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March 6, 2019 · 3:57 pm

Scene Shop Administrative Assistant Sought by Playhouse in the Park

PIP_logoCincinnati Playhouse in the Park is an equal opportunity employer and encourages inquiries about this position from a broad spectrum of candidates reflecting the diversity of the community we serve.

Job Title: Scene Shop Administrative Assistant

Reports to: Technical Director
Position Overview: Responsible for the coordination and execution of logistical and clerical duties necessary to the function of the Scene Shop, Props Shop, and Paint Department.

Position Responsibilities include:

  • Research, order and track materials, tools, and hardware for all shops
  • Maintain inventories of physical and digital materials for all shops
  • Maintain orderly financial filing system
  • Maintain and track petty cash
  • Maintain a list of vendors for supplies, equipment, repairs, rentals, etc.
  • Maintain balanced budgets and prepare weekly budget reports for Scenic Department Heads, Production Management, and Finance
  • Provide logistical support for all shop personnel
  • Track and process labor needs including time card management, scheduling extras/overhires, and planning for non-typical work schedules
  • Contract rentals, including forklifts, dumpsters, & trucks
  • Update safety logs
  • Coordinate building maintenance needs including safety inspections, repairs, stocking vending machines, dumpster removal, etc.
  • Schedule and track maintenance and repairs of tools, hardware, and office equipment
  • Generate workflow schedules for each production including key dates, duration of each production process, and detailed build and load-in schedules.
  • Track and report labor hours
  • Prepare memos, emails, and reports
  • Other duties as assigned

Competencies include:

  • Bachelor’s degree or commensurate experience (BA in Theatre/Production Management preferred)
  • Self-motivated and detail oriented
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel & Outlook (proficiency with accounting software, such as QuickBooks, preferred)
  • Ability to adapt to and quickly learn new procedures
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
  • A valid driver’s license and good driving record
  • Working knowledge of scenic construction processes is preferred.

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The position also requires the ability to frequently stand, walk, sit, climb a ladder and bend as necessary. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

This is a full-time, seasonal, non-exempt position with an expected start date of July 2019. Benefits include medical, dental, life and long-term disability insurance, paid time off, and 401k/403b pension plans.

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

To Apply:
Submit your cover letter and resume with three references to:
Sharon Weber
Human Resources Manager
Email to: sharon.weber@cincyplay.com
No phone calls, please.
Deadline to apply: March 22, 2019

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February 28, 2019 · 2:16 pm

Actors Needed for Film THE DARK ARTIST

MISC_Casting call2THE DARK ARTIST
A film by Cole Durham
Story by Maddy Jenkins

Synopsis- Jeremy a high school senior art prodigy is given a special project to complete by his art teacher Mr. Caractacus. When Jeremy opens the project folder, he finds out his teacher has a very odd style of art interest. Mr. C likes gory gruesome crime scene art. Once Jeremy does the project, he begins to find out why Mr. C likes these photos and the story begins to open and unravel.

Mr. Caractacus- Mid 20’s early 30’s bearded handsome man who comes across as very charismatic.

Jeremy- 17-23ish, High school senior art prodigy who is kind of geeky but cool.

Please turn in a video audition to my email. If you want to audition email me and I will send you the parts of the script I want read. Please have all auditions in by March 10.

Any questions contact me at cjdspartan@gmail.com or 937-716-6007. My name is Cole Durham I look forward to seeing your videos.

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February 28, 2019 · 12:15 pm

Properties Master Sought by The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati

TCTC_new logoThe Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati is seeking a Properties Master for the 2019-2020 Season. The Properties Master will assist the organization in fulfilling its mission of educating, entertaining and engaging audiences of all ages through professional theatrical productions and arts education programming.

Position Summary
The Properties Master will have the opportunity to work with a talented team of dedicated artists to create props for whimsical stories to inspire and entertain the next generation of theatre lovers. The Properties Master will be directly responsible for obtaining props for TCT’s Productions and promotional events, in collaboration with the design, production, and artistic teams. They will be responsible for maintaining, tracking, and organizing additions to our prop stock as well as coordinating arrangements and documents for props leaving storage for use within the company or for an outside rental.

The Properties Master should be available for production meetings prior to and during the rehearsal process, technical and dress rehearsals as assigned and to meet the deadlines for completed show designs.

The Properties Master will have access to a company vehicle for transporting items as necessary, tools, stock, and facility use in our Scenic Shop. Standard health and safety protocol must be used when working in the shop.

