COSTUMES

FRMS 2016

INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUE to CHANGE…

This entire file is still under construction so be sure to

check back often for updated information!

MOST RECENT UPDATE: 1ST PUBLICATION WITH REVISIONS: TBD STUDENT PREVIEW: TBD PARENT MEETING 1: 9/28/16

ASSIGNMENTS

CAST LISTThe Lion King Jr

FRMS 2016

FIRST LAST T-SIZE ROLE/ENSEMBLE

JASMINE ANIKE L RAFIKI

PEYTON ARNTZ S FEATURED DANCER, LIONESS

ELLE BECKER M FEATURED DANCER, LIONESS

KARIMA BOULOS S HYENA, GRASS

LEYLAH BOULOS M HYENA, GRASS

NYA BROWN S YOUNG NALA, LIONESS

ETHELYN CHESSLER S FEATURED DANCER, LIONESS

JASMINE DO S HYENA

ADAM ENGEL S HYENA

ELLA ERDAHL M SARABI

CRISTA FLECK S GRASS

MAYA GORT M HYENA

ELIZABETH "LIBBY" HEIMER S GRASS

SARAH HELOU M STUDENT DIRECTOR

DEVIN JACKSON XL MUFASA*

IRIS KELLER S STUDENT DIRECTOR

LILY KIRSHBAUM XL HYENA

NATE KREKELER M HYENA

SIENNA LATTA S FEATURED DANCER, LIONESS

JOSIE MACHO M NALA

ANNELISE MILLER M SHENZI

AKSHARA MOLETTI M GRASS, LIONESS

BELLE MULLENBACH M GRASS

JOSHUA NEGUSSIE M SIMBA*

OLIVIA O'CONNOR M HYENA

ELENA PUENTE M SARAFINA, FEATURED DANCER

THOR REIMANN M TIMON*

SILVIE REITZ S GRASS

SAVANNAH RICHARDS S GRASS

LILY RINGOLD S HYENA

STEPHEN SMITH L SCAR

ERIN STEEVES S ZAZU

ALEX SULISTYO M PUMBAA*

OLIVIA SUPINA M HYENA

ALEK THOMAS M ED (HYENA)

SARAH TITCOMBE S FEATURED DANCER, LIONESS

GREGORY UNDERWOOD S YOUNG SIMBA*

DAVEY WRIGHT-WALSTROM S BANZAI

These are the main role assignments.

Prideland animals & clowns TBD

Look back next week for more info

PROCESSIONAL – Prideland Animals

Understudies UNDERSTUDY CONSIDERATIONS*

The Lion King Jr - FRMS 2016

FOR THE ROLE OF STUDENT

MUFASA Joshua Negussie

SIMBA Devin Jackson

YOUNG SIMBA Adam Engel & Alec Thomas

SCAR Nate Krekeler

NALA Silvie Reitz

YOUNG NALA Libby Heimer

PUMBAA Olivia Supina, Jasmine Do

TIMON Karima Boulos

RAFIKI Jasmine Do

SARABI, SARAFINA Sara Titcombe

SHENZI Lily Kirshbaum

BANZAI Maya Gort

ED Maya Gort

ZAZU Lily Ringold

* Understudy assignments are subject to change

based on need, performance, responsibility

PARENT HELP IMPORTANT: Keep your children well-rested, hydrated, and encouraged! Please assist them with costuming and preparing their bins. We appreciate you, and thank you in advance for helping out!

• Sewing – contact Mrs. Skaar *Also sewing kit for mid-performance fixes as needed

• Crafting Costume pieces – contact Mrs. Skaar

• Crafting Set – smaller specialty pieces – contact Mrs. Skaar, Mr. Skaar or Ms. Berdahl

• Mufasa/Simba Headpiece (1-2)

• Supervising/Monitoring Hall & Lecture room for: tech rehearsal, dress rehearsal, extended rehearsals during production week, student mid-day performances (2-3 per event)

• Concession Sales (3/Performance)

• Door Box Office Sales & Fun Sales (2-3/Performance)

• Host or Hostess (1 person/performance)

• Ushers (1 to lead students each performance & collect ticket stubs prior to performance)

• Marketing & Publicity (1)

• Photography (1-2)

• Fundraising (1)

• Pizza, pop & snacks – pickup & setup for extended rehearsal(s) (1-2)

• Strike set (parents welcome to stay and help)

• Cast Party Chaperone (2 food organizers)

• Cast Party Chaperone (2 hall & 2 room monitors)

• Builders (Have skills & want to help with set? – contact Mr. Skaar)

Props & Supplies

IMPORTANT: Label every item you bring in with STUDENT first and last name if you wish to get it back after our last performance!!!

