National touring Broadway productions travel with almost everything required to provide a top quality performance. The tour travels with props, costumes, cast members, musicians, and almost all of the stage crew required. In order to complete the stage crew, every production requires a group of local professionals to work with the road crew. These professionals all live in the Spokane area, and are members of Local 93.

Stage crews are divided into various departments including electrical, carpentry, lighting, sound and wardrobe. The wardrobe department requires specialized skills in sewing, design and maintenance of costumes, footwear, hats and wigs. It also depends on the mundane skill of doing laundry for an army of performers.

For every performance, a large array of costumes and accessories will be laundered, ironed or steamed. Costumes will be mended or rebuilt and fitted to meet the needs of individual actors or actresses. Some costumes must look dirty or distressed, while others are starched and perfect. Every costume has been designed to display an expression and must be maintained for the life of a show.