Sunday, October 19, 2008
The Shakespeare Theatre Of New Jersey Holds Prop And Costume Sale
LiveDesign: "The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey will hold a prop and costume sale just in time for Halloween on Saturday, October 25th at The Shakespeare Theatre’s Main Stage at the F. M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre. Doors open at 10am sharp. Admission is free."
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I love things like this. If I had the money I would stock my closet with random costumes from sales like these. You never know when you'll need to dress up for something.
This is a really good idea to get rid of old stuff and raise money. It's also a really good way to connect with the community. It's also going to be funny when they go to pull a show in a year or two and go, "Where did that thing go?" and someone will have to tell them it was sold to an 8-year old kid for his pirate costume.
I think this is really cool. However, it must be hard to get rid of costumes you've used over and over again. I wonder if they are getting all new stock or something.... Maybe they just decided to shake stuff up and not rely on what they have done over and over again.
Very cool idea on how to raise money. Extra props and costumes take up so much room and aren't always needed for shows in the future so selling them seems like a perfect way to clear out space and make money. Hopefully they don't sell something they need for their next show!
i read this article after reading the one about the environmental conference that is happening, and it was very interesting to view this in a "green" light. i think this is an excellent idea for many reasons, but one of them is green! i often think when i am in the costume shop how wasteful it is to use all of this fabric to create something that is only used once and then shove it into storage. why not recycle costumes and get people wearing them again. and that way they don't need to go buy more costumes that use more fabric and more dye and more energy to create and transport.
I really really want to go. Does anybody want to drive me to New Jersey? I have an extremely expensive hobby of stocking my closet with costumes of which I will never wear, I just like to have. I've been sad in the past when a lot of the things I've made have had to stay with the theater I made them for. I hope their props and costumes find good homes.
This is a great opportunity for people who love stocking up on costumes. I wonder how strict the theater's sorting process was--it would be a shame to sell something they would end up needing again in a few seasons.
I think this is an exciting and creative new way to raise money for theatre. Props and costumes are space consuming and would catch a lot of sales for their sentimental value.
This is a hilarious idea but it really works. When I worked at STNJ they had a few of these and believe it or not these yard sales really put a nice profit in for the theatre. This theatre has a pretty substantial community following since Madison is sort of a tightly knit town in some respects so this is a great way to keep the regulars regular.
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