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Drama is My Life.

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"You haven't been blogging very much lately."

The criticism is accurate.

I figured out that even though I do a lot, I can't do everything. (But I'm still doing a lot!)

So, besides cooking and laundry and educating my kids and doing life, what else is going on?

Well, Jonathan and Lucy are both in Drama Productions, so I can say with complete certainty that right now:

Drama is My Life. =D

The show Jon is in is called Give My Regards to Broadway and includes a cast of 24 in 18 numbers. And I'm in charge of costumes for them all. Do the math. That's like 400 costume changes.

Table 

Lucky for me, I'm just overseeing this madness, and not really having to sew much. I have a crack team of Costume Helpers Goddesses who are making adjustments and fitting these beautiful pieces to each kid.

Moms 

Not to mention my Embellishers. (Hey, that works on multiple levels!)

Costume details 

My job is to oversea this craziness and make sure those young thespians look wonderful. (All I need is a tiara and a scepter.)

Skirts

So, if you're wondering where I've been….

You can find me somewhere between the band uniforms…

Costume hat 

and the fake beards….

Beards 

Right in the center of it all with a big grin on my face. =D

Costume room copy

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  1. Angela G. says

    Marta,My life is also consumed with drama on many levels…this weekend my daughter is in a production of “42nd Street” (I’m loving the tapping, although it is getting a bit old). Next weekend my oldest son is playing Elwood P. Dowd in his high school’s production of “Harvey”. Your sewing room looks just like ours does…sewing machines all in a row, racks of clothes, bins with hats, boxes with shoes, and blue painter’s tape to identify the kids’ costumes. Very little else seems to get squeezed in during “tech week”, but I cherish these days…Billy will soon be graduating and leaving for college! It seems like yesterday he got his first roll as an elf in “The Hobbit”
    Tell your kids to Break a Leg!
    The show sounds wonderful, too!
    Angie

  2. Kacia says

    I was amazed with how well so many costumes held together with all those children making such fast changes over several shows!! (This is, you know, aside from how great the final product looked on all those kids). Many, many kudos to you, mum, Sandi (Sandy?), and everyone else on the squad!