Position Summary

Talmi Entertainment seeks a skilled Wardrobe Attendant to join a three-person touring wardrobe team. The Attendant supports both the professional company and youth-cast wardrobe operations, with primary responsibility for assisting youth fittings before the performance and supporting the professional cast from Stage Right during the show. This is a hands-on touring position requiring strong sewing skills, speed, flexibility, and sound judgment in a demanding one-city-per-day schedule.

Core Responsibilities

• Assist with youth-cast fittings and independently fit assigned roles so multiple roles can be fitted at the same time.

• Help load in and organize the youth-cast dressing room, creating an orderly and positive experience for school directors, children, and families.

• Transition back to the professional-cast wardrobe operation as youth fittings conclude and complete assignments from the Adult Wardrobe Lead.

• Assist with repairs and alterations for both professional and youth-cast costumes, prioritizing urgent show needs.

• Assist with laundry, hand washing, spot cleaning, costume distribution, collection, and reset.

• Run the assigned Stage Right show track, including presetting costumes, assisting professional-cast quick changes, and responding to costume issues during the performance.

• Support youth-cast quick changes when required, while maintaining the professional cast as the primary performance responsibility.

• Proactively assist Wardrobe team members across Stage Left and Stage Right and communicate clearly about incomplete work, repairs, and show-critical needs.

Touring Wardrobe Team Duties

• Load in and load out approximately 200 costumes and associated wardrobe equipment transported in approximately 11 gondolas; typical calls are approximately four to five hours for load-in and two hours for load-out.

• Maintain, repair, alter, issue, collect, clean, and properly store costumes throughout the tour.

• Participate in pre-tour and on-tour fittings, alterations, repairs, and department preparation as assigned.

• Run performances in a wide range of performing arts centers and adapt to changing backstage layouts, local crews, schedules, and dressing-room conditions.

• Contribute to a collaborative, respectful department and perform additional wardrobe duties assigned by the Adult Wardrobe Lead.

Qualifications

• Professional experience in fittings, alterations, hand sewing, machine sewing, repairs, and costume maintenance.

• Ability to work confidently with men’s and women’s costumes ranging from simple garments to delicate, multi-piece costumes.

• Knowledge of classical and romantic tutus strongly preferred.

• Experience with quick changes and live-performance wardrobe operations; touring ballet or comparable production experience preferred.

• Strong organizational, communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to work efficiently under pressure, accept direction, shift priorities, and maintain a positive manner with professional artists, youth performers, and school personnel.

• Working proficiency with Microsoft Office and Google Drive or comparable cloud-based tools.

• Physical ability to handle costumes and wardrobe equipment and sustain long production days involving standing, walking, lifting, bending, and repetitive handwork.

Tour Conditions & Compensation

• The tour generally loads in, performs, loads out, and travels to a new city each day.

• Overnight travel is primarily aboard an industry-standard 12-bunk sleeper coach; the production also travels with a semi-truck and a seated coach for the cast.

• Tour dates, schedule, routing, and compensation details are subject to change.

How to Apply

Please send a résumé and professional references to [email protected]