Wardrobe Technician — Live Theater Run Crew

Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Ashland (OR); On-site; USD 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival seeks a Costume Run Crew Technician to prepare and maintain costumes for OSF shows and run costume tracks, assisting actors with dressing and quick changes. The role requires collaboration with wardrobe and stage teams to ensure a smooth performance season.

Responsibilities include laundry, basic repairs, steaming and ironing, show tracking, and supporting run crew operations.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of professional theater or live entertainment as a costume run crew technician or dresser.
• Experience in a higher education technical theater program may substitute.
• Ability to read, listen, and prioritize tasks with respectful communication about body proportions, hair textures, skin tones, and genders.
• Basic and advanced sewing skills for home and industrial machines.
• Comfort with processing laundry for diverse textiles and using steam/ironing equipment.
• Knowledge of local craft repairs (jewelry, shoe maintenance, riveting).
• Experience with domestic and industrial washers and dryers.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and cloud-based info sharing.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and maintains costumes for OSF shows and runs costume show tracks; assists actors with dressing and costume changes.
• During tech, creates show tracks with stage managers, notes, run lists and paperwork.
• Collaborates to ensure safe, inclusive work environment with the Wardrobe team.
• Launders items needing attention during/show; handles laundry and maintenance.
• Performs show maintenance incl. steaming, ironing and basic repairs.
• Partners with supervisors, actors, stage managers and crew to run shows smoothly.
• Acts as Crew Head of production when assigned; serves as liaison between Wardrobe and stage management.
• Understudies other wardrobe run tracks; participates in striking shows (cleaning, sorting, restocking).
• Attend meetings, rehearsals, training; maintain wardrobe spaces and supplies.

Skills

Reading & listening skills

Prioritization

Body proportions & styling language

Hand sewing

Machine sewing

Laundry of diverse textiles

Ironing & steaming

Craft repairs (jewelry, shoe)

Washer/dryer experience

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook

Cloud-based info sharing systems

Tools

Industrial sewing machines

Overlock machines

Industrial washers/dryers

Job description

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival seeks a Costume Run Crew Technician to prepare and maintain costumes for OSF shows and run costume tracks, assisting actors with dressing and quick changes. The role requires collaboration with wardrobe and stage teams to ensure a smooth performance season.

Responsibilities include laundry, basic repairs, steaming and ironing, show tracking, and supporting run crew operations.