2027 CSF Associate Costume Shop Manager

For over 60 seasons, the Colorado Shakespeare Festival has delighted audiences with classic theatre under the stars.

The Colorado Shakespeare Festival is a professional theatre company in association with the University of Colorado Boulder. Since 1958, the festival has celebrated and explored Shakespeare and his continuing influence and vitality through productions of superior artistic quality, education, and community engagement.

CSF strives to preserve the classics of the past and pursue the classics of the future. Fueled by artistry and scholarship, the festival seeks to expand the cultural richness of the region by inspiring, challenging, and cultivating the imagination of audiences and artists.

Plays are performed beneath summer night skies in the newly renovated Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre and Roe Green Theatre indoors. The festival's education programs reach tens of thousands of school children each year through camps, classes, and outreach performances that connect them with the continuing tradition and importance of live theatre and Shakespeare.

• Collaborate with the CSF Costume Shop Manager and Costume Designers to produce and realize costume designs.
• Assist the CSF Costume Designers in rehearsals and fittings as needed.
• Participate in all costume shop operations as directed.
• Collaborate with the CSF Costume Shop Manager in labor scheduling, materials purchasing and returns, rental arrangements, laundry and dry cleaning, and other duties as assigned.
• Assist the CSF Costume Shop Manager in delegating shop projects as needed.
• Manage and direct costume department supervisors, staff and volunteers.
• This position requires additional online training to gain authorization to operate university vehicles.
• Monitor team safety, morale, and quality control and communicate regularly with the CSF Production Manager to strategize solutions and ensure that build operations are properly resourced.
• Assume leadership of costumes operations when Costume Shop Manager is off site or off contract.
• Adhere to the policies set forth in the CSF Standard Access and Locking Procedures.
• This position reports directly to the Costume Shop Manager.

• The 2027 CSF season begins in May 2027 and responsibilities for this position will continue through August 2027. The Associate Costume Shop Manager (ACSM) will have potential remote work in March / April 2027 depending on need and availability.

• The hourly pay for this position is $19.29 - $22.00/hr.

• At least one year of related experience demonstrating the required abilities is required for all positions. Appropriate education will substitute for experience on a year-for-year basis.
• A valid driver's license is required for this position.

• A commitment to a collaborative workplace environment in which all employees are empowered to do their best work.
• Strong collaboration, communication, and technical skills related to the required skill set of the position.
• The ability to maintain high quality / standards and a safe and supportive work environment while working on tight timelines.
• Artistic sensibility and sensitivity.

• Teaching / mentoring experience.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and G Suite applications.
• Experience in construction, alteration, and finishing work using both industrial machines and hand stitching.
• Ability to function and contribute in a full shop, with multiple shows in production concurrently.
• Experience in costume construction and alteration including contemporary and period patterning and draping.
• Working knowledge of domestic and industrial sewing machines and other applicable equipment.
• Experience in outdoor theater production.