ODDITIES FOR THIS SHOW:

• Clown costumes & hair, or crazy

• Wild animal masks, ears, tails (let us know what you have) – these may also be added to our clown scene or other scenes

• Large metal fork (a large salad fork would suffice) – for Scar’s “dinner”

• Leaf of grub (tech is making?)

• Bird kites (colorful birds, not too big)

• Large walking stick (Rafiki) (Scar) (Mufasa) –may not be returned unless usable as is without alteration

• DONATE: Large sticks 3-4’ long & 1.5—3” thick that can be made into walking sticks & front legs

• DONATE: Canes (any size or style – these would not be returned)

• DONATE: Newspaper – lots of it (for paper mache)

ALWAYS NEEDED:

• DONATE: Sharpie markers

• DONATE: Interior latex paint (preferably flat or eggshell) any colors welcome – Note: Leftover paints from your house projects are welcome if can is at least ½ full

• DONATE: Safety pins – all sizes

• DONATE: Gray Duct Tape & Strong Clear Packing Tape

• DONATE: First Aid bag filled with band-aids, antibiotic ointment, gauze, scissors, alcohol swabs

• DONATE: No-sew fabric stitch (sticky fabric tape) – we use this for quick fixes to costumes during show

HAIR & MAKEUP, ETC.

• DONATE: Makeup: beige foundation, eye shadow, black waterproof eyeliner & mascara, blush, lipstick

• DONATE: Face Paint & supplies-crayon/push-up (face paint in white, gray, brown, black), foam applicators, artistic makeup brushes

• DONATE: Large Johnson’s baby powder and 5 powder puffs

• DONATE: Hairspray

• DONATE: Baby Oil – 2 large bottles

• DONATE: Make-up remover pads

• DONATE: Sewing kit with a couple needles and thread for making last minute costume repairs, hot glue gun & glue sticks

• DONATE: Midsize Bin carrying with handles & lid to fill with sewing & makeup supplies

EVERYONE!!! • All black - Black leggings (for boys black pants are ok), black long-sleeve, black socks, black

fingerless gloves (All black allows for all cast-members to be easily incorporated into large-group songs: Be Prepared, The Stampede, They Live in You, He Lives in You, and possibly Grasslands, Lioness Hunt, Can You Feel the Love Tonight EXCEPTIONS: Mufasa, Young Nala, Young Simba, Scar – these characters will not need the fingerless gloves but may still need the full blacks

• GIRLS – TBD: may need a tank top in addition to long sleeve blacks (undecided between black &/or brown. This will be determined later as we move along on our lioness/grass costumes. Girls requiring a costume change must always wear a tank top and shorts beneath their costume.

• Footwear – TBD based upon character needs

• LARGE plastic tub bin with lid, large enough to hold all costume pieces & props (No bags. No boxes). Bin must be clearly labeled on side AND top with student’s name. We have 40 students’ stuff to keep track of for 10 productions plus dress rehearsals. Bins with lids are mandatory.

• Costuming Worksheet – to be completed by Oct 31 and checked by director. A fill-in template is included in later in this presentation which can be printed/prepared at home. It should be inspected with your costume pieces by director between MEA & Oct 31. This form will serve as your checklist. Tape it to the INSIDE of your bin lid. It would be helpful to have a 2nd copy at home, in case you take any pieces home to wash between shows. Note: It is YOUR responsibility to make sure your costume pieces and properties are returned to your bin after each rehearsal/performance, and ready for the next one to begin. Always check your contents before leaving the building and when you arrive for curtain call.

• Everyone needs makeup AND remover– boys included! Beige Foundation base, eye shadow, eyeliner, mascara, blush, lipstick Several actors also require special character make-up. If your character requires face paint, YOU will need to supply your own makeup remover & pads for 10 performances plus 2 extended rehearsals. We also STRONGLY RECOMMEND finishing spray for your face makeup to resist smearing and running caused by lights, heat, perspiration, etc.

These pictures are taken from a variety of productions to help you visualize the instructions

we have written. Please follow written instructions for your

character and discuss any variations with your director.

