Stephen Sondheim's 'Assassins': Collaborative theatrical design in the armory

Stephen Sondheim's "Assassins": Collaborative Theatrical Design in the Armory chronicles the process I went through to design the costumes for the theatre department's fall 2007 production. This particular production underwent a massive change of values from its inception: started first in anger at the United States and finally being produced out of sadness. The impetus for my designs came out of questioning a society that can breed such hope and simultaneously leave the majority of its masses unfulfilled, struggling merely to survive. The costume renderings evolved over a long research process, both historically and psychologically, and the production photographs illustrate the translation of the costumes from paper to stage.