My job has now been filled by the estimable Abra Berman!
This was the job
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Stuff we have in the Costume Basement that the new costumer can come and play with:
Our main sewing machines are all vintage mechanical tabletop Berninas that work (no industrials), we also have 20 Bernette B05 Academy machines for sending home with costume students in the Spring Intro to Costume Design class, that are usable in Fall if you can lure in free minions to help.
I’m sticking around to teach Drama 112 Stage Makeup in Fall, and I’m still doing Archive volunteer work till the 75th Anniversary (of both DVC and the Drama program) in 2025, which is as well as the 50th anniversary of the PAC which occurs at the same time. (The PAC was opened in 1975 on the 25th anniversary of DVC). So I can help any newbie get up to speed (and find where all the stock items you need are located).
There is a paid 10 hr a week student assistant (if you want to continue this) who knows a bunch, who is already researching and applying for designing the student show (“Radium Girls”) in the Arena (little theatre in the round) in early December. So one less headache in finding one. One can usually also hire another 10 hr PT student minion. Work study minions beyond this 20 hr total Drama Dept. budget limit can be hired just by filing the paperwork if you can find any work-study qualified students, because none of the cost comes from the Dept.
First show of the year is “All Shook Up” (musical comedy with Elvis songs in late October on the PAC Mainstage) which appears to be vaguely based in a fictional small American town in any date(s) between 1950s to now. Musical comedy type colorful clothing 1950-now has been a center of my hoarding strategy for over a decade so 98% of this show is likely to be found in our stock and you only need to create stuff you actually want to. We even own a pair of bright blue suede shoes!
Spring will bring “Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead” to the PAC Mainstage. Our 16th Century stock is limited, but adequate, and we have long had a mutual lending agreement with Pink Depford Costume/Center Rep that can help both parties build only what you actually want to build.
The last show of the year is currently listed as a “surprise” in negotiation with the playwright. One of our directing/acting professors has a good relationship with two popular living American playwrights, and so can sometimes get us a rather new work before other colleges get to do it. This will also be in the little “Arena” theatre in the round which is a fun space to work in.
You can see LOTS of images of DVC shows at the DVC Drama Archive if you want to know the nearly full history of what DVC drama has been doing 1950-now.
