Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) produces groundbreaking performances and life-changing educational programs to raise consciousness and nurture compassion.

CPT seeks a Development Assistant willing to join its hard-working team with the ambitious goals of growing the organization and changing the community.

Summary of Position: This position is a year round, salaried, staff position. Salary is competitive and based on experience and capacity. The Development Assistant is responsible for supporting CPT in achieving its fundraising goals with a focus on administration. Duties include donor communications, special events management, coordination of donor benefits, database management, support services for internal and external meetings, preparation of donor materials, expense processing, and filing systems maintenance.

The Development Assistant reports to the Director of Development and has the following responsibilities.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Produces and/or sends donor correspondence, including thank you letters, annual appeal mailings, invoices, and cover letters
2. Manages special events – including CPT’s annual fundraiser Pandemonium – by collecting guest lists, communicating with attendees, helping to oversee the arrival and departure of guests, tracking event attendance, and overseeing volunteers as applicable
3. Coordinates all donor benefits, including program ads, signage, name listings, logo placement on publicity materials, and complimentary tickets
4. Processes company mail, enters individual donations and special event sponsorships in database, and maintains all donor information
5. Provides support for meetings (Board, fundraising task forces, etc.): scheduling, space reservation and set-up, document preparation, and catering as needed
6. Prepares and maintains donor materials, including education brochures, programming one-sheets, informational packets, and oversight of video samples
7. Processes development department expenses, and works closely with the Finance Department on numerous activities
8. Maintains electronic and hard copy filing systems, including donor profile sheets and copies of donor correspondence

SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Works as a team member with the rest of the staff at special events, including community-wide and education program events
2. Attends meetings including weekly staff meetings and takes notes as necessary
3. Maintains good work habits including promptness, adherence to CPT workplace policies, preparedness for meetings and events, and responsive follow-through on all donor, supervisor, and staff requests
4. Maintains a positive attitude with donors and staff
5. Other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Consistent attention to detail and accuracy
2. Ability to stay organized and meet deadlines
3. Ability to work well in a fast-paced environment
4. Experience managing a database and/or other information tracking systems
5. Must enjoy people and be comfortable working with people of diverse backgrounds
6. Ability to work independently, take initiative, and prioritize
7. Enthusiasm and dedication
8. Ability to work some evenings and weekends
9. Ability to work effectively and efficiently; to create/modify systems and processes
10. Computer literacy, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
11. Background in – or knowledge of – theatre arts preferred but not required

The working culture of CPT values creativity, boldness, generosity, kindness, perseverance, industriousness, dedication, and a sense of humor.

Reviews start immediately and continue until position is filled. Our goal is to fill the position by November 28.

Please email cover letter, resume, recent writing sample, and professional references to channon@cptonline.org.

PS: If you live out-of-town, Cleveland is an excellent community with top-notch arts, a vibrant theatre scene, beautiful public parks, a great lake, an excellent food scene, and VERY affordable housing!

Cleveland Public Theatre announces

Auditions for Entry Point

a part of CPT’s NEW New Play Development Series

Cleveland Public Theatre is looking to cast several pieces of theatre as part of our inaugural Entry Point festival. We are looking to cast a diverse group of actors of all ages and types interested in supporting the development of a new work.

Entry Point will be a weekend festival of raw art-in-progress—a platform for artists to develop new work that is in early stages of creation. Each project in Entry Point has unique needs and goals. Public presentations during the festival will range from staged readings to presenting short segments of a new work to open rehearsals of the creation process – all in different spaces throughout the CPT campus. For example, audience members may see a staged reading in one space, then see a segment of a devised work in another space, and then close out their evening by hanging out in a casual lounge to share their experiences with fellow audience members and artists.

Auditions

When: Saturday, October 15^th and Sunday, October 16^th from 12pm-4pm
Where: CPT’s Campus (6415 Detroit Ave)

Auditions are by appointment only and will be scheduled in one hour increments. Actors will be given sides at the audition for cold readings. They should also come with one prepared contemporary monologue that they may be asked to perform. Actors may also be asked to sing a short a cappella song.  Please bring 3 copies of your headshot and resume, if available. Actors should be prepared to stay for the entire hour.

Entry Point will need the following commitment:

1. Entry Point will take place from Friday, January 20th through Sunday, January 22nd.
2. Rehearsals prior to performance vary with each Entry Point project: some may require as many as 5 weeks of rehearsal and some may require as little as 9 hours. Be prepared to share your availability on your audition form at your scheduled audition.

AEA contracts will not be considered. Non AEA actors will receive a very small stipend.

Interested actors should schedule an appointment with New Play Associate, Caitlin Lewins by email only: clewins@cptonline.org. When scheduling your audition, you must provide your preferred date/time and phone number. Please do not call. Appointments will only be made via email.

Entry Point artists include Raymond Bobgan, Faye Hargate, Meredith King, Lisa Langford, Carol Laursen, Jaclyn Vogel, Cassandra West and Carrie Williams.

Job Announcement:

Paid Bartending Position at Cleveland Public Theatre

Cleveland Public Theatre needs bartenders who are passionate about the arts, about Cleveland and about positive change in their community. Beyond being responsible for selling refreshments to our patrons, our bartenders are expected to be knowledgeable about Cleveland Public Theatre, our performances and programs, and our neighborhood, the Gordon Square Arts District.

