Research

Costume Design Concepts for Living Purgatory

These are images of my research for Living Purgatory.

Scenic Sketches

Here are some rough sketches for the three shows.

Living Purgatory - Act 1


The Big Come - Act 2


Deception Pass

The squiggles (technical term) you see on the "Deception Pass", "Living Purgatory", and in Act 1 of "The Big Come" (sketch in process) is a non-woven fabric called Contra. I am looking at Contra O and Contra Super, images bellow. I really like the look of the curved walls in the "Deception Pass" sketch and will be looking at a similar configuration in all the shows. Let me know what you think.

Contra O

Contra Super

Living Purgatory Costume Questions.

Costume Design Questions.

In the 1st act scenes 5 and 6, the characters Lupe, Frida, Denise, La Llorona, and Malinche start to lactate. Are the breasts going to physically lactate or are the actors going to express lactation in acting styles?

Staying on the topic of act 1 scene 6, for the same characters. They all get suddenly 9 months pregnant, and in the same scene they also give birth. I'm wondering if it is going to be some physical transformation, or using acting to portray that they are pregnant?

In the 2nd act, scene Leo is omitted. how is this going to work out? are we going to still have the wedding, home, and dinner party scenes but just not have the character of Leo present but in notion. Or are those scenes going to be rewrote and revised.

Over the span of the 2nd act, the character of the baby grows in increments. How do you plan that this will unfold. An idea- to just switch out the clothing to determine age.

I'm going to post pictures of my research soon. I look forward to working with all of you on our journey in Living Purgatory.

Deception Pass Moon Sister Concepts