Students looking for last-minute costumes and ideas can look through used costumes from past Ball State theater department plays.
Members from BSU Backstage are selling some of their older dresses and other outfits from the Ball State theatre department costume shop to raise money for student activities and scholarships. The costume sale will be going on Wednesday and Friday from noon to 5 p.m. in the Green Room of the theatre department.
From prom dresses to sledgehammers, the sale includes a variety of clothing and props for different costume ideas.
Browsing through racks packed with colorful sets of clothes, senior telecommunications major Paul Starr suddenly changed his mind about his Halloween costume this year.
"I heard from a friend about the sale and Halloween is coming up," he said. "I already had an idea of what I wanted to wear, but this event gave me a much better idea."
Starr pulled out an animal head piece from the rack and dressed up on the spot to show his friend, senior telecommunications student Nancy Brewer.
Melanie Mortimore, director of the costume shop for the Ball State theatre department, said the sale has been an annual event. This is the fourth year the group has had their fundraiser. Mortimore said about 50 to 100 people have bought costumes and props during the fundraiser in past years, and she expects this year to have the same number of customers.
"What started this was that we just had so much stuff that may or may not ever be used again in our storage and so sometimes I need to make room for all the new stuff that we've got," she said. "The stuff we haven't used in recent years is the stuff we have here."
Mortimore said costumes this year from past plays include sequence leotards from a circus show a couple years ago, Templar crusaders' tunics and vintage dresses.
This season, the costume shop has been working on costumes and props for "The Evil Dead" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
"[The Evil Dead's] set of costumes has involved a stomach that is open and this piece will probably go into the Halloween sale next year," she said. "It's an open gash wound with his intestines hanging out."
Mortimore said money raised from the sale will go into scholarships and also to fund trips to conferences where students have opportunities to meet with potential employers.
Haley Borodine, president of BSU Backstage said the group is for students that have an interest in backstage technical work in theatre. Borodine, who is working on props for "The Evil Dead," said last year she worked two shifts for the Halloween costume sale. She said the sale was a good way for people to learn about the group.
"It's a good way to bring people in and make room for storage for Melanie and the costume shop," she said.
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