Teaching 53 children and teens how to apply makeup to look like animals and mystical creatures could have been a recipe for disaster.
April Morgan found a formula to make it fun.
And like the characters in “Narnia,” the musical adaptation of C.S. Lewis’s “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” perhaps a bit of good luck and magic were involved.
Morgan, 25, who is working on a degree in communications with an emphasis in theater from West Virginia State University, said she involved the cast members in the process.
Watching “The Chronicles of Narnia” helped kids visualize the characters.
“We actually sat down and I drew some stuff out and the kids drew stuff out and we drew inspiration from the movie,” Morgan said.
“I did two Saturday workshops where I taught the kids and their parents to apply the makeup and the prosthetics.”
Each character was given a diagram showing what his or her makeup should look like.
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