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The Theatre Technical and Production Coordinator will have primary responsibility for technical direction and production management of the Theatre Arts Program’s season, including three faculty-directed mainstage productions, one workshop production,, one staged reading, and other events as needed. The Coordinator will also oversee other program-related events, such as talkbacks. This is a full-time, 9 month Limited Service position, to begin August 1, 2020.

Theatre Arts at Penn is a small academic theatre program within large research institution. We offer a major and minor, and teach students from many disciplines, studying theatre as part of a liberal arts education. Our faculty-directed productions are taught as courses for credit, and our workshops and readings have strong educational components.

The Technical and Production Coordinator should be capable of exercising ingenuity with limited resources, possess a willingness to take on multiple production tasks simultaneously, and an eagerness to collaborate and support colleagues and students alike. The ideal candidate will have a genuine desire to learn, grow, and work in new and possibly unconventional ways within theatre production. Duties will include the scheduling, supervision, and training of several work-study students and other student production crews; budgeting for and purchasing various production elements; maintenance of various types of theatrical equipment, inventories, as well as rehearsal and performance spaces; creation of technical drawings; hands-on construction; supervision of fabrication of all kinds, as well as load-in, tech rehearsals, and strike. The Coordinator will also oversee all performances (and ad hoc special events, as needed). The Technical Theatre Coordinator will be expected to maintain a high level of support for the artistic production and academic goals of the program, including mentoring students, and providing an educationally sound, safe, and satisfying experience for all Theatre Arts participants.

The Technical and Production Coordinator is a full-time salaried position, which will include night and weekend work, especially around productions. The person hired must be a highly visible and regularly present member of the team, spending most days on site. The ideal candidate for this position would be cheerful, optimistic, good-humored, and a dedicated team member; we seek not only an excellent collaborator and colleague, but also a self-starter who is willing and able to work independently (sometimes without assistance), possesses a strong work ethic, as well as unfailing commitment to getting the job done.

Bachelor’s degree and 2 to 3 years of experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience, is required. Essential skills include: all aspects of technical direction, carpentry, stage electrics, and rigging, as well as the desire and ability to teach, supervise, and inspire students to learn all aspects of theatre craft. This position will also require skills associated with production management, including: working with budgets, running meetings, coordinating the work of designers, setting schedules, and creating deadlines for deliverables. Read rehearsal reports and provide production updates.

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