The class is an overview of the Broadway tour from load-in to load-out and can be done virtually via Zoom or in person. It is intended for those who have backstage crew experience and wish to prepare themselves to take calls as a dresser on a Broadway tour and be an effective member of the wardrobe team.
The class includes concrete examples of what to expect as the Tour Heads guide you to organize dressing rooms, prep costumes for performance, learn your dresser track, work closely with actors, understand quick changes, and manage laundry schedules.
The purpose is to offer the less experienced dresser a glimpse into what the Broadway tour is like, so that they will be better prepared to take a tour call. For mixed locals, it is an excellent opportunity for a crew person who mostly works as a stagehand to become more familiar with wardrobe work.
Preparing for work
Tools of the trade
Working with supervisors
Unloading gondolas and hampers
Organizing change areas
Prepping costumes
Dresser notes/tracks
Working with actors
Quick change techniques
The show
Hanging and organizing costumes
Laundry
Details
Language: English
Format: In-person, Virtual
Length: 2 hours
Trainer
Delia Mulholland, IATSE Local 887
Location: Seattle, WA
A graduate of the UW Drama program, Delia Mulholland has worked in the theatrical costuming field, both in costume construction and backstage wardrobe, for 35+ years! After working under union contracts at theaters in the Seattle area, she began to take an interest in union governance and served as the BA for IATSE Theatrical Wardrobe Union Local 887 for 20 years. She is currently the Wardrobe House Head for the Paramount Theatre and the Administrator for the Western Washington Theatrical Training Trust serving the locals in the Seattle area.