Division/Department: Special Events
Job Title: Costuming Lead
Reports To: Special Events Coordinator
Type of position: Non-Exempt, Hourly
Employee Classification: Full Time- Seasonal
Pay Range: $18-23
Location: Durango, CO
Job Summary
The Costuming Lead is responsible for the maintenance, cleaning, and organization of all The Polar Express Train RideTM costumes. The Costuming Lead will organize the dressing room, keeping it clean and presentable; Assist in checking in actors and volunteers daily; Attend and participate in all design meetings, production meetings, fittings, designer run through as requested, crew run through, crew training, dress rehearsals to check for the proper fit and wearing of all costumes in the production, strike and debriefing; Be acquainted with the design, actors, specific garments, and the show bible as it develops to help collaborate on finalizing the design concept and the resulting design direction, including choices of period, style, texture, color, etc.; Go on shopping trips to help record receipts, swatches, measurements, and any other information necessary for shopping; Overseeing costume construction and restoration.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Check each costume daily for tears, missing buttons, and stains.
- Inventory all costumes, assuring enough of each size is available
- Keep costume zircons clean
- Repair costumes as needed
- Launder the costumes daily
- Ability to work evenings, weekends, holidays, and extended seasonal hours
Qualifications
- Must be able to sew
- Must have knowledge of measurements, tailoring, and mending clothes
- Experience in theatrical costuming is preferred
- Must be able to move up to 50lbs
Skills Required
- Ability to sew
- Knowledge of measurements, tailoring, and mending clothes
- Experience in theatrical costuming
- Ability to move up to 50lbs
- Ability to work evenings, weekends, holidays, and extended seasonal hours
What We Do
The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad is a historic, narrow-gauge heritage railroad that operates scenic train rides through the Colorado Rocky Mountains, carrying passengers behind vintage steam locomotives and offering year-round adventures.
