The designers, builders and costumers for "Godspell" were very willing to tackle the work required to fit the cast for "Godspell." At any one time they could be found in various places that became workshops: room 105 or 217 or the stairwell outside of 217, resale shops, and, in many cases, their own homes. The most difficult task was to produce designs for personalities rather than characters. This cast had no lovely old women like "Arsenic and Old Lace" or Royal personages like "The King and I." How does one design for "energetic" or "shy" or "self confident"? The class divided themselves into five teams and answered these questions with insight that they gained from the director, Mrs. Henry, from brainstorming with each other, and from talking with the actors as they came for their fittings. The students submitted several designs to the director who chose the more "harlequinesque" renderings.
Several members of the class performed double duty. Brigid Prescott and KC Wright were also members of the Stage Crew. Katie Hickman and Casey Scully were members of the cast of "Godspell."
Each of "Godspell's" "elves" learned the joys and pitfalls of teamwork. When "crunch time" came, they pitched in to help other teams. Each experienced the disappointment of expensive and time-consuming mistakes and the joys of successful designs. Each learned to respect the work of the director, choreographer, actors and one another. I noted as I watched them work that designing with all of them in mind is a little like walking a tight rope, rubbing your tummy and patting your head at the same time. I feel very privileged to have worked with such talented people.
<1b> — Terry Strub, costume coordinator and instructor