The ideal candidate should be able to creatively blend existing stock with their own design, building props from scratch, or purchasing creative solutions to satisfy the director’s vision for the productions in the 2019-2020 season within budget constraints. This person would hold the skills listed below and be able to complete the following tasks for all MainStage and Touring productions:

  • Must have experience with photoshop, carpentry, woodworking, sewing, crafting, upholstery, and artistic painting
  • Must have working knowledge of electrics and implementing electronic functions
  • Must be able to work with power tools
  • Basic puppet building, welding, 26’ Box Truck driving, and forklift skills is a plus
  • Able to lift up to 75lbs with assistance.
  • Create or otherwise obtain props for all MainStage and Touring productions
  • Produce quality work within a given deadline and in adherence with the production schedule
  • Shop for necessary materials with budgetary mindfulness
  • Keep documents to track spending and retain receipts
  • Alter existing props to fit the scenic designer and director’s vision
  • Conduct progress check-ins with the directors on props with specific vision or needs
  • Coordinate transportation of props to and from TCT and outside locations with the technical director
  • Repair and maintain props as necessary during performance periods
  • Create a master prop list for each show with Stage Management Teams
  • Read and respond to daily rehearsal and performance reports in a timely manner
  • Build relationships with other arts organizations, share prop stock as available

The Properties Master would work within the following timeline:

SEASON PREP: (June 15-July 31st)

Re-Organize and clean prop storage; Prepare and transport props for upcoming rehearsals; Assist summer programming with prop check out and return; Attend production and design meetings as assigned.

TCT ON TOUR (smaller shows performed with 4 actors)

  • SUFFRAGETTES: With Liberty and Voting for All: Rehearses Aug. 5-16 (Strike Nov. 4, 2019)
  • DOROTHY IN OZ:  Rehearses Aug 19-30, 2019 (Strike May 31st, 2020)
  • CLAUS SAVES THE DAY:  Rehearses Nov. 4-15 (Strike Dec. 22, 2019)
  • CORETTA SCOTT KING: Rehearses Jan. 6-17, 2020 (Strike May 31, 2020)

TCT ON TOUR (One-Person shows)

  • BAH-HUMBUG: Rehearses Nov. 4-15 (Strike Dec. 22, 2019)
  • HARRIET TUBMAN: Rehearses Jan 6-17, 2020 (Strike April 1, 2020)
  • CINDERELLA WORE COWBOY BOOTS: Rehearsals begin April 1, 2020 (Strike TBD) 

TCT MAINSTAGE (larger scale, broadway-style shows at The Taft Theatre)

  • CASPER THE FRIENDLY MUSICAL: Rehearsals begin Sept. 7 (Strike Oct. 21, 2019)
  • A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS: Rehearsals begin Nov. 4 (Strike Dec. 16, 2019)
  • ANNIE JR.: Rehearsals begin Jan 25, 2020 (Strike March 9, 2020)
  • ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL.: Rehearsals begin March 14, 2020 (Load out May 4, 2020)

This is an 11-month contract with a stipend of $25,000, divided into 22 payments and paid bi-monthly.

To apply, please send a cover letter, resume, references and portfolio of past work via email to submissions@tctcincinnati.com by March 29th, 2019.

Please visit www.thechildrenstheatre.com to discover everything that The Children’s Theatre of Cincinnati is working on!

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February 27, 2019 · 10:12 am

Part-Time Program Director Sought by Educational Theatre Foundation

ETF_logoJob Description:  The Educational Theatre Foundation (ETF) has a unique opportunity for a part-time Program Director to lead multiple programs with national scope – specifically, JumpStart Theatre (JST) and educational theatre grant programs administered by ETF. Responsibilities include: strategic and executional leadership, process definition, analysis, communication of programs, budgeting, and business model definition.

Schedule: The work requires approximately 2 days/week of effort. While much of it can be independently managed, it is helpful to work at least one day/week from the ETF main office to ensure optimum awareness of goals and objectives, and to enable effective collaboration.

Job Responsibilities:

