"How do you do a quick change?" This was asked of me by a friend I've known for years recently. At first, I didn't know how to answer him. I've been taking people's clothes off and putting them back on them since college, it's second nature to me now. I don't think through the logistics of the transaction anymore. But how do we transform them from one scene to the next in just the space of a black out? Sometimes putting on complicated three piece suits with accessories, sometimes going from street urchin to focus of the scene in a matter of moments. The first step to a successful quick change is a quick rigged costume. We sew velcro into places where the fabric needs to tear apart quickly, or more preferably snaps. We use a lot of velcro and snaps. We change out the cufflinks on dress shirts with ones rigged with elastic. We also use elastic in place of shoe laces almost always, so they can slip their feet right out of a tennis shoe. Once you have t...