Summer Internship at Cleveland Public Theatre

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Arts Management

Range of Duties: Assist with financial record keeping and preparation of audited financial statements.

• DATES & STIPEND: This unpaid 20 hour/week internship starts June 1st and can run as late as Sept 25^th (17 weeks). Earlier end dates are possible based on the intern’s schedule. Exceptional candidates may be awarded a modest stipend paid at the end of the internship.
• SUPERVISION: The intern will work under the direct supervision of the Assistant General Manager.
• FOCUS: This internship will focus on not-for-profit financial management and record keeping.
  • LEARNING GOALS:
    • To learn how to read and evaluate the meaning of financial statements.
    • To learn and experience the steps in preparing for a financial audit conducted by an outside auditor.
    • To learn basic bookkeeping using Intuit QuickBooks
    • To understand how accounting and financial management are practically applied in the day-to-day decision-making for a not-for profit performing arts organization.
    • To develop a clear understanding of the value of financial management in the life of an organization.
  • EXAMPLES OF ANTICIPATED TASKS:
    • Preparation of financial reports, work papers and schedules for presentation to auditor
    • Participation in meetings with outside auditor
    • Entry of account payables and receivables into QuickBooks (previous knowledge not required)
    • Archiving of previous years financial records
    • Management of daily bank deposits.

This internship will also include exposure to a wide range of other arts management issues including marketing, fund-raising and theatrical production.

The intern will work on a daily basis with experienced arts management professionals. Read More ›

IMAGINING ACTIVISM – creating work that touches hearts and minds of our community

taught by Tlaloc Rivas, director of Johanna: Facing Forward

A collaborative workshop that combines rigorous physical and creative exercises that focuses on how we can create work based on social / economic / environmental issues.

Saturday, May 30^th, 12-5pm
Fee: $60.00*

Tlaloc Rivas is a writer, director, and theatre-maker who creates, develops and directs new plays focusing on the complexity, diversity and history of Latina/os in the United States and abroad. He also directs bilingual plays, classical and contemporary pieces, and new work by some of America’s most exciting writers. Originally from Baja California, Mexico and raised in Northern California, Tlaloc graduated with honors from the University of California Santa Cruz, and received his MFA in Directing from the University of Washington’s School of Drama. He splits his time between Iowa City (as Assistant Professor of Theatre at The University of Iowa) and Pittsburgh, where his wife Megan teaches at Carnegie Mellon University. He also enjoys running and hiking with his dog Xóchitl. Tlaloc is a co-founder of the Latina/o Theatre Commons and serves on the Editorial Board of its online platform, Café Onda.  As former Co-Chair of the LTC’s National Steering Committee, he helped organize the largest gathering of Latina/o artists in 25 years at Emerson College, Boston. He is a member of ATHE’s Latina/o Focus Group, a member of the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC) and an Associate Member of Stage Directors and Choreographers, the national union for stage directors and choreographers. Read More ›