Division/Department: Special Events
Job Title: Costuming Staff
Reports To: Special Events Coordinator
Type of position: Non-Exempt, Hourly
Employee Classification: Part Time- Seasonal
Pay Range: $17 - $19
Location: Durango, CO
Start Date: 11/2/26
Job Summary
The Costuming staff is responsible for the maintenance, cleaning, and organization of all The Polar Express Train RideTM costumes. The Costuming staff will organize the dressing room, keeping it clean and presentable, assist in checking in actors and volunteers daily, and check each costume daily for tears, missing buttons, and stains.
- Distribute and receive costumes to/from actors
- 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
- Must have valid Drivers License and be 18 or older
Skills Required
- Able to sew
- Knowledge of measurements, tailoring, and mending clothes
- Experience in theatrical costuming
- Able to move up to 50lbs
- Valid Driver's License and age 18 or older
- 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.
