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Education Associate Sought by Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park

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Job Posting

Cincinnati 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.

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park seeks to hire a full-time Education Associate. The Education Associate is responsible for the administration, management and teaching of assigned education and community engagement programs for Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to the following.

  • Manage the administration of assigned programs
  • Oversee registration and scheduling for programs
  • Manage the implementation of program budget and expenses
  • Teach classes, camps, residencies, and workshops
  • Develop curriculum and teacher guides
  • Orient and train staff on curriculum, classroom management and partner communication methods

Start Date: May 14, 2018
Full-time, exempt position with benefits. Salary commensurate with experience.

Nights and weekends are required for classes and community events. Start times do vary based on scheduled classes and workshops. The schedule is subject to change based on needs of programs.

COMPETENCIES:

  • B.A. in theater or education with a theater concentration or commensurate experience
  • Confident teaching Acting and Improvisation to a wide range of ages
  • Three years teaching experience
  • Experience teaching drama in schools is preferred
  • Administrative experience
  • Experience planning and executing events preferred
  • Experienced user of Microsoft office programs
  • Demonstrated ability to design curriculum

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

  • The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, and occasionally stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl
  • The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift up to 25 pounds
  • This position is partially sedentary.
  • The employee is required to regularly talk and hear.

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

To apply, email cover letter, administrative and theater resumes, three references and a sample lesson plan to Daunielle Rasmussen, Director of Education and Community Engagement at daunielle.rasmussen@cincyplay.com. If invited into the next round of consideration, a video teaching sample or in person teaching observation will be requested.
Deadline to apply is March 23, 2018. No Calls please.

FULL JOB DETAIL:

ASSIGNED PROGRAMS TO MANAGE:
Acting and Adult Enrichment Classes
Enrichment Workshops
Experiential Workshops
Corporate Training
Backstage Tours
College Programs

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT:

  • Manage programs and various projects as assigned
  • Create contracts and invoice partners
  • Manage scheduling with schools and instructors
  • Create first draft of marketing communications as requested
  • Manage Communications: Provide updated information for website, collateral and Tessitura
  • Maintain partnerships with existing partners at schools and in communities
  • Create end of season program assessment reports
  • Maintain communications with other departments for program events
  • Ensure the highest quality customer service to all families and partners
  • Maintain expense tracker for program expenses
  • Input demographic statistics monthly to stats tracker
  • Ensure that evaluation & documentation materials have been distributed, received and processed
  • Prepare materials for classes and workshops
  • Observe, assess and provide feedback to Teaching Artists

TEACH:

  • Acting, Movement and Improvisation for classes and camps
  • Specialty subjects certified and qualified to teach
  • Drama Integration School Residencies and workshops
  • Pre-Show workshops
  • Week-long workshops around specific books/subjects
  • Enrichment day workshops
  • Adult and senior adult classes
  • Must be comfortable teaching acting, movement and improvisation in both a creative drama and conservatory setting

CURRICULUM DEVLEOPMENT & TRAINING:

  • Update and adapt core curriculum templates
  • Develop new workshops, classes and residency curriculum
  • Distribute curricula and train staff for each class/workshop
  • Train new teaching artists
  • Pilot new material and partnerships
  • Sub for classes and workshops as needed

ACTING & ADULT ENRICHMENT CLASSES:

  • Create curriculum for all youth classes
  • Schedule and train adjunct Teaching Artists in collaboration with Director of Education and Community Engagement
  • Ensure that all needed supplies are purchased and prepared for classes
  • Oversee outreach and publicity for enrollment in collaboration with Marketing
  • Write course descriptions for marketing and parent information for the Education Coordinator
  • Create report summaries for enrollment and outcomes
  • Track and implement budget and expenses
  • Ensure that evaluations are distributed, completed and input at the end of each session
  • Working with The Director of Education and Community Engagement, create course offerings and possible partnerships
  • Recruit Instructors for Adult Workshops
  • Coordinate all logistics and communications for classes and adult workshops

SCHOOL ENRICHMENT & EXPERIENTIAL WORKSHOPS:

