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Tampa, FL · On-site

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As of Sep 11, 2026, the average hourly pay for wardrobe crew in the United States is $15.62, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $12.98 and $17.55 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a wardrobe crew?

Wardrobe crew are professionals responsible for managing costumes and clothing for theatrical productions, television, film, and other live performances. They ensure that all costumes are maintained, cleaned, repaired, and ready for performers before and during shows. Wardrobe crew members also assist with quick changes backstage and help organize and store costumes between performances. Their work is essential to maintaining the visual consistency and professionalism of a production.

What are the typical responsibilities of a wardrobe crew member during a live performance?

Wardrobe Crew members are responsible for ensuring all costumes are organized, maintained, and ready for quick changes during live performances. They handle pre-show preparations such as steaming, mending, and setting up costumes, and provide backstage support to performers for fast and efficient costume changes. Attention to detail, teamwork, and the ability to remain calm under pressure are essential, as the role often involves working in tight spaces and adhering to strict show schedules. Collaboration with dressers, performers, and other backstage crew is a key part of the job.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a wardrobe crew member, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Wardrobe Crew member, you need experience in costume maintenance, garment repair, and clothing organization, often backed by a background in theater or fashion. Familiarity with sewing machines, laundry equipment, and wardrobe management systems is typically required. Attention to detail, time management, and strong teamwork skills help ensure seamless costume changes and support for performers. These abilities are crucial for maintaining costume quality and keeping productions running smoothly under time constraints.

What is the difference between Wardrobe Crew vs Costume Assistant?

AspectWardrobe CrewCostume Assistant
CredentialsNone specific, often on-the-job trainingSimilar, may require basic costume knowledge
Work EnvironmentFilm, TV, theater productionsFilm, TV, theater productions
ResponsibilitiesHandling costumes, organizing wardrobe, assisting with fittingsAssisting with costume prep, fittings, and maintenance
Employer & IndustryProduction companies, theatersProduction companies, theaters

Both roles support costume management in entertainment productions, with similar environments and responsibilities. The main difference lies in the job titles used by employers, but they often perform comparable tasks related to wardrobe organization and costume assistance.

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Wardrobe and Hair Manager

Ashland, OR • On-site

Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Performing Arts Companies • 1 - 10 employees
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Full-time

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Job description

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Manages wardrobe and hair personnel, including but not limited to:
  • Oversees Wardrobe Supervisor and Hair & Wig Supervisors who create work assignments and manages the day-to-day schedule and workflow.
  • Provides materials and equipment needed for wardrobe and hair personnel to successfully open, run, and close a show.
  • Ensures wardrobe and hair personnel understand and uphold OSF mission and values.
  • Ensures wardrobe and hair personnel understand and adhere to the company handbook, collective bargaining agreement, AEA guidelines and production department guidelines.
  • Ensures wardrobe and hair personnel understand and adhere to safety procedures, creating additional safety protocols when necessary.
  • Ensures regular inspections of hair salon and stations, adhering to HLO, Health Licensing Office regulations on safety, sanitization, and infection control.
  • Recruits, hires, conducts performance reviews, manages progressive discipline with P&C, and organizes the on-boarding and off-boarding processes for wardrobe and hair personnel.
  • Performs administrative tasks such as payroll, expense reports, and injury forms.

Exemplify respect and inclusion by:
  • Demonstrating and creating an environment where each employee is supported.
  • Maintaining a safe and anti-racist working environment.
  • Recognizing micro-aggressions and interrupting othering behaviors.
  • Operationalizing IDEA concepts into organized practice in systems, processes, and problem-solving techniques.
  • Collaborating with other managers to enforce safety policies and keeping up to date with required management-level training.

Manages the Wardrobe and Hair support of shows. Duties include and are not limited to:
  • Organizes and/or ensures organization of all wardrobe and hair functions for individual shows, including working technical rehearsals, troubleshooting, run crew documentation, and show reports.
  • Manages all Hair & Wig and understudy fittings with the Director of Stage Management.
  • Ensures design integrity and quality control of the costume and hair design throughout the season.
  • Ensures the maintenance and organization of wardrobe and hair spaces and equipment.
  • Ensures wardrobe and hair follow safety, sanitization, infection control of all workspaces; provides disinfectants and safety equipment.
  • Ensures Wig Leads and Key Stylist organize hair/wig inventory, pull, purchase, alter, or manufacture all wigs, hair styles, and facial hair as designed and approved by the Costume Designer. Supervises schedule for hair care and wig maintenance.
  • Collaborates with Costume Designer and Wig Leads to create show specific make-up.
  • Collaborates and communicates with the Costume Shop to balance the show requirements with OSF resources to meet show and performer needs safely and efficiently- regarding wig builds, quick changes, understudy fittings and wig fittings, and hair prep or style.
  • Develops and advocates for Wardrobe and Hair's annual labor, material, and capital budgets in the season budgeting process. Manages budgets throughout the year, keeping leadership apprised of any challenges.
  • Attends Production Meetings, show specific costume meetings; convenes department meetings and show specific wardrobe and hair meetings.
  • Participates and actively engages in Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations.

