This Murder Was Staged Costume Vision Board by Angela Mills

amills35 — 2025-09-16 13:20:05 UTC

I imagine detective drake as looking as close to Carmen Sandiego as we can put together. Trench coat, hat, red or black leggings with tall brown boots...

amills35 — 2025-09-16 13:20:34 UTC

amills35 — 2025-09-16 13:20:53 UTC

amills35 — 2025-09-16 13:23:32 UTC

Main cast grouping (monochrome, each cast member in a different color, no black)

amills35 — 2025-09-16 13:26:19 UTC

Main cast grouping (monochrome, each cast member in a different color, no black)

amills35 — 2025-09-16 13:26:30 UTC

Main cast grouping (monochrome, each cast member in a different color, no black)

amills35 — 2025-09-16 13:26:34 UTC

Main cast grouping (monochrome, each cast member in a different color, no black)

amills35 — 2025-09-16 13:26:37 UTC

Main cast grouping (monochrome, each cast member in a different color, no black)

amills35 — 2025-09-16 13:26:41 UTC

Would like to see Kiera in a monochrome 1950s formal dress. Not the a-line look for younger girls, but something for a middle-aged (late 40s/50s), sophisticated women. She will wear a tan trench coat and tan hat (similar to Det. Drake's) at the beginning of the show. The coat will be open so we can see her dress. She will remove the coat after A1 S1.

amills35 — 2025-09-16 13:29:34 UTC

Would like to see Taylor in a monochrome 1950s formal dress. Taylor should be a little younger Kiera and Suzanna -- late 20s/early 30s. Could spring for the tea-length a-line look but will still have to look like formalwear.

amills35 — 2025-09-16 13:30:27 UTC

Would like to see Suzanna in a monochrome 1950s formal dress. Not the a-line look for younger girls, but something for a middle-aged, sophisticated women. She should be roughly the same age as Kiera -- in her 40s.

amills35 — 2025-09-16 13:34:15 UTC

Mark should be suave and high class. Payton says he has a blue suit. I think that will be fine (even if it isn't the exact style of a 1950s suit). Hair slicked back, nice tie, pocket square that matches. Could we find a tie and matching pocket square for him since he is providing the suit?

amills35 — 2025-09-16 13:53:01 UTC

amills35 — 2025-09-16 13:53:22 UTC

If we can find one, a royal blue or emerald green dress would be awesome -- a satin-type fabric that catches light so that it pops against an open, tan trench coat our double breasted peacoat. Something like this.

amills35 — 2025-09-16 13:55:30 UTC

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amills35 — 2025-09-16 14:03:26 UTC

amills35 — 2025-09-16 14:03:53 UTC

I would really like a mustard yellow suit for this character. Gray pants. Tie and pocket square. A little bit of a Colonol Mustard character... Mykailah will have a black mustache. Not sure what to do with her hair. She said she is open to a wig, but I don't know if I want to go that direction unless we just happen to have something that you think will work. We can discuss.

amills35 — 2025-09-16 14:04:55 UTC

amills35 — 2025-09-16 14:06:52 UTC

amills35 — 2025-09-16 14:08:09 UTC

Something like the blue one but in any color we might have?

Anayah will have her own costume and does not need anyone to provide anything for her.

amills35 — 2025-09-16 14:08:38 UTC

Black stage manager shirt, headset, black pants, black shoes.

amills35 — 2025-09-16 14:09:23 UTC

Sandy has her own outfit. Please check it over and ask her to try it on. Looking for an outfit for someone who is over-the-top artsy who thinks they're being artsy in their outfit choices but is actually gaudy and mismatched.

amills35 — 2025-09-16 14:10:18 UTC

Would like Sinclair to wear something he can "flourish" , like a scarf, in every scene. At one point a character says that he often wears a cape, so would like a cape to sneak in there at some point.

amills35 — 2025-09-16 14:11:00 UTC

Natalie will supply her own outfit. She does not need anything from anyone.

amills35 — 2025-09-16 14:11:15 UTC

Greta Cranston is in her late 50s and is extremely wealthy. I'd like her to see in something that is very trendy and high-class for a modern women in her late 50s/early 60s. Her outfit should be reflective of the modern day, as her timeline takes place in the present.

amills35 — 2025-09-16 14:19:35 UTC

Constance Flugelbert is in her late 90s. When we see her, she is always entering as though she has just some in from outside. She is the wealthiest person we meet in the play. She should look like Queen Elizabeth II :) A great hat would be fun. She needs to wear short lace gloves.

amills35 — 2025-09-16 14:21:10 UTC

amills35 — 2025-09-16 14:21:23 UTC

Marnyc does not need anything for her Marsha costume, but for her Sylvia costume she should have a coat she can throw on over whatever she was wearing. It should be a jacket that is very colorful (Sylvia is a lighting designer).

amills35 — 2025-09-16 14:35:35 UTC

Da'Mya does not need anything for her costume, but for her Scout costume she should have a huge, fluffy coat and wear big sunglasses (Scout is a costume designer)

amills35 — 2025-09-16 14:36:25 UTC

Dame McGraffe should wear something a womens' suit - black pants or pencil skirt, a "power color" shirt, heels or flats. She is a theatre critic. Her costume for Harold should be something like a Carhartt jacket and she will need a hammer to carry. She will throw this on when she's on stage to become another character and then will take it off when it's over. Harold is a set designer.

amills35 — 2025-09-16 14:37:37 UTC

PROPS will take care of this costume

amills35 — 2025-09-16 14:39:23 UTC

I'd like Carl to look like the Janitor from the TV show Scrubs (the one in the middle).

amills35 — 2025-09-16 14:41:34 UTC

Sammy is a marketing director. He just needs a black suit jacket to throw on over his existing costume.

amills35 — 2025-09-16 14:42:05 UTC

Notes for props: Xander is an advocate for the organization called: Kathryn Funkhouser Society for Dogs That Deserve to be Pet More Often. Zeya will provide her own pants and shoes, but she needs a t-shirt that says this on the front and I'd like her to have a big political-style button to wear on the shirt that has some sort of logo for the organization on it. I'd also like her to have a baseball cap that says it as well. This should be over-the-top and excessive.

amills35 — 2025-09-16 14:49:44 UTC

Notes from phone call: We have a tan trench coat, Izzy gets her own leggings, has her own boots. Invert colors on the hat. We have a tan one. Add red ribbion

amills35 — 2025-09-21 17:06:39 UTC

Notes from phone call: Might have another hat but we need to look, we have another tan trench coat and need to look. It's okay if there is variation in the color she's in.

amills35 — 2025-09-21 17:12:40 UTC

Notes from phone call: Seems like it should be okay to find something in the costume closet.

amills35 — 2025-09-21 17:16:28 UTC

Notes from phone call: Would need to find a mustard yellow jacket (thrift). If not, there may be some things in the costume closet. Need to check size and what we have. Size: Chest 47, so size 48 or 50. when looking at thrift store.

amills35 — 2025-09-21 17:21:09 UTC

Notes from phone call: Help Aleeah out if she needs something.

amills35 — 2025-09-21 17:36:49 UTC

Notes from phone call: Possibly checking for pink coat, in a hat, jewelry, etc.

amills35 — 2025-09-21 17:37:21 UTC

Notes from phone call: Just something says lighting designer - should be outlandish a bit

amills35 — 2025-09-21 17:42:12 UTC

Notes from phone call: Fur coat. Can be too big. Wearing sunglasses

amills35 — 2025-09-21 17:42:51 UTC

Notes from phone call: Has all her own stuff

amills35 — 2025-09-21 17:43:35 UTC