Costume Designer needed for 'Alabama Story'

Ghostlight Ensemble is seeking a Costumer for its fall production of Alabama Story by Kenneth Jones. Alabama Story is based on the true story in the 1950s about an Alabama State Librarian facing an effort to ban a children’s book about a white bunny and a black bunny who get married. This is a timely and moving story that weaves together historical occurrences with fictional characters to drive home the real-world implications of censorship and book-banning that we still face today.

Costumer will dress 6 actors and 5-6 understudies. Costumer will have access to costume stock of local college per a borrowing agreement.

Key Dates
Costumer will be available for anticipated 3-4 virtual production meetings, in-person designer run, tech week and wardrobe fittings in August-September. Dates confirmed according to cast and production team availability.

Production Schedule:
Rehearsals in September 2024 on weeknights and/or weekend days, with possible table work and/or fittings in August.

Tech week: Sunday, September 22 in the afternoon and Monday, September 23 through Thursday, September 26 in the evenings

Performances: show will run Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoon matinees from Friday, September 27 through Sunday, October 20, 2024.

Instructions to Apply:

To be considered, please send resume and portfolio/website link to Holly Robison, holly@ghostlightensemble.com.

Pay Rate/Range*: $300 stipend

Organization Contact Name: Holly Robison

Organization Email Contact: holly@ghostlightensemble.com

Costume Designer needed for 'Picasso at the Lapin Agile'

Ghostlight Ensemble seeks a Costume Designer for its production of Steve Martin's Picasso at the Lapin Agile. The absurdist comedy imagines a meeting between Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso just before the renowned scientist transformed physics with his theory of relativity and the celebrated painter sets the art world afire with cubism.

This production will involve sourcing costumes for 10 actors. The play takes place in a single location on a single day.

Schedule Details
Rehearsals begin September 10, 2018, with about 3 to 4 rehearsals a week on weeknights and weekends, crafted around the actors' schedules. Tech is scheduled for October 15-18 in the evenings. Load-in is scheduled for Sunday, October 14.

Performances run October 19 through November 4, 2018, on Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoons at Otherworld Theatre in the Lakeview neighborhood in Chicago.

Stipend
The stipend for this position is $150.

Apply
Please send your resume, links to any relevant work/websites and a statement of interest to production manager Chad Wise at chad@ghostlightensemble.com.