Training
•Entry certificate in the LACC Theatre Academy costume conservatory, 25 major units
•Emphasis on historical costume, costume design, drawing, costume shop discipline and organization, costume storage organization, sewing, and stagecraft
•Required core of Costume Periods and Styles plus Applied Costuming for the Theater 1 and 2
•Four electives chosen from costume dyeing and painting, draping and accessories, costume design, materials and methods, costuming for film, advanced costume illustration, and costuming on set
•Builds basic proficiency in hand sewing, pattern drafting, machine sewing, and rendering
Performance & Productions
•Students serve as technical crew, designer's assistant, designer, or crew head realizing costumes for a fully produced theater event
•Units stack directly into the Costume Design Level 2 certificate
