isfaction and pride are why theatre technicians work on show after show, and cosplayers work from one convention to the next. Just as theatre technicians have favorite productions and projects, cosplayers have their most memorable cosplays. Chukhina's favorite cosplay is Elsa from Frozen. She created a transformation dress that has the ice costume underneath the coronation dress. With a spin and undoing of closures, Chukhina changes from one cosplay dress to another in front of your eyes. In the true spirit of the cosplay community, Chukhina shares, "I spent a lot of time researching how others made their Elsa costumes and blended so many techniques from different cosplayers." She utilized her patternmaking skills from theatre to create a transformational costume of two dresses in one, which required ingenuity and creative problem solving. "I love doing the transformation, especially for children. They are so shocked when the dress just becomes another dress in front of them!" USITT Presents is a collaboration between USITT and its organizational members to provide training sessions JOIN US MARCH 13 - 17 FORT LAUDERDALE USITT Presents CM-ET ROAD TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION ETC EOS FAMILY CONSOLE TRAINING usittshow.com/presents EARN YOUR MICHIGAN MASTER'S DEGREE IN ARTS ADMINISTRATION ConCentrations in MuseuM & Visual arts and PerforManCe go.umflint.edu/artsadmin WINTER 2018 | THEATRE DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY | 45http://www.usittshow.com/presents http://go.umflint.edu/artsadmin http://www.sculpturalarts.com