Jobs (Drumheller): Wardrobe Stitchers/Costumers – Badlands Amphitheatre

Theatre Alberta; Drumheller; On-site; CAD 5,400 - 6,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meals provided weekends

Job summary

The Badlands Amphitheatre in Drumheller, AB is seeking Wardrobe Stitchers and Costumers for the 2024 Canadian Badlands Passion Play. Work involves sewing, assembling costumes, assisting with fittings, and supporting dress runs and performances on Canada’s largest outdoor stage.

Responsibilities include constructing and altering costumes, managing wardrobe during shows, and helping with quick-changes, laundry, and end-of-season storage.

Qualifications

• Previous sewing experience is required.
• Theatre costuming experience is a huge asset.
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work with a team.

Responsibilities

• Sewing new costumes or assembling costumes under supervision.
• Pulling or storing costumes as required.
• Instructing actors on proper wearing of costumes and removal of accessories.
• Assisting with construction, alteration, and repair of costume stock.
• Assisting with presets, dressing, and quick-changes during Dress Rehearsals and Performances.
• Liaising with performers to resolve costume issues.
• Assisting with show laundry each night and with end-of-season strike and storage.

Skills

Sewing experience

Costume work

Theatre costuming

Team collaboration

Job description

Jobs (Drumheller): Wardrobe Stitchers/Costumers – Badlands Amphitheatre

The Badlands Amphitheatre is looking for Wardrobe Stitchers and Costumers for their 2024 production of The Canadian Badlands Passion Play in Drumheller, AB. The Canadian Badlands Passion Play tells an epic story of faith, hope & love based on the life of Christ. It is performed on Canada’s largest outdoor stage, with a company formed of professional and semi-professional actors (supplemented by volunteer actors), working with a professional crew.

Job Description: Costumers work with the Costume Designer to serve as a Cutter, Stitcher, general costumer or Dresser as required. These functions may require skills such as hand-sewing, millinery, cobbling, craftwork, dying or painting as necessary. They also act as wardrobe crew during the run of the performances assisting with presets, repairs, quick changes, cleaning and storing various costume pieces.

Duties

• Sewing new costumes or assembling costumes from general stock, under the direction of Costume Designer and Head of Department.
• Pulling or storing costumes as required.
• Instructing actors on the proper wearing of their costumes and removal of modern accessories (sunglasses, Fitbits, wedding rings, etc.).
• Assisting with construction, alteration, and repair of costume stock (including gluing, sewing, and repairing).
• Assisting with costume presets, dressing, and quick-changes during Dress Rehearsals and Performances (in collaboration with Head of Department and Stage Management).
• Liaising with performers to resolve any difficulties or issues that arise once costumes are distributed.
• Assisting with show laundry each night as required.
• Assisting with the end of season strike and winter storage of costumes.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Previous sewing experience is required. The ideal candidate is confident in their sewing abilities and can take on basic sewing tasks (hemming, cutting fabric, building simple garments, threading machines, simple repairs etc) without requiring supervision.
• Previous theatre costuming experience is a huge asset.
• Good interpersonal skills. The wardrobe team works closely with the other departments as well as our cast.
• Comfortable working in a fast paced environment, with changing challenges requiring adaptive problem solving.
• Able to work with deadlines and manage their time and to-do lists to meet those deadlines.
• Comfortable working with a team as well as independently.
• This is a contract position from the end of May - July (specific dates TBD)
• The amphitheatre is an outdoor venue. We rehearse and perform in all kinds of weather, and on all kinds of terrain. While the wardrobe team does most of their work indoors, they will be working outside during the performances as well as a few rehearsals as required.
• The work week is six (6) days long with Tuesdays off, hours vary from day to day. During performances the work week shifts to three (3) days on and four (4) days off.
• Compensation is a contract amount starting at $6000
• Meals are provided every Saturday (lunch) and Sunday (brunch)