VSA celebrates artists with disabilities. The VSA special event united VIP's, in politics and theater, (Laura Bush, Ben Vereen, Ronan Tynan) with 125 professional performers and visual artists from around the world. The 3 hour show was held for one night only at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC.

 

An international cast of disabled artists in a concert hall on a single night makes for a highly complex project. I worked with the international talent, incorporating each persons unique disability acomodations into the costumes I designed. I arranged a staff to accommodate 125 fittings and alterations to be done on a singe day of rehearsal taking place the day before the show.  I designed the sets wheeled scrim shapes which could reconfigure and be lit throughout the show. This allowed for  the flexibility for each act to look unique with interesting color effects, shadows, projections and surprises,.

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As co-writer, I suggested we write the script with an overall story including "act- pockets" throughout.  The resulting story was called the Magic Crayon. The crayon, grew larger and larger, demonstrating the power of the arts to create change and move one past perceived limitations.  I designed the costumes in layers to began in black and white adding pops of color whenever characters used the crayon. As they did, the crayon prop light up wand the scenery shifted and a featured act would take the stage.