Designs for Appalachian's Production

Theatrical designers create sketches and renderings to illustrate their plans for their designs. This helps directors and other members of design teams visualize what the final product will look like.

This illustration is a computer-generated image of the set by John Marty, the scenic designer for this production:

The images below are sketches created by The Heidi Chronicles costume designer Martha Marking. Costume designers give sketches to costume technicians (in this case, the student workers in the Department costume shop and the shop supervisor Alice Neff), then the technicians can create patterns and construct the costumes. Not all costume pieces are constructed: some are pulled from the department's existing stock, some are purchased, and, occasionally, some are rented from other theatres or businesses that specialize in renting theatrical costumes.