  • Solicit and book new workshops
  • Process requests that are received
  • Generate contracts and process payments
  • Coordinate final details and schedules with booked schools
  • Train teaching staff on each workshop
  • Prepare and transport materials and supplies
  • Create, distribute and input evaluations for every workshop
  • Fine tune and create curriculum as needed
  • Share dates of workshop final day presentations with development and coordinate funder visits

CORPORATE TRAINING:

  • Process requests, payments and schedule workshops
  • Create curriculum for trainings
  • Teach or schedule teachers
  • Solicit and book new partners

COLLEGE PROGRAMS:

  • Working with the Director of Education and Community Engagement, create and implement new programming to support local universities and integrate college students into the programs at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.

COMMUNITY EVENTS:
As a member of the Education and Community Engagement Department, the Education Associate is required to take shifts working booths at festivals and lead playmaking and activity booths at events.

  • Schedule and process payments for Backstage Tours
  • Give and train staff to give tours to outside groups
  • Teach workshops at community Events
  • Support the Off the Hill Tour by being the designated staff Host for one tour and sub as needed for additional tours
  • Moderate audience Q&A’s as needed

ALL STAFF RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Attend all CPIP required events
  • Attend all Staff and department staff meetings
  • Oversee Pre-show engagement and seating support for student matinees
  • Perform other duties as assigned

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Summer Camp Counselor Sought by Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park

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Job Listing

Cincinnati 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.

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park seeks camp counselors for our Summer Theatre Day Camp. Counselors help facilitate all aspects of camp, including serving as role models who assist and motivate campers. Throughout the day counselors facilitate their group’s activities including check-in and check-out, proctor student breaks, and support Teaching Artists as teaching assistants during classes. Ideal candidates have completed or are working towards a college degree, have experience working with children and are enthusiastic about teaching theatre to youth. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Group Leader for one group each week or floater as needed
  • Lead morning warm-up and afternoon group activities
  • Escort students to each class & assist Teaching Artists during classes
  • Proctor all student breaks and lunch
  • Provide assistance with room and administrative prep
  • Coach students one-on-one

Orientation/Prep Week: May 29 – June 1, 11:00am-5:00pm Camp dates: June 4 – July 27 (off the week of July2-6)
Hours:

  • Shift 1: 8:00am-5:00pm, Monday-Friday
  • Shift 2: 8:15am-5:15pm, Monday-Friday
  • Shift 3: 8:45am-5:45pm, Monday-Friday
  • Pay Rate: $10/hour

COMPETENCIES

  • Experience working with children, working in a large group setting preferred
  • Experience with administrative processes preferred
  • Currently attending college, graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree, or commensurate experience.
  • Good email communication skills
  • Experience with customer service
  • Organized and able to solve problems quickly and positively

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

  • The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl
  • The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift up to 25 pounds
  • This position is partially sedentary and the employee is required to regularly talk and hear.

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

For more information, go to cincyplay.com and click on the Employment tab.

To apply:
Please send a resume and three references to Daunielle Rasmussen, Director of Education and Community Engagement at daunielle.rasmussen@cincyplay.com.
No calls please.
Application Deadline: March 22, 2018

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Playhouse in the Park’s New Season is Music to Theatre Lovers’ Eyes and Ears

A version of this article was originally published online Feb. 27, 2018

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By Rob Bucher

A Lin-Manuel Miranda musical, a stage adaptation of a Stephen King thriller and an original work exploring Cincinnati’s place in music recording history are just a sampling from Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park’s 2018-2019 season. For Artistic Director Blake Robison, the season also represents the Playhouse “continuing our commitment to gender equity as we move forward, eighty percent of the works this season are by women and artists of color.”

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That commitment also extends to the directing chair. Nationally-renowned director May Adrales makes her Playhouse debut with the Cincinnati premiere of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winner for Best Musical, “In the Heights.” From his Washington Heights bodega, Usnavi follows the nonstop rhythm of this friends and family as they navigate their hopes and dreams, loves and losses, fortunes and fates.  A co-production with Seattle Repertory Theatre and Milwaukee Repertory Theater, performances begin Jan. 19, 2019 in the Marx Theater. Cincinnati audiences have the opportunity to see both of Miranda’s works in the order they were created.

