Draper / Tailor
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THE OLD GLOBE
San Diego, CA, US
Summary
The Draper/Tailor is responsible for draping, patterning, constructing, and altering costumes while collaborating with designers and performers to ensure proper fit. They also supervise costume shop staff and maintain a safe, organized, and productive work environment.
Job Description
Job DetailsJob Location: San Diego, CA 92101Salary Range: $30.73 - $30.73 HourlyThe Old Globe, a Tony Award-winning theatre and one of the country’s leading regional LORT B+ theatres seeking qualified applicants for Draper / Tailor. The Old Globe is known for producing a broad range of work from Shakespeare and the classical repertoire to world premiere musicals and plays on its three stages, plus a “Globe for All” touring program that performs in community venues throughout San Diego County.
Key Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
Drape, pattern, construct, and alter costumes according to designer specifications and production timelines.
Collaborate with the Costume Director, designers, performers, and costume shop staff to ensure costumes meet artistic and technical needs.
Conduct fittings and make adjustments to ensure proper fit, comfort, and mobility.
Supervise stitchers and costume shop artisans to ensure work is completed efficiently and to high standards.
Maintain an organized, safe, and productive costume shop environment.
The Old Globe is actively committed to fostering a culture of equity, diversity, inclusion, & access in all areas of our operation. By taking intentional, actionable steps, we strive to make The Old Globe a place where theatre makers, employees, volunteers, audience members, and community members of all identities and backgrounds belong. The Old Globe welcomes candidates who demonstrate a commitment to these goals. We strongly encourage people with the following identities to apply: BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, people living with disabilities, and those from other historically and presently marginalized groups. Multilingual candidates are also strongly encouraged to apply.
QualificationsThe successful candidate will have the following skills and abilities:
4–10 years of professional experience in theatrical costume construction required.
Prior experience in regional theatre or commercial costume shops preferred.
Progressive supervisory experience is strongly preferred.
Work schedule is Tuesday through Saturday 40 hours/week, 9am-6pm, with overtime and weekend assignments. This is a full-time, IATSE Local 122 Union position available March 2026. The hourly rate is $30.73/hour; benefits include vacation, and IATSE Pension, and Union Health plans.
The Tony Award–winning The Old Globe is one of the country’s leading professional nonprofit regional theatres. Now in its 89th year, the Globe is San Diego’s flagship performing arts institution, and it serves a vibrant community with theatre as a public good. Under the leadership of Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein and the Audrey S. Geisel Managing Director Timothy J. Shields, The Old Globe produces a year-round season of 16 productions of classic, contemporary, and new works on its three Balboa Park stages, including its internationally renowned Shakespeare Festival. More than 250,000 people annually attend Globe productions and participate in the theatre’s artistic and arts engagement programs. Its nationally prominent Arts Engagement Department provides an array of participatory programs that make theatre matter to more people in neighborhoods throughout the region. Humanities programs at the Globe and around the city broaden the community’s understanding of theatre art in all its forms. The Globe also boasts a range of new play development programs with professional and community-based writers, as well as the renowned The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program. Numerous world premieres—such as 2014 Tony Award winner for Best Musical A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Bright Star, The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! —have been developed at The Old Globe and have gone on to highly successful runs on Broadway and at regional theatres across the country.
Founded
1935
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Performing Arts
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
San Diego, CA
The Tony Award–winning The Old Globe is one of the country’s leading professional nonprofit regional theatres. Now in its 89th year, the Globe is San Diego’s flagship performing arts institution, and it serves a vibrant community with theatre as a public good. Under the leadership of Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director Barry Edelstein and the Audrey S. Geisel Managing Director Timothy J. Shields, The Old Globe produces a year-round season of 16 productions of classic, contemporary, and new works on its three Balboa Park stages, including its internationally renowned Shakespeare Festival. More than 250,000 people annually attend Globe productions and participate in the theatre’s artistic and arts engagement programs. Its nationally prominent Arts Engagement Department provides an array of participatory programs that make theatre matter to more people in neighborhoods throughout the region. Humanities programs at the Globe and around the city broaden the community’s understanding of theatre art in all its forms. The Globe also boasts a range of new play development programs with professional and community-based writers, as well as the renowned The Old Globe and University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program. Numerous world premieres—such as 2014 Tony Award winner for Best Musical A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Bright Star, The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! —have been developed at The Old Globe and have gone on to highly successful runs on Broadway and at regional theatres across the country.
Founded
1935
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Performing Arts
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
San Diego, CA
