Cleveland Public Theatre Seeking Energetic, Kind and Highly Organized Individuals to join our Stage Management Team for the 16/17 Season

Cleveland Public Theatre is seeking extraordinary stage managers for our 16/17 season. CPT is a groundbreaking, professional theatre focused on workshopping and producing new plays, devising ensemble-based work and engaging underserved communities in making theatre. Successful stage managers at CPT will be eager to learn, collaborative, highly organized and generous. CPT’s culture values hard work, kindness, passion and grace-under-pressure.

Interested candidates should email a brief letter of interest and resume to Associate Artistic Director, Beth Wood at bwood@cptonline.org.

You can learn about CPT’s 16/17 season here.

In general, CPT productions rehearsal 4-5 weekday evenings (6p-10p) and 1 weekend afternoon for 4 – 5 weeks prior to opening. This season, all full productions will have one weekend of previews (Thurs-Sat), return to rehearsal the following week and open on that Friday. In addition to rehearsals, CPT stage managers schedule and run weekly production meetings.

Below are the productions CPT is seeking stage managers for:

¡CELEBRANDO THREE YEARS!
October 6 – October 8 | Gordon Square Theatre | directed by Raymond Bobgan
Celebrated stories from Teatro Public de Cleveland’s repertoire presented as a one-weekend-only event with live music and food.

LIGHT THE LIGHTS, OL’ MOSES CLE! (A WILD HOLIDAY ROMP)
November 25 – December 18 | Gordon Square Theatre | originated by Raymond Bobgan & Beth Wood
A vaudeville-inspired evening of holiday folly, mischief and merry-making, CPT style.

THE SANTALAND DIARIES
December 1 – 18 | Playhouse Square | directed by Cathleen O’Malley
Daytime availability a plus, but not a requirement

ENTRY POINT
January 12 – 21 | CPT Campus | New Play Development
3-7 stage managers needed, short-term commitment

I CALL MY BROTHERS
February 9 – March 4 | James Levin Theatre | directed by Evren Odcikin, 2015 Nat’l Directing Fellow
A bomb goes off. A city paralyzed with fear. An intense 24-hour journey inside one young man’s head.

BARBECUE
February 16 – March 11 | Gordon Square Theatre | directed by Beth Wood
A hilarious and devastating dark comedy by Robert O’Hara.

TEST FLIGHT
March 13 – April 22 | James Levin Theatre | New Play Development
Workshop productions of new plays by local and non-local artists.
No commitment prior to 3/13 needed. Each week is a new show and a new group of artists.

DANCEWORKS
May 8 – June 3 | James Levin Theatre | Dance Series
Daytime commitment required. No commitment prior to 5/8 needed. Each week is a new show and a new group of artists.

RED ASH MOSAIC
May 25 – June 17 | Gordon Square Theatre | directed by Raymond Bobgan
The daily doldrums of a video game store erupts into a fracturing of realities as a man confronts his own death.

Ensemble members of Teatro Público de Cleveland
Photo by Steve Wagner

Teatro Publico de Cleveland

FREE Theatre Workshop

ALL SPEAKERS WELCOME

English, Spanish, Bilingual.

Monday, August 15th, 6-9pm

CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE 

6415 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH 44102

For information call Faye Hargate at 216.631.2727 ext 207

Cleveland Public Theatre Announces a New Staff Position: Artistic and Education Associate

Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) produces groundbreaking performances and life-changing educational programs inside of our mission to raise consciousness and nurture compassion. CPT seeks an Artistic and Education Associate interested in joining its hard-working team with the ambitious goals of growing the organization and changing the community. For more information, visit www.cptonline.org.

DEADLINE TO APPLY: August 29, 2016

Description of Position

The Artistic and Education Associate reports directly to Executive Artistic Director and works collaboratively across all departments. This position is a year-round, salaried, staff position that works an average of 55 hours a week.  Salary range $28,000-32,000, commensurate with experience. Some benefits included.

Artistic and Education Associate (AEA) works as an assistant to Executive Artistic Director who leads the interwoven artistic and education programming. AEA will manage calendars, maintain and grow partnerships, represent CPT in community meetings, collaborate on new program development, assistant-produce and occasionally line-produce shows, education programs and special events.

Experience in professional theatre is a must, with a minimum of 1 year of full-time theatre work, 3 years of consistent freelance work or equivalent. Experience in producing plays is important and experiences in new play development, education, devised theatre, community organizing and production management would be very helpful. CPT primarily produces work that is outside the mainstream theatre, so a past history of such work indicates a potentially good fit.

All positions at CPT work across departmental lines and the AEA is involved in nearly all aspects of the theatre.  The AEA will be very involved in three aspects of CPT’s programming: the season of plays (including our new play development work); special community events, especially Station Hope, a neighborhood festival focusing on the triumphs of the Underground Railroad and challenges of current issues of inequity and social justice; and CPT core education programs that teach theatre creation techniques to under-privileged youth and adults.

Education and Artistic staff at CPT are expected to engage in their own artistic work and growth.

The successful candidate will be collaborative, eager to learn and dedicated to working in theatre. Candidate must possess excellent logistics skills, and have the creativity to create warm, exciting, empowering community experiences for our programs’ participants and families. Because of our track record of success we are particularly interested in candidates who are eager to support current programs and ultimately move into evolving new programs.

CPT cares passionately about reflecting our community and pursuing diversity at all levels of the organization. CPT has a demanding working environment with long, intense hours, but we have fun and love what we do. We value hard work, kindness, generosity, passion and grace-under-pressure. For applicants considering relocation to Cleveland: our city is an excellent community to live in, with top-notch arts and culture, a vibrant theatre scene, beautiful public parks, a great lake and VERY affordable housing.

TO APPLY:

Interested candidates should email two-page cover letter, résumé and references to:  careers@cptonline.org. Subject header should read: [LAST NAME], Artistic and Education Associate.

ABOUT CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE:

CPT’s mission is to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through groundbreaking theatre and life-changing education programs. CPT implements this mission through its annual theatrical season, featuring between 10-15 adventurous professional productions, a robust series of play development programs that support writers and devisers at multiple points in the creative process and a bold educational program that engages disadvantaged youth and adults in creating their own plays and sharing them with the community. CPT’s annual budget is approximately $2,000,000. CPT’s accumulated surplus, building reserve, strong cash position and significant working capital provide for a relatively stable business environment. CPT has 16 fulltime staff members.