“[In the Heights] is exactly the kind of show only Playhouse can do. Because of its scale, because we have the resources to produce on this level. You have to go to the Playhouse to see something like this. That is a service we provide to all of the theater lovers in Cincinnati area.” The Playhouse is blessed with a very loyal audience and boasts a 12,700 subscription base, the most of any theater in the Midwest, outside of Chicago.

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Philip Paul, legendary King Records session drummer. Photo by Tony Arrasmith/Arrasmith & Associates.

A highlight of the Shelterhouse season is “Cincinnati King,” a world premiere musical about Cincinnati’s King Records, written and directed by Associate Artist, KJ Sanchez. Based on hundreds of interviews with people connected to the historic record label, the show features King Records’ hits including “The Twist,” “Blues Stay Away From Me,” “Fever,” and “Need Your Love So Bad.”

Originally planned as a documentary play, a staged concert reading in Washington Park in the summer of 2015 led the playwright to incorporate the songs more strongly in the script, creating a jukebox/documentary hybrid. “A juke-umentary,” Sanchez jokes. Also important to the playwright was the need to “hang on to the quality of the music, to capture that sound of the music; how it was played and recorded at the time.”

The two-time Tony Award-winning Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park announced in February 2017 that it would remain in Eden Park and move forward with a major capital campaign to replace the Playhouse’s current fifty-year-old mainstage theater with a new state-of-the-art facility commensurate with the Playhouse’s artistry and national reputation. In August, the selection of BHDP Architecture was approved by the PIP Board of Trustees. As plans are finalized, an exact fundraising goal along with designs for the future space is expected to be announced in the fall.

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Barbara Chisholm as Annie Wilkes. Photo by Tony Arrasmith/Arrasmith & Associates.

The Marx Theatre season kicks off in September with a stage adaptation of the Stephen King classic, “Misery.” Romance novelist Paul Sheldon wakes from a winter car accident to find himself incapacitated and under the seemingly tender mercies of his “Number One Fan” Annie Wilkes (Barbara Chisholm, “Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End” 2017). Discovering he is more prisoner than patient, can Sheldon outwit his captor?

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The romantic comedy “Miss Bennett: Christmas at Pemberley” continues the story begun in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Taking place two years later, the story shifts focus to middle sister Mary. An unexpected encounter at a holiday gathering offers the dutiful daughter a chance at love. Co-writer Lauren’s Gunderson’s play The Revolutionists was presented by the Playhouse in 2016.

The Cincinnati tradition that is Playhouse’s “A Christmas Carol” is back for the holidays. Bruce Cromer returns as Scrooge for his 14th year under the direction of Michael Evan Haney. This production is a season extra.

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In March, the Playhouse returns to the works of August Wilson with “Two Trains Running.” Set in 1960s Pittsburgh, long-time regulars gather at the local diner against the backdrop of the civil rights movement. Associate Artist Timothy Douglas (Wilson’s “Jitney” 2016), whom Robison describes as “one of the nation’s top interpreters of August Wilson’s work,” returns to direct this co-production with Milwaukee Repertory Theater. Cincinnati audiences can also see Wilson’s “Fences” in January.

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The Marx Season concludes with the third musical of the season, “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.” Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts characters come to life on stage in a show that appeals across generations. New musical arrangements of the original 1967 production has the cast playing their own accompaniment. The production reunites the “Little Shop of Horrors” (2017) director Bill Fennelly with his male lead, Fairfield native Nick Cearley in the role of Linus.

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The Shelterhouse Theater season opens with Jen Silverman’s wickedly funny comedy “The Roommate.” Her play “All the Roads Home” received its world premiere at the Playhouse in early 2017. The life of recently divorced, 50-something Sharon goes off the rails when she opens her home to Robyn, a woman who needs a place to hide and a chance to start over.

The Second City, Chicago’s world famous improvisational theater troupe, makes their third appearance at Playhouse in the Park with the season extra, “It’s Not You, It’s Me.” This limited run of their latest show, one of the first performances outside of Chicago, examines modern dating and the age-old phenomenon of falling in love.