  1. JumpStart Theatre (JST)
    • Defines the transferable elements of the JST program, identifies potential partner candidates, negotiates partner agreements, and helps partner get program initiated.
    • Provides ongoing mentoring to regional JST partners, helps them problem-solve, and ensures they have the tools to manage each aspect with success.
    • Develops projection of expenses across all sites on a multi-year basis relative to program income.
    • Identifies resources, capabilities and policies (e.g., of regional school systems) to support sustainability of the JST program executions in each regional market as well as nationally.
    • Defines impact measures and practical method of obtaining the measures ongoing.
    • Communicates the overall program and impact in multiple ways, including formal and informal presentations, written articles, and overall brand management.
    • Manages one direct report (ETF Program Manager). Some travel required.
  2. Grants to Schools (e.g. RISE America in 2018)
    • As part of a multifunctional ETF team, develops key parameters of potential grant programs for school theatre programs, and methods to execute and steward such programs.
    • Ensures competitive applications are received, assessed and awarded in line with program goals, objectives, and publicly communicated expectations.
    • Serves as point person to grant applicants and ensures funds are disbursed and then applied as expected.
    • Solicits, compiles, edits and communicates on the usage of grant funds, such that ETF and its supporters appreciate the ROI of the grants.
  3. Skills and Qualifications:
    • Bachelor’s degree. MBA or Masters in Art Administration preferred.
    • 8-10+ years of relevant professional experience including project leadership, marketing, financial budgeting, processes and procedures, and working collaboratively in a multifunctional team, preferably in a non-profit setting. Knowledge of inner workings of schools and school theatre programs a plus.
    • Strong analytical skills and experience interpreting a strategic vision into a practical and viable operational model.
    • Ability to effectively communicate key project details and impact to all partners and stakeholders, including regional partners, school personnel, ETF management, Board, donors, media, and others.
    • Ability to work as a business partner with ETF leadership as the organization grows and expands its reach.
    • Ability to plan and determine strategies to move the programs forward, set goals, create and implement action plans, and evaluate the process and results
    • Advanced attention to detail, along with the ability to anticipate and see big picture perspective
    • Ability to prioritize a wide-ranging work load for self and department, and work independently
    • Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
    • Ability to foster teamwork by working cooperatively and effectively with others to set goals, resolve problems and make decisions that enhance organizational effectiveness.

About Us: The Educational Theatre Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the Educational Theatre Association (EdTA), an international association with more than 135,000 active members. EdTA’s mission is shaping lives through theatre education: honoring student achievement in theatre; supporting teachers by providing professional development, resources, and recognition; and influencing public opinion that theatre education is essential and builds life skills.  EdTA is the home of the International Thespian Society, an honorary organization established at more than 4,700 schools, that has inducted more than 2.3 million theatre students since its founding in 1929.

About JST: JumpStart Theatre is an inspiring and transformative program of The Educational Theatre Foundation, in collaboration with NYC-based companies iTheatrics and Music Theatre International (MTI). JST builds sustainable musical theatre programs in middle schools where there previously were none. Participant schools receive the materials, funding, training, and mentor support to produce one junior musical production each year on a three-year path to sustainable capability.  JST is now being implemented in seven states through partnerships with education departments of leading professional regional theatres.

Please submit cover letter and résumé by email (Subject Line: Program Director) to: HRManager@schooltheatre.org.

First consideration will be given to applications received by 3/15/19.

No phone calls, please.

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February 25, 2019 · 2:29 pm

Caesar’s Ford Theatre Extends Call for Submissions

CFT_logoThe Board of Trustees has made the decision to extend the submission deadline to May 22, 2019 to accommodate playwright requests for additional time to perform historical research. The Board would also like to see additional submissions regarding Col. Charles Young, the Shawnee Nation, and Ohio’s wonderful aviation history. Caesar’s Ford Theatre, Inc is seeking a variety of dramatic genres and especially encourages submissions from diverse writers including women, African Americans, and Native Americans.

Caesar’s Ford Theatre, Inc is looking for short dramatic scripts based about Ohio history to be included in “History in ACTion: A Festival of New Historic Drama”, to be presented as staged readings September 21, 22, 28, 29, 2019. The festival will take place in an outdoor theatre venue. Playwright and student playwright festivals will occur on separate weekends. Original one-act plays, monologues, or scenes from longer works will be considered. Each script should require no more than 10 performers and run somewhere between 10 and 30 minutes in length. All scripts should be based on stories from the history and culture of Ohio. Visit www.caesarsford.com for some suggested subjects and further details. Fictional characters and incidents can be included but historical accuracy is a priority. Scripts should not be based upon previously published works.

Writers should be residents of Ohio, a graduate of a college or university located in Ohio, or has a significant tie to the state. Student writers should be residents of Ohio and attend a charter, parochial, private, or public middle school or high school. Students who are home schooled or students living out-of-state but have a significant tie to the State of Ohio are also invited to participate. The authors of scripts chosen for inclusion in the Festival will be offered compensation for performance rights, ranging from $25 to $100, depending on the length of the material. Caesar’s Ford Theatre, Inc is particularly interested in material that might further be developed into a trilogy of full length plays to be presented in an Ohio outdoor theatre venue in the future. Writers are permitted to submit more than one script. There is no submission fee. Scripts can be submitted in an attachment to info@caesarsford.com , in Word or PDF format, or they can be sent in hard copy to Caesar’s Ford Theatre, Inc PO BOX C Xenia, Ohio 45385-0692. Electronic submission is preferred. For more information please contact Caesar’s Ford Theatre, Inc at info@caesarsford.com .

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