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Music and performance · MU-19
Production Props and Costume List
A free printable props list template for theatre — every prop and costume piece with who uses it, where it comes from and where it lives in the show.
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2 pages. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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What this sheet is for
Run the props table and wardrobe from one list, and turn the get-out into a returns list instead of a hunt through boxes.
Who it is for
Stage managers, props and wardrobe teams in amateur dramatics, school and youth theatre, musicals and small touring companies.
How to use it
- Go through the script and list every prop by act and scene, including furniture and consumables.
- List costume by piece, not by character — a character with three changes is three rows or more.
- Fill the source column as each item is found: made, hired, borrowed, bought.
- Write where each item is preset for the show so the props table sets itself.
- At the get-out, work down the returned-to column until every row is filled.
What is on the sheet
2 pages, in this order:
Page 1
Printed under the title: Every prop and every costume piece in a production — what it is, who uses it, where it comes from, where it lives during the show and where it goes back to afterwards.
The source column is the get-out list. Where it comes from decides what happens at the get-out: hired goes back by a date, borrowed goes back to a person, bought and made go into stock. Fill the source column early and the returns list writes itself.
Write-on lines: Production · Company · Stage manager · Run dates · Props by · Wardrobe by · Hire returns due · Storage after run
Props — one row per item, furniture and consumables included — source: made, hired, borrowed, bought
Table, 12 rows: Item · Act / sc · Used by · Source · Preset / lives · Got · Returned to
Page 2
Costumes — one row per piece, not per character — source: made, hired, borrowed, actor's own
Table, 23 rows: Piece · Character · Actor · Source · Change / scene · Fitted · Returned to
Questions
Why is there no hire deadline or budget column?
Hire return dates are set by whoever you hired from, and the budget is the company's own; both go in the header fields, not on a per-row default. The list is about where things are and where they go.
Where do quick changes go?
In the change column of the costume table — note the scene and mark it as a quick change so wardrobe knows which rows need someone standing by.
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