Carnival Nocturne by Silent Theatre Company

I just costumed this show! It opened last weekend, and only has three more weeks so you better hurry to check it out! It was a really great project for me and limebarb.com, because I pretty much had full creative control to bring these characters to life, and got to run with my crazy imagination and vision for them!

“Costumes designed by Barb Staples[of limebarb.com] are an explosion of vibrant imagination. It’s old school carnie with an underworld twist.”
-Chicago Theatre Blog

“…there simply isn’t enough time in one viewing to gobble up all the eye candy.”
-Edge Chicago

November 19 — December 20
Storefront Theater

Silent Theatre Company welcomes visitors into the mysterious underground world of a traveling carnival. In the midst of fire breathers, fortune tellers, bestial tamers and natural freaks, a somber secret lies – a curse that binds them all together. With a live band and physical acts of carnival performance, this original dark fable combines the styles of Tim Burton and Edward Gorey in a thrilling and enchanting ride through a world of whimsy and macabre.

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Some Cool Order Pics!

A Chun Li costume for a little girl! We wish we had parents this cool!

Ryoko

Lili Rochefort

Mrs. Lovett

Cao Pi

Voldo

Kuja (Dissida)

Rikku Wig and Headband

Alright, those were just a few of our recent favorites! More coming soon!

Holy Crap, That’s a Lot of Tracking!

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Whew! That was some October! More orders are shipping out today and tomorrow so we’ll post more soon! ^-^

Tracking

Here are a few quick tracking numbers, more will be listed by tomorrow!
J Collum 0103 8555 7497 0044 6358
J Collum Costume Pick Up 10/16/09
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We’re adding more in here tonight or tomorrow, so be on the lookout for more!

Where The Wild Things Are

We have a couple of these we’d like to sell, check out our listing at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300359639200

Today is the last day to get one, we’re pulling the listing this afternoon!

Carnival Nocturne by Silent Theatre Company

When: Shows 4 nights a week from Nov. 17th until Dec. 20th at 7:30pm

Where: Store Front Theater – 66 E. Randolph St Chicago map it!

Tickets: $20 order now!

More Info: http://silenttheatre.com/Upcoming_Events.html

Description: “Welcome to the mysterious underground world of a traveling carnival. In the midst of fire breathers, fortune tellers, bestial tamers and natural freaks, a somber secret lies – a curse that binds them all together. With a live band and physical acts of carnival performance, this original dark fable by STC ensemble combines the styles of Tim Burton and Edward Gorey in a thrilling and enchanting ride through a world of whimsy and macabre.”

This show includes a large and fabulous cast, and features a live band that plays the music for each performance!

Why does this concern Barb? I am designing and crafting all the costumes for this show! It is a very epic project for me as they have basically given me free range for designs – so you get to see some of my imagination really explode into life right before your eyes!! On some nights I will also be playing the part of the Figi Mermaid! She is just an extra so don’t get too excited for my ‘acting career’, but it still should be loads of fun! Check out the more info page for some sketches of my designs!

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