Collaborates, coordinates, and communicates with many internal stakeholders about wardrobe and hair functions. Some examples include:
  • Costume and Wig Shop: regarding costume closure modifications and special care of costumes and wigs, resources, paperwork, load out schedule, cleaning and restoring costume rental items, and production transfers.
  • Collaborates and resolves pre-show schedule for hair prep and dressing order, quick change choreography, and on-stage pre-sets.
  • Stage Management: regarding AEA updates, run crew assignment needs, and show breakdowns; keeping apprised changes to entrances/exit locations and run times; collaborating closely with quick changes prioritizing crew and actor safety, and specific needs for any given performance, understudy fittings, etc.

Other Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Responds to after-hours emergencies and participates in emergency response teams.
  • Assist in maintenance, transportation, and cleaning of show and rehearsal costumes, including dry cleaning, as needed
  • Emergency understudy during the run of shows.
  • Represents OSF at organizational functions and conferences when requested.
  • Advises and/or leads facility maintenance and improvement projects as appropriate.
  • Assist Development and Marketing departments (for example, occasional donor events or creating content re: quick changes for social media outlets).
  • Other duties as assigned by Costume Director.

Supervision Received:
Costume Director
Supervision Exercised:
Wardrobe Supervisor, Hair & Wig Supervisors, wardrobe and hair staff.
Required:
Education: High: School Graduate or equivalent.
Work Experience: 5 years of experience in professional theatrical wardrobe, preferably experience supervising projects and/or people in the entertainment industry.
Preferred:
  • Experience in using industrial and home sewing machines with a variety of fabrics.
  • Knowledge or ability to understand regulations detailed in OHA, Oregon Health Authority Cosmetology Safety and Sanitation rules.
  • Experience in wig building, wig fronting, dying lace, and with working various adhesive methods.
  • Experience in wig building and hair care of Black/African American and multi-textured hair.
  • Experience with special effects on-stage makeup and prosthetics supporting all skin tones and genders.

Qualifications/Skills:
  • Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
  • Ability to effectively address conflict and resolve in a professional manner in line with OSF's values.
  • Knowledge of costume periods, safe work practices, and understanding repertory calendars.
  • Thorough knowledge using computer software, including Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word, SharePoint, and other cloud-based information sharing systems.
  • Proficient in quick-change choreography for run crew planning with both costumes and hair.
  • Demonstrate initiative and tenacity in short-term and long-term planning.
  • Ability to collaborate and behave in a productive manner with colleagues and staff.
  • Ability to adapt and flex to operational changes and new procedures.
  • Expertise in organization, time management, and decision making.
  • Excellent Inclusion, Equity, Diversity, and Access analysis and inclusive behavior:
  • Able to identify and dismantle work systems that uphold and promote systems of white supremacy; to re-envision and implement new systems that account for equity and promote inclusion in all areas of work.
  • Ability to approach relationships with colleagues and staff, particularly those belonging to underrepresented or historically marginalized groups, with an understanding that identity informs every individual's human experience in a way that may differ from their own personal experience.
  • Ability to communicate about body proportions, hair textures and styling, skin tones and identities using respectful and equitable language.

Physical Ability:
  • Lift and move costumes, wigs, and equipment weighing up to 30 pounds, climb stairs repeatedly, kneel, squat, and bend. Sit and stand for eight hours or more a day.

Special Hours Requirements:
  • Weekend and evening hours are regularly required. The standard work week is Tuesday - Sunday. Long hours are required, especially during technical rehearsals. The ability to respond to emergencies with little notice is required.

Preferred:
  • Experience working with unions and within the context of collective bargaining agreements. Attended EDI or anti-racist trainings. Experience working in a repertory environment.

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