Baton Rouge Little Theater isn’t just cleaning out its closet – it’s opening it up to the public.
The theater is selling old costumes at its location on Florida Boulevard on weekdays between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. until Oct. 21.
BRLT Marketing associate and public relations senior Samantha Vicknair said the theater is cleaning up to make space for new costumes. She said some of the costumes have been used for several years and the theater doesn’t have much use for them anymore.
Vicknair said the sale is happening now because there is a break between productions that allows space for the costumes to be displayed for sale. The timing also coincides with Halloween.
Vicknair said shoppers can create Halloween costumes by combining tops and bottoms.
She said about 90 percent of the costumes for sale were constructed in-house, specifically for a show.
“They’re handmade costumes,” Vicknair said. “There’s a story behind each