#and c) the historic house next door was owned by an actual abolitionist and anti racist and equal rights activist

[sassmill]

Fuck it I’m about to add historical costume consultant to my resume

#this man #how are you asking to borrow costumes with less than a week’s notice #and he said he’s asking us because he wants to “’get it right for the period’ #when the earliest year we interpret is quite literally 40 years after the play is set #like this AD did not even do a cursory google search for “’what did women wear in 1850’ #or what year our house was built #or even look at the promotional material from the original production of the play #and like? who is doing your costumes? #I get this is just for a promo shoot and you don’t have costumes for the performance yet #but surely whoever the costume designer is could have at least googled what you’re going for???? #this is driving me insane #and also the exact reason I pivoted from working in theatre to working in living museums and living history #if you have the internet to email me these dumbass questions you can google what the fuck Harriet Tubman would’ve worn #(the play is about Harriet Tubman) #they also originally wanted to produce it on our site which #a) we don’t have an actual theatre it’s a lecture hall with the worst imaginable lighting #and b) our guy wasn’t even actually an abolitionist so to perform that here would be giving him too much credit #and c) the historic house next door was owned by an actual abolitionist and anti racist and equal rights activist #there’s just so much to unpack here #museum musings #tales from the servant’s wing