Theatre - Technical Director for Theatre and Hope Repertory Theatre

Job Description:

• Technical direction for four academic mainstage productions
• Technical Director or lead carpenter and facilities liaison for Hope Repertory Theatre productions
• Manage budgets, purchase supplies, maintain inventories, scene shop equipment, and storage sites
• Hire, schedule, train student crews for sets, painting, and properties.
• Teach Stage Production course with lab instruction one semester each academic year
• Technical direction of occasional touring of productions, typically for the American College Theatre Festival
• Attend production meetings, shift and technical rehearsals
• Supervise Occupational Safety and Health Regulations and guidelines
• Draft elevations from designs and plan for the build of set construction
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders, students, faculty, staff, guest designers, and Hope Rep staff
• Other duties as assigned (e.g., occasional support for dance as availability allows)

Qualifications:

The successful candidate will have a comprehensive knowledge of scenic construction and engineering, rigging and safety including knowledge in craft, properties and painting, and will hold a minimum of a BA/BFA, with minimum one year of experience. The applicant should have solid experience in all aspects of technical direction for theatre productions and in training and supervising student staff in scenery and properties construction and paint crews. Individuals with strong skills in organization, collaboration, communication, and creative problem-solving, with a clear enthusiasm for teaching/mentoring undergraduates in a liberal arts setting as well as for contributing to a professional summer theatre, are encouraged to apply.