Adult Costume Designer for Fall 2024 Season (Oct-Dec)

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Bellevue Youth Theatre is in need of an immediate costume designer for our Fall production of "Zombies!" We have already taken measurements of the cast and just need someone to jump in and begin pulling pieces from stock. There is no building for this show as we have a little over a month to get it performance-ready.

BYT is also looking for dedicated individuals to add to our pool of Costume Designers. We can begin to train immediately, but we are really looking for designers who would be willing to take on a show after learning for a season. Volunteers who can sew well on machine and/or by hand are an asset, especially if you are looking for an organization with which you will make a long-term, regular commitment.

If you are interested in sewing and want to design costumes and alter, and repair costumes for youth in plays, please send me an email. **To be clear, we avoid building costumes from scratch.** We pull from stock and alter them to fit the actor, so there will not be many opportunities to create entire costumes by hand.

Our established designers will train and mentor upcoming Costume Designers in conjunction with training provided by the Costume Shop Manager and related staff. Costume Designers typically spend 60-75 hours per show designing, fitting, altering, mending, cleaning, and organizing costumes, all under the creative direction of the show's director and in partnership with the rest of the creative design team. Most designers will work 50-100 hours in a 3-month season. As we are a community theatre, a stipend is available for $10 per costume/actor with a minimum of $300 and a maximum of $500.

We costume 11 shows a year, making this one of our areas of greatest need. Costuming is very important to our program; costumes help the participants find their characters and perform with self-confidence--and, of course, dressing up is just plain fun! Come be a part of the magic!

Please contact us to see how you can help out!