DREAMGIRLS
COSTUME PLOT
Time: The Early Sixties
ACT I, SCENE 1: The Apollo Theatre, “I’m Looking for Something”, “Going Downtown”,
“Taking the Long Way Home”, “Move”, “Fake Your Way To The Top”,
“Cadillac”
James Early: 1. Red silk bathrobe, silk scarf, black pants
- Painted multi-colored beaded jacket, purple satin bowtie and
cummerbund.
Curtis Taylor, Jr.: Brown sharkskin suit
CC White: Red and green baseball jacket, brown trousers/casual open neck shirt
Marty: 2-pc. green plaid suit, straw porkpie hat
Effie: 1. Lavendar skirt, pink and white blouse headscarf/beige overcoat - Gold lame “Dreamettes” dress
Lorelle: 1. Pink peddle-pushers/head scarf, yellow blouse, pink & yellow crochet
shawl (poncho)
- Gold lame “Dreamettes” dress.
ENSEMBLE
M.C.: Acid olive green 2 piece suit
Tiny Joe Dixon: Garish red/blue plaid 2-piece suit, ruffled, shirt, small bow tie
Little Albert &
The True Tones: Black ski-cloth pants (will repeat), maroon crushed velvet blouson
jackets.
DREAMGIRLS cont’d. Pg. 2
Stepp Sister’s
Managers: Pink suit, pink porkpie hat, white shirt and pink tie
Lurkers: Assorted men, 60s street clothes
Jimmy’s Blue Band,
Little Albert, Tru-
Tones become
Dancing Band: 2-piece blue sharkskin suits, white shirt, blue ties (for “Fake Your
Way”)
Stepp Sisters: (first image on stage. Usually included “Michelle”)
Hot pink strapless gown in lace with net & spangle fish tail. Silver
spangle trim.
Miss Edna Burke: Scarlet lace dress (knee length) with copper spangles
(usually Effie)
Charlene: Copper spandex peddle-pushers – very tight. Cinch belt. Sheer off-the
shoulder ruffled blouse.
Joanne: Tight turquoise knit sheath dress
Dog Act: Chartreuse spandex bodice with red net pom-poms and red sequin trim,
short chartreuse net tu-tu with pom-poms, chartreuse satin top hat with
red trim.
Fire Act/
Contortionist: Red/yellow flame painted unitard with sequin embroidery. Red chiffon
cape with gold sequins.
DREAMGIRLS cont’d. Pg. 3
ACT I, SCENE 2: ON THE ROAD “Cadillac Car”
James Early: Removes tux shirt on stage, adds purple pullover sweater and purple
leather jacket
Curtis Taylor, Jr. Repeat I-1
C.C. White: Repeat I-1
Marty: Repeat I-1
Wayne: Green pants, dark blue shirt, dark vest
Effie: Repeats skit I-1, add blouse
Deena: Top of sundress, yellow shorts
Lorelle: Repeat peddle pushers, strike poncho, add blue knit blouse
ENSEMBLE:
Jimmy’s Band Trousers and shirt. Repeat pieces of earlier scene.
Dave: White flannel trousers, blue-white vee neck sweater, white shirt, open
neck
Teen fans: Angora fluffy sweaters, short skirts, pedal pushers and clam diggers
Sweethearts: Baby blue sweaters, white chiffon scarf, pleated white skirts
ACT I, SCENE 4: Limbo “Cadillac Car”, “Steppin’ to the Bad Side”
James Early: Brick red pants
Curtis Taylor: Brown pants, dark green shirt, tie
DREAMGIRLS cont’d Pg. 4
C.C. White: Grey pants, blue shirt, tie