MOST RECENT UPDATE: 1ST PUBLICATION WITH REVISIONS: TBD STUDENT PREVIEW: TBD PARENT MEETING 1: 9/28/16

RAFIKI Rafiki is our eccentric baboon and should appear so at first glance – Use brown earth tone colors accented with varying shades of rust, blue. Burlap is an excellent texture to add. Think layers and lots of them, but not too heavy or our Rafiki will overheat! Layers could be created tying long strips of cloth to a rope around the waist & worn over black leggings. More of the same around the neck to create a full & bold collar. To the layered costume, add a headpiece (resembling an over-sized pineapple), colorful collar, and tall walking stick. Accessorize with potions & trinkets tied around waist or attached to costume, strappy wristlets and some big jewelry. On the feet, Rafiki could wear socks with holes cut for toes to stick out or Ugg-style boots. Depending on length of sleeves, fingerless gloves or finger extensions might also be fun but not necessary. Makeup: yellow around eyes, Blue/white cheeks, red accents only for our Rafiki

LION INSPIRATION SARABI MUFASA & SARABI MUFASA

SIMBA

MUFASA, SIMBA, SCAR Adult lions HAREM PANTS Costume base from Harem pants with bold prints (or base color harem pants with print fabric draped and hanging draped through the legs front to back. Add Egyptian TAIL & WAISTBAND Egyptian-style rom front of waist down between legs and tail/tail hook. Mufasa - Brown with regal (red & gold) accents Simbas – Yellow or Orange bottoms & more earthy tones on top for Scar-Blacks accented with some orange/tan/rust/dark red Scar – needs black mane/head piece (pinterest) Prefer headpiece to be made from black rocker wig for ease of movement (prefer to surround the head rather than a tall above-the-head headpiece used on Broadway. Wig should still be tall may need 2 wigs to creat full circle and ) Add beads &/or bone-ish looking embellishments to base costume Black walking stick – cane height Scar makeup

SCAR

Lioness We are still working on the details for our lioness costumes. So far, the thought is…. Black leggings, print skirt (provided but needs kick slit added) with black or brown tops. Add Tails & Ear Headpiece with veil (Headpiece needs to be crafted)

LIONESS INSPIRATION

TBD

NALA Nala & Young Nala We are still working on the details for our lioness costumes. (see note for lioness) Similar to lioness costume, but Nala can accessorize with more beading &/or fringe to be more set apart when she is playing her main role… Our Nalas must match eachother. Prefer patterned leggings that will coordinate with our skirt-wraps Tale – may prefer it to loop around front for solo dance numbers Headpiece – Shorter lioness veil when she is playing a chorus lioness (perhaps no veil/patterned arms/or different collar when appearing as Nala – discuss these specific options w/director & coordinate w/Young Nala)

SIMBA Simba & Young Simba Our Simbas must match eachother! Young simba may wear his Harem pants higher to create effect Vest on top or check Indian costumes for fringy top that could be embellished with neck collar in red Tales – long enough to drape on the floor (3-4” inches for Simba, 2” on the floor for Young Simba) Headpiece for Simba – should coordinate with Mufasa so it is created in his likeness – Note Simba’s headpiece is blonder than Mufasa’s. Cloth (dark red) tied around Young Simba’s forehead Matching drape/arm-wrap to Mufasa (or shared with Mufasa) Note Simba’s headpiece is blonder than Mufasa’s Prefer Headpieces made from wigs – secure fit

YOUNG NALA & SIMBA inspiration only

SEE OTHER SLIDES

BRIGHT BLUE FEATHERY COSTUME FOR OUR FLIGHTY ZAZU Add wings and tulle tutto tails to blue blazer & tulle around the neck Patterned bright blue leggings. Bright orange socks, felt feet Add feathery wingspan (bird-flapping) - but do not cover actor’s hands Add white gloves Head: Bright blue wig &/or maybe a small fedora with big felt eyes, orange beak & a couple feather plumes attached Face paint depending on costume NOTES: Please Keep hands and face visible – beak and eyes on headpiece recommended. Costume should be bright shades/colorful blues (NOT navy blue) and please avoid using white base in the bodice. No puppetry, but we would like Zazu to have a hand-held bird kite to fly during opening & closing scenes – pinterest! (can be made from styrofoam & paper, plastic tablecloth, nylon, etc.)

