Dresser (theatre)

A dresser is a theatrical stagehand who is involved with maintaining costume quality at each performance, as well as facilitating quick changes. They are hired by either the director, producer, or wardrobe supervisor. They report directly to the wardrobe supervisor and are usually paid by the hour.

See also

• List of theatre personnel
• The Dresser, a 1980 play about a dresser, afterwards adapted for the cinema (1983) and television (2015)
• Hamlet's Dresser, a 2002 memoir by a dresser