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Young Nettie and Young Celie in The Color Purple, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Ensemble in The Color Purple, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Church Ladies in The Color Purple, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Nettie and Ensemble in church from The Color Purple, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Nettie, Celie, and Ensemble in church from The Color Purple, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Nettie, Celie, Preacher, and Ensemble in The Color Purple, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Pregnant Celie in The Color Purple, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Pa Harris, Celie, and Nettie in The Color Purple, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Celie in The Color Purple, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Church ladies, Nettie, and Celie in The Color Purple, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Farmhands in The Color Purple, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Old Mister and Nettie in The Color Purple, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Harpo in The Color Purple,  costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Pregnant Sofia, Celie, and Harpo in The Color Purple,  costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Sofia in The Color Purple, 1920s costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Sofia and Sisters in The Color Purple, 1920s costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Harpo, Squeak, and Ensemble in The Color Purple, 1920s costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Shug Avery and Celie in The Color Purple, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Shug Avery and Harpo in The Color Purple, 1920s costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Shug Avery and Ensemble in The Color Purple, 1920s costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Africa dream sequence from The Color Purple, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Africa dream sequence from The Color Purple, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Nettie teaches in Africa dream sequence from The Color Purple, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Church ladies in The Color Purple, 1930s costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Pa, Harper, Shug Avery, Sofia, Celie, Buster, Old Mister, and Squeak at Easter dinner in The Color Purple, 1930s costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Celie and Ensemble wear Miss Celie's Pants in The Color Purple, 1940s costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Celie, Shug Avery, and Ensemble wear Miss Celie's Pants in The Color Purple, 1940s costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Harpo wears Miss Celie's Pants in The Color Purple, 1940s costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Celie, Shug Avery, Nettie Harris, and Ensemble in finale of The Color Purple, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich

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The Color Purple

Music by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray; Book by Marsha Norman

This show spans five decades and includes an imagined scene of an African tribe, so costuming it was quite a challenge. We built all of Africa, the pants for Miss Celie's Pants, and Sofia's first two dresses.

Photos by Genevieve Fridley
© All Designs Copyright 2003-2016 Katharine Tarkulich
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