As soon as Jonny hurled himself into the nuclear reactor in the winter musical “Zombie Prom,” theatre’s costume crew rushed to quick-change freshman Chase Reeves into a zombie in under four minutes, painting him green and even tying on his boots.
“[Chase] would run off stage, and then we’d get him in his clothes as fast as possible so we could do his face makeup and then put on his wig,” costume crew member Henry Byrd said.
In their black outfits, or “crew blacks,” you might not spot tech crew behind you in the sound booth, beyond the painted backdrops or over your head in the catwalk. Their biggest moment isn’t under the spotlight — it’s in the countless hours of preparational work building, painting and programming the show to life.
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