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Robison takes the directorial reigns with the romantic world premiere of “The Last Wide Open” in February. A late-night thunderstorm traps young waitress Lina and co-worker Roberto, an Italian immigrant, alone in the restaurant at closing time. After years of little interaction, the two find their lives intersecting in surprising and mystical ways.

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In March, plans to create a culturally sensitive holiday program for elementary schools goes hilariously astray in Larissa FastHorse’s “The Thanksgiving Play,” Playhouse’s first production by a Native American playwright. Watch as the well-meaning plans of a group of liberal artists dissolve into a satirical send-up of “PC” behavior.

The final play title in the Shelterhouse Theatre season will be announced at a later date.

2018-2019 Marx Theatre Season

  • “Misery,” Sept. 1-29
  • “Miss Bennett: Christmas at Pemberley,” Oct. 13-Nov. 10
  • “A Christmas Carol,” Nov. 21-Dec. 29*
  • “In The Heights,” Jan. 19-Feb. 17
  • “Two Trains Running,” March 2-30
  • “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” April 20-May 18

2018-2019 Shelterhouse Season

  • “The Roommate,” Sept. 22-Oct. 21
  • “Cincinnati King,” Nov. 3-Dec. 23
  • “It’s Not Me, It’s You,” Jan. 10-17*
  • “The Last Wide Open,” Feb. 9-March 10
  • “The Thanksgiving Play,” March 23-April 21
  • TBA, May 4-June 9

*Season Extras

For more information visit www.cincyplay.com.

 

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SOONER/LATER Runs March 24-April 21

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SOONER/LATER
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
March 24-April 21
Shelterhouse Theatre [Eden Park]

Directed by Lisa Rothe

Cast: Mary Bacon as Nora, Todd Cerveris as Griff & Olivia Cygan as Lexie

When teenage daughter Lexie helps her reluctant single mother Nora re-enter the dating scene, an unlikely suitor emerges in Griff – the guy at the coffee shop who inadvertently witnesses Nora’s string of unsuccessful dates. As choices collide with coincidences and longing mixes with reality, each character must face the complications that always arise in the search for intimacy and the closeness of family. This captivating world premiere with a metaphysical twist navigates the paths of romance, marriage and parenting while exploring the pains and pleasures of all three. Appropriate for adults and older teenage audiences. This captivating story about family contains strong adult language, sexual content and other mature themes commonly associated with the pains and pleasures of dating and parenting.

  • In preview Sat, March 24 at 8pm and Sun, March 25 at 2pm & 7pm
  • In preview Tue-Wed, March 27-28 at 7:30pm
  • Thu, March 29 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, March 30 at 8pm
  • Sat, March 31 at 4pm & 8pm
  • Sun, April 1 at 2pm & 7pm
  • Tue-Thu, April 3-5 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, April 6 at 8pm
  • Sat, April 7 at 4pm & 8pm
  • Sun, April 8 at 2pm & 7pm
  • Tue-Thu, April 10-12 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, April 13 at 8pm
  • Sat, April 14 at 4pm & 8pm
  • Sun, April 15 at 2pm & 7pm
  • Tue, April 17 at 7:30pm
  • Wed, April 18 at 1pm & 7:30pm
  • Thu, April 19 at 7:30pm
  • Fri, April 20 at 8pm
  • Sat, April 21 at 4pm & 8pm

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Cincinnati Playhouse Brings the Godmother of Rock and Roll to the Stage MARIE AND ROSETTA opens March 3

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CINCINNATI—The swinging gospel sound that influenced rock and roll comes to the Marx Theatre March 3 when Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park opens MARIE AND ROSETTA, presented by Leading Ladies. The play, which first appeared off-Broadway, runs through March 31. (Official opening night is March 8.)

A compelling stage drama, MARIE AND ROSETTA tells the life stories of gospel singer Sister Rosetta Tharpe (a 2018 Rock-and-Roll Hall of Fame inductee) and her protégée Marie Knight. Featuring gospel songs and Tharpe’s fierce guitar playing, the play explores their musical partnership, artistic influences and the many obstacles they faced in pursuit of their dreams.

