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Call for 2024-2025 Season Directors at CenterStage Players

CSP_logoCenterStage Players is now accepting applications for Directors for our 2024-2025 season! We are searching for creative and talented directors, both experienced and new, who aren’t afraid to take a risk. We are open to comedy, drama, farce, and musical submissions and are particularly interested in rarely performed shows, original works, and “edgy” scripts. We would especially love to have a musical in our 24-25 season. You can see the list of our previous productions on our website – http://www.centerstageplayersinc.com.

We are aiming to produce three (3) shows next year. Our usual home at Lockland High School is still under renovations, so we will be on the move once again next season, intending to keep our slots at the Dunham Arts Center (Sunset) and the Evendale Bell Tower Pavilion (Tri-County) for the season. With that in mind, please suggest shows that could be produced in a variety of venues.

Interested applicants should send the information shown below to Rebecca Coots and Lisa Hunt, Vice-Presidents of Production, before the deadline of November 30, 2023. Director interviews will take place on January 20, 2024.

Please respond to this notice by e-mail to csplayersoh@gmail.com or by snail mail to:
Lisa Hunt
3710 Philnoll Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45247

Please include the following your submission:
Director Information:
– Director Contact information (name, phone, email)
– Director Resume

Show:
– Title of Play
– Playwright
(Please include a copy of the script, if possible, or ensure that it is a show that will have an easily accessible copy)

Production Information:
– What about the show appeals to you as a director?
– Please list any technical crew that you work with on a regular basis or would like to involve in this production:
– What technical issues, if any, does the show present? How would you plan to resolve these?
– Are there any anticipated casting difficulties? If so, how would you overcome them?
– Are there budgeting issues or exceptional costs associated with this production?
– If your show is selected, are there any timing restrictions that would assist us in building our season schedule? (i.e., can only direct in the Fall)

NOTE: Multiple shows may be pitched, though individual director interviews will be limited to 30 minutes.

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Directors Sought for 2024-25 Season at Village Players

VP_new logoVillage Players of Fort Thomas is now accepting directing applications for our 2024-25 season!

For nearly 60 years, Village Players has produced plays and musicals in the heart of Fort Thomas. Our theater is an intimate three-quarter thrust stage, immersing audiences in the magic of community theatre

In keeping with our mission of striving to appeal to a broad audience, Village Players will be producing a Fall Show, a Holiday Show, a Winter Show, and a Spring Show. Exact production dates for this 2024-25 season to be determined at a later date.

Please see below for a list of plays that are under consideration by Village Players for the 2024-25 season. There are comedies, dramas, and plays for the holidays, with roles to be found for all ages. We encourage you to read any or all the plays under consideration, however it is not necessary to read all the plays to apply.

To apply, please submit a directing resume and application which are available here.

Applications should be submitted to info@villageplayers.org by Saturday December 9, 2023. Interviews will be held in person on December 15 and 16, 2023 at 8 N. Fort Thomas Ave., Fort Thomas, Kentucky 41075.

Village Players Proposed Plays for 2024-25

Play

Playwright

Toil and Trouble

Lauren Gunderson

The Second Time Around

Henry Denker

Isn’t it Romantic?

Wendy Wasserstein

Doublewide Christmas

Jones Hope Wooten

True West

Sam Shepard

Abigail 1702

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

These Shining Lives

Melanie Manich

The Nerd

Larry Shue

Fools

Neil Simon

Holidazed 2 (A New Works production)

Various New Works playwrights

The Diviners

Jim Leonard

Three Days of Rain

Richard Greenberg

Middle of Yesterday

Ken Jones

Sally Cotter and the Censored Stone

Dean O’Carroll

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Seeking Paid Vocalists/Actors for Holiday Cabaret at The Ghostlight Stage Company

TGSC_logoThree actors/vocalists are needed for The Ghostlight Stage Company’s upcoming Holiday Cabaret performance on December 22 to sing solos, duets and trios. We encourage performers from all different backgrounds and with all different singing styles to submit materials for consideration. We strongly encourage BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ performers to submit their work, as we seek to uplift the voices of underrepresented artists.

More information:

Performance Venue: The Know Underground Stage

Rehearsal Space: First Financial Bank in Covington, KY

Contract: Nonunion

Pay Rate: $320 stipend (no more than 20 hours of in-person work so this stipend equates to $16+/hour)

Production: The Ghostlight Stage Company’s Holiday Cabaret

Director/Cabaret Emcee: Alyssa Batsakis

Music Director: TBD

This is a holiday cabaret that will feature solos and small group numbers. All songs will be either holiday themed, winter themed, or directly pulled from a musical that takes place in the winter/during the holidays. The performance will take place on the underground cabaret stage at The Know.

All auditions will be held via self tape submission.

What to Prepare: Please submit 2 contrasting songs of 1-2 minutes in length each that are either holiday themed, winter themed or come from a musical that’s set during the holiday season. If you are a singer-songwriter and would like to submit an audition using one of your own original songs that fits within the themes of the cabaret, you are highly encouraged to do so. In your video submission please state your name, pronouns, where you are based and if you have housing available in the Cincinnati area, followed by your 2 songs. Songs you submit with your audition should be reflective of you as a performer and may possibly be used in the final cabaret performance.

