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Production Requirements: A Costume Plot Database
Play Title: Sylvia

Title:  Sylvia
Playwright:  Gurney, A.R.  Publisher:  Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Year  1996  Genre:  Comedy
Period:  20thC1990s  Number of Acts/Scenes  2
Passage of time:  about three weeks
Basic Plot:  (from script jacket) A middle-aged couple's relationship struggles when the husband brings home a stray dog.
Contributor's Name:  Tollefson/ M. Cobourne
Contributor's Email:  not available
Budget:  $1680
Producing Organization:  UCF Conservatory Theatre
Cast Size As Written
  Male Actors:  3
  Male Chorus Actors:  0
Total Male Actors:  3
Number of Characters as Written
  Male Characters:  3
  Male Chorus Characters:  0
Total Male Characters:  3
Costume Numbers as Written
  Male Costumes:  9
  Male Chorus Costumes:  0
Total Male Costumes:  9
Actual Cast Size (if produced)
  Male Actors:  3
  Male Chorus Actors:  0
Total Male Actors:  3
Costume Numbers (if produced)
  Male Costumes:  12
  Male Chorus Costumes:  0
Total Male Costumes:  12
  Female Actors:  3
  Female Chorus Actors:  0
Total Female Actors:  3
 
  Female Characters:  3
  Female Chorus Characters:  0
Total Female Characters:  3
 
  Female Costumes:  12
  Female Chorus Costumes:  0
Total Female Costumes:  12

  Female Actors:  3
  Female Chorus Actors:  0
Total Female Actors:  3
 
  Female Costumes:  0
  Female Chorus Costumes:  0
Total Female Costumes:  0
Notes on possible reduction/expansion of characters/costumes:  Some changes may not be required--costumes could be repeated
Quick Changes:  Could be as many as 10 quick changes depending on the design
Specialty/Special effects costumes required:  Sylvia is a dog, but does not wear a dog costume--dresses like a person.
Other important notes:  Leslie is an androgenous character--usually played by a man but should be neither male nor female. The play is usually set in the 1990s, but may be updated.

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