George Brant, the playwright, brings to light how Sister Rosetta Tharpe influenced the birth of the rock ‘n roll music. He says, “Although history has tended to obscure the groundbreaking work of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, MARIE AND ROSETTA celebrates her incomparable contributions to the rock ‘n’ roll.”

This play with music is an inspiring portrait of these legendary singers who, together, blended gospel music with rock ‘n’ roll and became revered crossover artists in the 1930s and ‘40s. It takes place at one of their early rehearsals, as they work to find the perfect combination of gospel and rock. Between soulful musical numbers, the singers share their own memories of childhood, family, music and faith to develop a moving performance style that praises God and entertains the masses.

“Audiences will leave inspired by the lives and music of Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight,” says Blake Robinson, artistic director of the Playhouse. “This groundbreaking play sheds light on the role of women and gospel singers in the birth of rock and roll, and we are proud to be one of only two theatres to stage the show after its debut off-Broadway two years ago.”

Neil Pepe, the artistic director of Atlantic Theater Company, directs the Playhouse’s production of MARIE AND ROSETTA. He also directed its off-Broadway world premiere in 2016. Miche Braden plays Sister Rosetta, and Chaz Hodges is Marie Knight. Katreese Barnes is on piano, and KJ Denhert is on guitar.

MARIE AND ROSETTA explores themes of femininity, motherhood and professional ambition in the face of cultural forces, a fusion of themes that Tharpe embodied and that intrigued Brant.

This co-production with Cleveland Play House is one of only two theatres to present the off-Broadway production after its world premiere with Atlantic Theatre Company in 2016.

SPECIAL EVENTS
ArtsWave Days Free Performance
Saturday, March 3, 4 p.m.
As part of ArtsWave Days, the Playhouse offers a free community performance of MARIE AND ROSETTA. To reserve tickets, visit cincyplay.com with promo code ARTSWAVE or call the Playhouse Box Office at 513-421-3888. Limited to four tickets per household. Subject to availability. Ticket pick-up from 10 a.m. to no later than 3 p.m. on the day of show.

The Impact of Sister Rosetta: A Celebration of Gospel, Blues, Rock and Jazz
Monday, March 12, 7 – 8:30 p.m. at Music Resource Center, 3032 Woodburn Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45206. It is free and open to the public but registration is required. Please call the Playhouse Box Office to reserve your spot at 513-421-3888.

PERFORMANCES
Evening performances on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays start at 7:30 p.m; Fridays and Saturdays 8 p.m. and Sundays 7 p.m. Matinee performance on Saturdays start at 4pm, Sundays at 2 p.m. as well as on Wednesday, March 28 at 1 p.m. Student performance is on March 14, Wednesday at 10 a.m.

TICKETS
Prices for MARIE AND ROSETTA start at $35 depending on seat selection and performance day and are subject to change. Tickets for teens and students are $30. Student tickets are just $15 on the day of the show. Plus, Sunday is College Night, with tickets to all 7 p.m. performances just $10. In addition to calling the Box Office, tickets can also be purchased by visiting the Playhouse website at www.cincyplay.com.

ACCESS
The Playhouse is fully accessible. Large print programs and hearing enhancement receivers are available upon request.

BOX OFFICE
513-421-3888 or 800-582-3208 toll-free in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana; or 513-345-2248 – TDD access (Telecommunications Device for the Deaf).

SPONSORS
Production Sponsor is the Leading Ladies, a Playhouse program offering women who are passionate about theatre an opportunity to support a mainstage production and enjoy behind-the-scenes access with special events throughout the season. The Robert S. Marx Theatre Season is presented by Schueler Group. The Season Sponsor of New Work is The Rosenthal Foundation. Marx Theatre Season Design Sponsor is Macy’s. Artist sponsor is the Fifth Third Bank and The Geller Company is the design sponsor.

The Playhouse is supported by the generosity of more than 40,000 contributors to the ArtsWave Community Campaign.The Ohio Arts Council helps fund the Playhouse with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. The Playhouse also receives funding from the Shubert Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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