Nikki's Costume Closet

01/04/2024

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01/01/2024

2023 was a great year in the costume rental business!
These are all of the projects my company helped with during the year-
just wait until you make it to the last one, my most exciting news of 2023!!
Can’t wait, 2024, what are you bringing my way?

-Charlotte’s Web @ the Arvada Center
-A Moon for the Misbegotten @ Cherry Creek Theater
-Bourgeoisie Gentleman @ Denver School of the Arts
-The Imaginary Invalid @ Denver School of the Arts
-Black Parade- Black History @ Denver School of the Arts
-Great American Trailer Park the Musical @ Miner’s Alley Playhouse
-Manon @ Boulder Opera
-HeLa @ Aurora Community College
-Xanadu @ MSU
-She Kills Monsters @ Denver School of the Arts
-Grease @ St. Mary’s Academy
-Magic Moments The Envelope
-Something Rotten @ Lakewood High School
-Wizard of Oz @ Lakewood High School
-Carousel @ Performance Now!
-Grease- Granby High School
-365 Days of Plays @ Aurora Community College
-Super Freak/ Senior Projects @ Denver School of the Arts
-12 Angry Jurors @ Mapleton Middle School
-Christina Roberts- Game of Tiaras
- Randi Shapiro Weiss- Summer Camps
-Various Independent Projects
-Damn Yankees @ Arvada Center
-Spamalot @ Arvada Center Drama Camps
-Memphis @ Townhall
-Beautiful the Carole King musical @ Rocky Mountain Repertory Theater
- Something Rotten @ RMRT
-Baskerville @ Theater SilCo
-Seussical-Performance Now
-As You Like it- Shakespeare in the Wild
-Sharon McClaury with Namaste Arts
-Avenue Q @ Miner’s Alley
-Puffs @ Jewish Community College
-Frozen @ JCC
-Something Rotten @ JCC
-Wizard of Oz @ JCC
-Julianna- 1950s ball & the Prom
-Zoe & John’s wedding
-Rabbit Hole @ Thunder River
-Kinky Boots @ Denver School of the Arts
-She Kills Monsters @ Heritage High School
-Frozen @ Castleview High School
-Woman in Black- Wheatridge Theater
-Man of La Mancha @ Platte Valley Players
-Joseph & the Technicolor Dreamcoat @ Candlelight Dinner Theater
-Cinderella @ Arvada Center
-Edgar Allen Poe Stories @ Aurora Communuty College
-SpongeBob the Musical @ Mile High Youth Theater
-Holidays R Murder @ Addams Mystery Playhouse
-Matilda @ Townhall Arts

-Acquired and Re-homed all of Boulder Dinner Theater’s costume stock to Nikki’s Costume Closet!
45 years of glorious treasures from this beloved theater have been marked safe and usable to our community!! ❤️
That’s 14 packed SUVs and 2 full 15’ Uhaul truck loads!!
Special thank you to Linda Morken and Seamus McDonough for their help with this incredible acquisition!!

04/04/2023

This is where I’ve been for the past month!
Thank you for the article and amazing pictures, John Moore Arts Coverage. Nobody gets Magic Moments like you do! ❤️

04/02/2023

Happy Opening to the cast, crew and creative team of A Moon for the Misbegotten at Cherry Creek Theater.
This is such a beautiful show!
Thank you, Susie Snodgrass, Tara Falk, Emily Patton Davies, Chris Kendall, Cajardo Lindsey, Christopher Robin Donaldson and Tina Anderson!

13/12/2022

Sad that the sun isn't coming out for as long as it used to? Don't worry -- the daytime starts getting longer again in nine days! Now there's a reason to stick up your chin and grin!



ID: A photo from Phamaly's 2017 production of Annie. The actor playing Annie is seated on stage, looking a bit sad. They're wearing a bandana and a red sweater, and they're behind a black dog who has three legs.

05/10/2022

One last week to see a stunning Drowsy Chaperone at the Vintage Theatre and a completely mesmerizing Pippin at Metropolitan State University. Both close this Sunday.

Then, Monday we have First Dress for our 80+ person production of The Little Mermaid at Denver School of the Arts!
Where did September go?

28/06/2022

This show is unbelievable!

23/05/2022

Hello friends!!

It’s time for SPRING CLEANING!!
I am in need of major help at my costume warehouse! If you have building skills or organizational and sorting talents, please let me know.
I have the whole week to focus on this task, so let me know if you’re free for a few hours and want to hang out and help me. I will provide beverages of all sorts, food, you name it…

Perhaps we can make a trade:
I.O.U. One Future, Glorious Costume Rental in exchange for your kind and generous help now…???
❤️❤️
Thank you!!

11/10/2021

Hey Everybody!
Looks like Halloween is officially ON for this year!! If you’re still needing help with your costume, please let me know!!

30/09/2021

Happy Opening to my amazing team at MSU as we open our Servant of Two Masters this evening.
Directed & adapted by Carrie Colton, this show is fast-paced and fun. It’s always so wonderful to work with the students at MSU. Special thanks to our new Costume Shop Manager, Alyssa Ridder, who helped me enormously with the beautiful costumes!

13/09/2021

Wondeful review for our Drowsy!
Thank you, David Marlowe, for supporting Colorado Theater!

If you could use a good laugh- get out and see this one!

THE DROWSY CHAPERONE Co-produced by The PERFORMANCE NOW THEATRE COMPANY and THE LAKEWOOD CULTURAL CENTER: 9/10-9/26 Bernie Cardell and N...

18/07/2021

This is the truth about costumes!!
All artwork takes time, money and energy.
Design fees have not gone up in DENVER in 20 YEARS!!!
How can anyone continue to design and create??

04/07/2021

25/06/2021

WWSEJD?
What Would Sir Elton John Do???
He’d kick off with a li’l rock musical that pays homage to him! At the time of this posting, only THREE SEATS remained available for Friday’s performance of "WONDERLAND: Alice's Rock & Roll Adventure."
Snag ‘em while you can at AuroraFox.org!
Photo by Gail Marie Bransteitter
Costume by Nicole Harrison