This course encompasses everything one needs to know to get a show up and running in the wardrobe department as a dresser from day one through opening night. Participants will learn how a new show is put together from scratch and the dresser’s specific job in that process. They will learn the steps and skills required to set up a dressing track from scratch and how to navigate through the tech process.

• Pre-production preparation (setting up and stocking a wardrobe room, inventorying and labeling every costume piece, rigging shirts and costumes, sewing pit pads, creating mic belts, etc.)

• How to set up dressing rooms and quick change booths

• Reading and interpreting tracking sheets

• Creating pre-sets

• Creating a safe and realistic dressing track

• Writing notes

• Designing quick changes

• Making accommodations for privacy and nudity

• Working with cut shows and split tracks

• Understanding the daily tech process and schedule

Details

Language: English

Format: In-person

Length: 4 hours

Trainer

Lolly Totero, IATSE Locals 764 and 665

Location: New York, NY and Honolulu, HI

Lolly Totero has been a member of IATSE Local 764 since 1994. She has worked on Broadway as a Star Dresser, Principal Dresser, Ensemble Dresser, Swing Dresser, Dayworker, Assistant Supervisor, and Swing Supervisor. She has also traveled the country on a national tour and worked as a local dresser.

Lolly has taught a variety of classes for Local 764 including: “How to Set Up a Broadway Dressing Track,” “Star Dressing,” “Swing Dressing,” and “How to Bead Levels 1 and 2.”

Lolly has a wealth of experience working in the theatre and loves sharing her knowledge with others eager to learn. Lolly works on theatre, film, and television productions.