{"id":690,"date":"2008-09-26T09:43:40","date_gmt":"2008-09-26T13:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/Administration\/UniversityRelations\/news\/?p=319"},"modified":"2008-09-26T09:43:40","modified_gmt":"2008-09-26T13:43:40","slug":"sydney-roberts-nominated-for-suzi-bass-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2008\/09\/sydney-roberts-nominated-for-suzi-bass-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Roberts nominated for Suzi Bass Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/Administration\/UniversityRelations\/news\/images\/sr2.jpg\" alt=\"Sydney Robert's costumes\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\"class=\"img_right\" \/> UTC Theatre&#8217;s costume designer, Sydney Roberts, received a nomination for a 2007-2008 Suzi Bass Award for her costume design in Georgia Shakespeare\u2019s production of <em>Richard III. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Atlanta\u2019s version of Broadway\u2019s Tony Awards, The Suzis, are named in honor of an Atlanta actress who died in 2002.\u00a0 Twenty Suzis for excellence in professional theater will be awarded to deserving artists on November 10 in the Fox Theatre\u2019s Egyptian Ballroom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe actors referred to the \u2018period style\u2019 as being in the \u2018Sydneyth\u2019 Century,\u201d joked Roberts.\u00a0 \u201cWe often create our own unique look for the productions at Georgia Shakespeare.\u00a0 In this version, we started with a formal early 20th Century look for the men that transmogrified into SWAT style uniforms. In fact, we had to warn the Oglethorpe University security that we were actors, not terrorists, because the men had to run around the outside of the theatre during the show to get where they needed to be and we didn&#8217;t want any confusion. The women&#8217;s clothes were styled around how strait jackets are constructed.\u00a0 Doing the research for this was kind of a surprise&#8211;some fashion designers of late have had the same idea!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Sunday Paper,<\/em> an Atlanta weekly, included Roberts in its annual roundup of the very best of local theater in the \u201cSpotlight Awards.\u201d\u00a0 In the category of \u201cTOP FIVE BEHIND-THE-SCENE STEALERS\u201d Roberts earned an Honorable Mention for her costumes in <em>Pure Confidence<\/em> (Theatrical Outfit) and <em>Richard III,<\/em> among others.\u00a0 <em>Pure Confidence<\/em> tells the story of a slave jockey during the Civil War who sought to win his freedom through horseracing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/Administration\/UniversityRelations\/news\/images\/sr1.jpg\" alt=\"Sydney Robert's costumes\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\"\/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/Administration\/UniversityRelations\/news\/images\/sr3.jpg\" alt=\"Sydney Robert's costumes\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UTC Theatre&#8217;s costume designer, Sydney Roberts, received a nomination for a 2007-2008 Suzi Bass Award for her costume design in Georgia Shakespeare\u2019s production of Richard III. 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