Working behind the scenes, Shakespeare & Company Costume Director Govane Lohbauer “has saved seemingly every belt, buckle, blouse, coat, hat, petticoat, shoe and trouser that has ever been worn on stage at S&Co” since 1980.
Now she enters the spotlight in this article from Rural Intelligence about her work as Costume Designer for the current production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses:
One of the challenges of designing Liaisons was its location in the smaller Bernstein Theatre where the actors are literally inches away from the audience, so there could be no sleight of hand. “I couldn’t use zippers, for instance, because they’re not period,” she says…Indeed, authenticity is key to Lohbauer’s philosophy. “Lizzie Aspenlieder wears a full corset,” she says. “The actors wore panniers [the wire contraptions that create exaggerated hips] since day one of rehearsal.”
Read the full article: Rural Intelligence – Les Costumes Magnifiques!
Shakespeare’s tipsy-turvy comedy of misrule, madness and gender-bending comic fantasy is now playing in the Founders’ Theatre. Twelfth Night, or What You Will is directed by Jonathan Croy, with lighting design by Les Dickert, costumes by Govane Lohbauer and scenery by Jonathan Croy. Featuring your favorite actors from Hamlet and Othello and more.
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The World Premiere of The Goatwoman of Corvis County is now in previews—it opens this Friday in the brand-new Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre.
The play features Keira Naughton as Charlotte Clarke, the so-called “Goatwoman of Corvis County” because of her uncanny ability to heal goats, who finds herself in a bit of legal trouble, but gets little help from her rough-hewn fifth husband Randy (Thomas Kee) or her troubled teenage son (David Rosenblatt). Daniel Berger-Jones completes the cast as the youthful lawyer who tries to help. It’s a dark and comical look at the breakdown of communication in a dysfunctional American family—and the secrets that, left unspoken, threaten to keep them apart.
The Goatwoman of Corvis County is written by Christine Whitley and directed by Robert Walsh, with lights by Matthew Miller, set design by Susan Zeeman Rogers, costumes by Govane Lohbauer and a sound design with original music by Bill Barclay.
Check out these clips from The Ladies Man, which opened last weekend in Founders’ Theatre. Click here to buy tickets now.
The Ladies Man is written by Charles Morey and directed by Kevin Coleman, with costumes by Govane Lohbauer, lighting design by Les Dickert, set design by Carl Sprague, and sound design by Michael Pfeiffer. The production stage manager is Hope Rose Kelly.