ZAZU

No covering actor’s hands

Hand-held bird kite

TIMON & PUMBAA

PUMBAA There are many Pumbaa costume ideas out there, but for our Pumbaa, please keep the actor’s face & head visible. Pumbaa can be suspended over the shoulders of the actor. A moving mouth with flappable tongue would be great fun but isn’t absolutely necessary to the fun character. A wacky or spiky black wig would be great and face paint is optional. Hind leds can be moveable depending on your materials for the main costume NOTE: Coloring should be more plum-colored than brown. We will have an abundance of brown on our stage already, so please keep this in mind for our Pumbaa.

BANZAI, SHENZI, ED The basic hyena costume as for our chorus hyenas (provided), but embellished further with more fur & character than our chorus hyena costume. Coordinate the embellishments to be added, such as: Could add legs (Dads!) and a handheld head for these 3, but still prefer to keep our actors’ faces visible if doing that option. (Don’t hide them completely as in the picture below.) Ed needs a red dangly tongue which could be made with red felt or craft foam sheet. Some pipe cleaner might give it some curl. NOTE: THESE 3 CHARACTER COSTUMES MUST BE COORDINATED!

BANZAI, SHENZI, ED Base hyena costume provided Hood with ears (crafted) See notes previous page. Make-up as on left photo.

YOUNG SIMBA’S IMAGINATION

PRIDELAND

GRASSLANDS CHANT – GRASS

GRASS ensemble costume will need to be crafted for easy on & off. Something green added for bodice & headpiece. BOTTOM – tan grass skirt (provided if we have enough) to be worn over black leggings (possibly green skirts during jungle scene) TOP – basic black (may be needing tank tops) GRASS TOP – overlay for the bodice – we can do better than this one pictured HEADPIECE – elastic headband with grass plumes preferred (no square grass headpieces) GRASS GLOVETTES Additional chorus will have hand-held grass HANDHELD – grass clusters hand-held BANNER HOLDERS – some in the cast will be in their hyena costumes already – these will hold grass props

Hm….this looks kinda corny….. Maybe something a little more grassy but along this line, for the other chorus members along the back wall….

BE PREPARED – HYENAS & CHORUS The basic hyena costume for our chorus hyenas (provided), &/or full black as required for EVERYONE. +Black fingerless gloves Headpiece (hood with ears) needs to be crafted for easy on & off MAKE-UP for HYENAS as pictured here. EXCEPTION: Black masks for characters who will not be able to have black eye makeup due to character doubling. (All cast members with HYENA in their role-casting should have black face-painted eyes.) ADDITIONAL NOTE: Banzai, Shenzi, Ed have a different look to help them be set apart and easily identified on stage.

LIONESS HUNT – LIONESS COSTUME The basic costume for our lionesses will be their everyone costume-required black leggings* with provided skirt (needs altered). *EXCEPTION: unless a brown legging is provided On top – TBD tank At waist – tie &/or tail – to be crafted Headpiece Veil – to be crafted Neckpiece – to be crafted Feet – bare OR flesh ballet or flesh footies

CRAFTING & SEWING HELP APPRECIATED!!!

The following pages are for our parent rock stars – we could NOT do this without your help, so thank you in advance. SEE FOLLOWING PAGES FOR ITEMS NEEDED CONTACT MR. OR MRS. SKAAR ASAP WITH YOUR AVAILABILITY THANK YOU!

Glovettes: Grays/Browns for Feature Dancers (as dust) in “The Stampede” Greens for Grass (as grass) in “Grasslands Chant” & Wristies: Wrist-bands for chorus members (rows 2-3) “Grasslands Chant”

CRAFTING Jungle Dancing Leaves (hand-held)

Umbrella flowers Flying “kite” birds – colorful

Flying Birds – 3 black (buzzards)

Prideland Birds - Flying

White birds – 6 headpieces & hand-held Attach white boa to our white costumes

Birds – 1 solo dancer 2 Antelope – soloists?

3 Gazelle hats (pictured) 3 spiral hats (pictured)

CRAFTING

Hyena Hoods Loose-fit hood: with necking (collar?) & attached big ears…add mohawk mane &

possibly collar. Kepp the closure quick & easy as this is to be added to our basic hyena costume (we will need up to 31 of these)

NOTES: Our hoods should be less elementary-looking than this, but the right idea is pictured here

Also, Shenzi, Banzai & Ed will need their own look, something that sets them apart from

the rest of the chorus hyenas, and each other. (ideas: furry vest, front legs, mane & head extension, etc) Ed requires a long dangly red tongue.