Bartenders sell wine, beer, other beverages and merchandise to our patrons; balance and reconcile nightly receipts against inventory; and stock and display merchandise in an orderly manner.  Bartenders are expected to arrive 75 minutes prior to the performance for set-up and to begin serving drinks forty-five minutes prior to the performance and during intermission. Read More ›

Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT) produces groundbreaking performances and life-changing educational programs inside of our mission to raise consciousness and nurture compassion. CPT seeks a Story Connector 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: Friday, September 23, 2016.

Description of Position

The Story Connector reports to the Executive Artistic Director and Director of Audience Engagement and Media Relations. This position is a year-round, part-time staff position that works an average of 25 hours a week, including occasional evenings and weekends. Pay $250/week.

The Story Connector is responsible for supporting CPT audience engagement activities and initiatives across a range of media types. CPT is seeking kick-ass writers and social media mavens with strong organizational skills and a passion for theatre.

JOB REQUIREMENTS: Extraordinary written and verbal communication skills, love of grammar, adaptability, professionalism, grace-under-pressure, imagination, willingness to embrace and incorporate feedback and fluency in MS Word, Excel, basic HTML, and various social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) required. Fluency with database management and photo/graphic editing software a plus. Experience in theatre is a must, with a minimum of 1 year of full-time work in professional theatre or related creative professions, 3 years of consistent freelance work or equivalent. CPT primarily produces theatrical work that is outside-of-the-mainstream, so a past history of such work indicates a potentially good fit. Read More ›

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.

Cleveland Public Theatre announces Auditions for

I Call My Brothers

Written by Jonas Hassen Khemiri.

Translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles.

Directed by Evren Odcikin, 2015 National Directing Fellow.

About the play…

Something has happened. A car. An explosion. And a city is paralyzed with fear. But Amor has an important errand to run. He walks the city streets with his backpack and his cell phone, doing his best to blend in. But what looks normal? In this funny and fierce showdown with paranoia, I Call My Brothers offers an intense 24-hour journey inside one young man’s head. What happens when the lines between reality and fantasy, love and fear, criminal and victim, become increasingly blurred? Regional Premiere. Read More ›

Cleveland Public Theatre will consider non-local actors for…

I Call My Brothers

Written by Jonas Hassen Khemiri.

Translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles.

Directed by Evren Odcikin, 2015 National Directing Fellow.

About the play…

Something has happened. A car. An explosion. And a city is paralyzed with fear. But Amor has an important errand to run. He walks the city streets with his backpack and his cell phone, doing his best to blend in. But what looks normal? In this funny and fierce showdown with paranoia, I Call My Brothers offers an intense 24-hour journey inside one young man’s head. What happens when the lines between reality and fantasy, love and fear, criminal and victim, become increasingly blurred? Regional Premiere. Read More ›

Request for Proposals

DanceWorks 2017

Deadline for submissions is August 1, 2016.

DanceWorks 2017 is an important part of Cleveland Public Theatre’s 2016-2017 Season. DanceWorks offers Northeast Ohio dance companies and choreographers the opportunity to have world premiere works presented in a series with other local dance companies.

Through a submission process, CPT hopes to select 2 – 4 dance companies to be part of DanceWorks 2017 in the James Levin Theatre. This year CPT is only accepting submissions for groups to perform half of a double bill. Groups that share an evening will share revenue, rehearsal time and technical time.

Each pair of groups will have access to the James Levin Theatre for one week: Monday through Wednesday for load-in and rehearsal, and Thursday through Saturday for performances.

We are accepting submissions for four weeks that will feature local companies: May 8^th – 13^th, May 15^th – 20^th, May 22^nd – 27^th and May 29^th – June 3^rd.

The James Levin Theatre will be set-up with a repertory lighting plot suitable for dance. Companies may alter that set-up; however, they then take full responsibility for implementing the alterations and restoring the space to its original state directly following their final performance.

It is up to each project to provide its own artistic collaborators and additional technical staff as needed. CPT will provide a series stage manager, as well as box office and house management staff.

CPT produces a direct mail brochure advertising the DanceWorks series. However, it is up to the individual companies to promote their own show. CPT will do what we can to assist dance companies’ marketing efforts.

Each selected group will receive a minimum guarantee of $750 against a box office split of 30% for the dance company. For example if a project makes $2000 at the box office, the project will keep the $750 guarantee. If the box office is $4000, the project will get a total of $1,200, an additional $450 over the original $750. Ticket prices for DanceWorks range from $12 – 30.

Selection:

The purpose of DanceWorks is to serve new work by established and emerging dance companies and choreographers in Cleveland. DanceWorks seeks to represent a diversity of forms, genres and aesthetic values. We want to create an environment where companies can boldly experiment and stretch beyond their past repertory. Performances should be comprised of at least 50% world premiere work. DanceWorks performances should be high quality work and be well thought-out, rehearsed and prepared.

Major factors in selecting works are capability, impact and quality. Companies should demonstrate that they have experienced personnel capable of independently managing your production needs, including sound, lighting and stage needs. CPT is looking for companies that can organize their needs and resources in an effective way that allows them to be fully prepared.

CPT expends a great deal of resources to make DanceWorks happen, and we are looking for projects for which DanceWorks will provide a significant impact both on the company that is performing and on our audience.

DanceWorks 2017 APPLICATION

Deadline: August 1, 2016

Materials will not be returned to applicants.

If you would like to be considered for DanceWorks 2017, please complete the attached application form and submit to New Play Associate, Caitlin Lewins via email at clewins@cptonline.org.

Click here for a Microsoft Word version of the application.
Click here for a PDF version of the application.