Theatre Tech clean out their closets for awards money

STORY AND PHOTOS BY DARYLL HINVES

Suits, jewelry, dresses, hats and more. The Sheridan Theatre Wardrobe Sale on Friday had it all, and many people walked away satisfied.

“It was a huge success,” said Sheridan Theatre’s head of wardrobe, David Juby. “There was a lineup running down the hall.”

Each year, the Music Theatre and Technical Production For Theatre and Live Events holds an awards night, where students are recognized for their achievements in a variety of disciplines. All the money raised at the sale will go toward awards of recognition.

The sale began at 10 a.m and ran until 4 p.m and featured period-pieces, suits, blazers, hats, dresses, jewelry, shoes, wigs, accessories, uniforms and various scrap fabrics, all for $1 a piece. For $5, you could fill a trash bag with anything that caught your eye.

Racks were stuffed with clothes, tables were overflowing with fabrics, and boxes were filled to the brim with jewelry. If you were looking for the perfect costume piece or a cheap everyday outfit, you came to the right place.

“The sale is very popular,” said Juby. “We had people travelling from St. Catharines and even Ottawa to come to it.”

Morgan Squibb searches the racks for a one of a kind find at the Sheridan Theatre wardrobe sale.

In the end, $903 was raised for the awards celebration, which will take place at the end of this school year.

All the costumes for sale were used in productions put on by Sheridan’s Theatre department. Every year, the theatre department puts on six productions.

This year, the theatre program will be putting on In the Heights, Little Women, A Man of No Importance, Hello Dolly!, Chess and Brantwood.

Having great costumes is essential to producing a successful theatre production. Sheridan’s theatre tech productions accepts clothing donations, and creates its own pieces to make their shows come to life.

Mackenzie Salhany, a recent musical theatre grad, emphasized the importance of good wardrobe and costumes.

“Theatre tech is an independent program, and it’s so crucial that we can work side by side and train together,” she said. “We have no time to pick out costumes on our own, and they do a great job. Could you imagine going onstage dressed normal and singing Les Miserables?”

Sarah Read, a visual and creative arts student, and Morgan Squibb, a performing arts prep student, came to the wardrobe sale to look around, and left with garbage bags full of stuff.

“There’s so much here,” said Squibb, “I found a lot of cool things.”

Photography and Media Arts students can rent costumes from the wardrobe room for the low price of $1 a day.

Sarah Read and Morgan Squibb lift up their heavy haul of clothes and accessories they found at the Sheridan Theatre Wardrobe Sale.