HYENA MAKE-UP*: Black nose & black circles around eyes, black lipstick.

Quick-change Hyenas will need a black bandit mask. A long strip of black cloth with attached ears & eye holes would suffice.

Lioness skirt alteration Add kick slit to our lioness skirts

Add elastic/alter as needed to fit actors

CRAFTING Lion Headpieces – MUFASA & SIMBA, SCAR Some great & affordable ideas on pinterest

Using dollar store party balloons & paper mache Popsicle slicks, feathers or similar, glue & paint

LOOKS LIKE LOTS OF FUN FOR THE CRAFTY TYPE!

Lioness Headpieces & collars FEATURED DANCERS + additional chorus

Elastic headbands – NOT plastic! (girls could purchase their own or we can buy)

Attach lion ears & veil Veil fabric notes: lightweight, varies for each lion, with longer more regal look for Sarabi. Nala & Young Nala should match,

perhaps shorter lengths? (must be lightweight, flowing fabric)

Veil attaches with easy on-off elastic wristbands or ringlet More embellishments for Sarabi, a little more length for Sarafina, shorter lengths and matching veils (if at all) for Nala & Young Nala

Chorus of lions will also need some sort of collar – see note on

collars for Lion leads

Lion Tales* 4 males (Mufasa, Simba, Scar, Young Simba)

?# females TBD (6 FD + 2 mamas + 2 Nalas + 3-5 added chorus) Twisted raffia or old leather belts or lightweight ropes + duck tape

to create rounded look, frayed ends Must be attachable to costume with either safety pins or tied on

under shirt. Keep it light for easy movement. May add short 6-10” wire inside near top

(to help tail flare away from body) Nalas’ tales could loop around to front, lasso-ish

TBD – may add tales for only males, 2 mamas & 2 Nalas

Wrist Cuffs & Neck collars for Lead Lions (Think Egyptian collars & cuffs that attach with ties/velcro/elastic)

Mufasa & Simba – royalty browns, reds, yellow or tan accent

Sarabi – golds & jewel embellishments (NOTE: Mufasa & Sarabi are royalty so add some metallic gold)

Sarafina – just more than the chorus lionesses (bigger?fringier?)

Simba & Young Simba – must be matching dark reds with tan trim

(no metallic gold for Simbas)

Nala & Young Nala – must be matching and should coordinate well with lioness costume pieces

Scar - Blacks, Tans, Orange, Red, leathery-looking

Grass Headpieces & Wristies Headband with grass plumes

Wristies – see previous note & picture

MUFASA’S Drape/Wrap & Staff Signifying his royalty, Mufasa will need a regal African-

looking wrap draped from the back of his waist & over his right arm. In his left hand he may carry a staff. The drape wrap must be easy to remove (such as a tie for the waist) so this could also be passed to Scar & Simba later in the

show. Have 2 identical pieces is not a bad idea!

Tale Tips twisted yarn, fleece, LIGHTWEIGHT ropes, belts/duct tape Raffia ends…. May add some wire to top end to help it stick out from body Coloring of tales should be: For male lions – shades of brown (ties around the waist) For Scar – Black & darker brown (with more black than brown) For lionesses – tan, white, brown, pale yellow….consider costume pieces (may need to be attached to their skirts)

SHENZI, BANZAI, ED

Just more pictures for these 3 mangy hyenas

MAKE-UP

SCAR

RAFIKI Outline the red (stripe +circle) instead of full coverage red for our Rafiki, or accent only with red. Bright yellow around eyes, and bright blue stripes on cheeks.

SIMBA

LIONESS

YOUNG NALA

LION KING COSTUME WORKSHEET FOR: __________________________________ (Student’s first & last name)

For scene(s): I am a:

Costume Pcs

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PRIDE ROCK BE PREPARED GRASSLANDS MOURNING STAMPEDE JUNGLE

HEADPIECE

HAIR

MASK or MAKEUP

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My Main Role Roles: __________________________ Chorus Roles: ________________________________ Assigned BIN Location: Lecture Rm Man Cave Stage Room (Wait to circle until director makes assignments))