Deadline for Submission: Videos will be accepted on a rolling basis from now until October 20, 2023 at 5pm EST. All casting decisions will be made by October 27, 2023.

Submission Instructions: To submit, please fill out this google form: https://forms.gle/nTeT8LmXLwCfmc14A

In the form, you will be asked where you are currently based, if you have housing available in the Greater Cincinnati area during the time of production and ALL CONFLICTS you may have between December 16-22, 2023. You will also be asked to upload a copy of your updated headshot and resume. A place to include a link to your video audition will also be on the form. This video audition link can be an unlisted youtube link or a google drive link. Please double check that your video link is viewable by anyone with the link so we do not need to follow up to gain access.

The Ghostlight Stage Company is not able to provide housing or travel compensation to any cast or creative team member at this time. Please do not apply if you will require this.

Production Schedule:
1st Possible Rehearsal: December 16, 2023
Opens/Closes: December 22, 2023

There will be 3-4 rehearsals that run approximately 6pm-9pm EST between December 16-20. A tech/final dress will be from 6pm-10pm on December 21. The performance will be on December 22 and performers will be needed from approximately 6pm-10pm, which includes: call time, performance and a small strike afterwards. For more information or any questions, please email: ghostlightstageco@gmail.com

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Assistant Professor of Scenic Design Sought by NKU School of the Arts

Working Title nku_sota-logoAssistant Professor of Scenic Design
Department School of the Arts
Full Time or Part Time? Full Time
Purpose of Position The Theatre & Dance Program is seeking an active, professional artist to join our collaborative, diverse, and vibrant program located in the artistically rich greater Cincinnati area. The School of the Arts at Northern Kentucky University offers a wide array of degree programs in the visual and performing arts.

The Theatre & Dance Program within the School of the Arts offers a BFA in Theatre Performance (with tracks in Acting, Musical Theatre, Dance Performance, Dance Pedagogy, and Playwriting), a BFA in Theatre Design, Technology, or Stage Management (with tracks in Theatre Design or Technology, and Stage Management), a BA in Theatre Arts, a Dance Minor, and a Theatre Minor. See the Theatre & Dance website at theatre.nku.edu for additional information.

Primary Responsibilities Primary responsibilities include teaching design courses for the program, designing scenery, projections, and/or props for main-stage season productions, providing leadership and mentorship of students in the design area, and recruiting/mentoring majors within the design area of the program.

Possible teaching responsibilities may include scenic design, projection design and control, properties design and construction, scenic painting, drafting, fundamentals of design, and special topics in design.

Additional responsibilities may include painting, projections, and prop shop/lab student oversight.

Other duties will be assigned based on the candidate’s strengths and the needs of the program.

Responsibilities also include the development of a scholarly/creative agenda in research, performance, and/or professional creative activities.

Qualifications Minimum Qualifications:
1. Master’s degree (MFA) required
2. Record of excellence in Scene Design with strengths in conceptual design, rendering
and/or modeling, drafting, and knowledge/demonstrated skill in scenic painting techniques.
3. Candidate should also have a breadth of professional creative activity.

Preferred Qualifications:
1. Evidence of potential for a successful career in teaching.
2. Working knowledge of projection design and control for theatre/ entertainment.
3. Experience cultivating positive and collaborative relationships in the industry and region.
4. Ability to work with students of diverse backgrounds, abilities, and goals.
5. Strong organizational and communication skills to support the operation of a growing theatrical design and technology program.
6. Demonstrated success in recruiting and retaining students.
7. Candidates who have additional positive attributes/expertise/skills beyond the above qualifications are desirable and should reference these additional attributes in application materials.

Application
For primary consideration for this position, a complete application must be received by midnight on Friday, November 10th. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until filled. Applications received after the deadline will only be considered if additional qualified candidates are sought.

Selected candidates must successfully pass a background check. Applicants who enrich the diversity of the campus community are strongly encouraged to apply. Finalist candidates should expect to give a creative/scholarly portfolio presentation, teaching demonstration, and committee interview during an on-campus interview.

Questions
Questions regarding the use of this website should be directed to the Human Resources Department at jobs@nku.edu. Questions regarding the nature of the position should be directed to the search committee chair, Michael Hatton, hattonm@nku.edu. Candidates should submit materials electronically through Northern Kentucky University’s website portal jobs.nku.edu.

Any candidate offered this position is required to go through a pre-employment criminal background check as mandated by state law.

Quick Link https://jobs.nku.edu/postings/13391

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Actor Needed for RAISIN IN THE SUN at Cincinnati Black Theatre Company

CBTC_logoAfrican or African American male actor, ages 20 – 35, urgently needed to portray Joseph Asagai, a Nigerian doctoral student studying in Chicago, in Cincinnati Black Theatre Company’s production of RAISIN IN THE SUN.

Show goes up Oct 26. Please Reply All and/or call Director, Don Sherman at 513-236-5942, if interested or to refer someone to us.

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