by Christy Rodriguez de Conte
Molly Weller’s fashionable makeover of River City, Iowa, splashes the stage with vibrant colors in Leon High School’s summer spectacular, “The Music Man.” The Leon High School Choral Department is presenting the show June 27-30 and July 4-7.
As an actor in the theater, one of the best things you can do is become great friends with the costume designer. Your character can go from a naked stage hack to a well-fitted starlet in the swoop of a stitch.
The costume designer is part of the team of theater technicians who, under the leadership of the show director, create a vivid onstage world designed to highlight the characters and propel their story forward.
Molly Weller heads the team of seamstresses at Leon High School’s choral and thespian program. Together, they have dressed these worlds, which have ranged from 17 Oompa Loompa costumes for the stage musical “Willy Wonka” to styling period wigs for this year’s “The Music Man.”
Although Weller began her theater career on stage at a young age in the role of little orphan Annie in the hit musical “Annie,” it was not until her daughter began performing in musicals around Tallahassee that Weller found her true calling as a costume designer.
With her grandmother’s childhood sewing sessions in her heart and guided by her steady hand, Weller taught herself to sew. She began with table runners for her wedding and evolved into costume pieces for school shows.
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