Bocon

Bocon! by Lisa Loomer
Directed by Misti Wills
Costumes by Joanna Bair


This was the first show I designed. After being wardrobe assistant for Eastern Nazarene College's production of The Sound of Music I was then asked to design an entire show. I was a sophomore and not entirely sure of what to do, but I put my two years of sewing for 4-H fashion shows to use.

The Cast of Bocon! with the director. Everyone is in their opening peasant costumes. Many of these skirts and shirts I made from patterns. One or two of them, including that orange dress were pulled from our stock.

La Llorona and Miguel, with a peasant/tree behind them. La Llorona's dress was assembled by Jenna Lourenco who helped me out at the last minute. Miguel's pants we pulled and the shirt was altered and trim added.
The Voicepicker was one of my favorite costumes. I took a dress we had and added the metallic fabrics and yarn to make her look more like a sea creature.
The Calabrara/Skeleton was another one of my favorites. It was simply black leggings and a turtleneck that I fabric painted a skeleton onto.

You can see a bit more of La Llorona's train, I was pressed for time, and had a ton of help from our previous designer, Jenna, on this one. She took my design and a dress we had and ran with it. Amazing! Thank you!

Another one of the Voicepicker.

When I get to a scanner I will scan my sketches and photos of all the other characters. The wolf wore green pants my sister made, green jacket, and a pink vest I made. The voicekeeper had a collection of medals I pulled together with a cape and military boots.

Miguel's family of peasants wore peasant blouses and skirts of complimenting colors and his father (the only guy in the first photo shown above) had a similar style outfit with a hat my sister got in Mexico.