List of existing costumes and ideas for additional characters prior to writing the script. Notice how a few of my initial ideas became a reality in the final show, like the skeleton being "really tall" and the boy wearing a ghost costume.

Details for the "Spider Queen". From the earliest stages of planning, a female spider was the main "bad guy". This drawing shows how she was going to be more animated and active like the rest of the costumes.

Possible designs for the "witch queen". After the script began to take form it changed from only one witch to the three in the final show.

Enough of the script had been written by now to know that the boy would be dressed as a ghost. His name was originally going to be Nicholas, but later was changed to Nathan to make the "Nothin'" insult possible.

Designs for Nathan's head. The circle in the middle was an idea for supporting the pipes which control Nathan's hands. The final design is shown in the top left corner using velcro loops.

At first the wand was to be very fancy and ornate. Knowing the details would never be seen from the audience, I settled for a much simpler design.

Later designs of the spider costume after looking at many photos of real spiders on the Internet.

Rose Witch body designs. The bottom sketch was drawn after I had sculpted and cast the actual head.

Set design with plans for placement of the video projectors.

The original set design had to be reversed due to the angle of the Palace's back stage wall and the distance rquired to project on the large 8' x 8' screen.

The shoulder harness for Violet Witch detailing the turning mechanism.

Basic design for Jack. The final suit was made by Lyn Giles of ProMo Costumes.

The spider's leg dimensions once I decided to mount her in the web instead of making her a costume.

Dimensions for the large screen showing the placement of the haunted house door and tombstones.

Measurements for the pipes in the skeleton's hands.

I used a photograph of a real skeleton and took measurements in centemeters. Based on the height of the actor and knowing the top of his head would be just below the pelvis of the skelton, I made some calculations to find the size in inches for the actual costume.