Office Staff
We are currently looking for a House Manager to work our weekend performances. House Manager can work part time box office shifts.
Please click here to submit your interest and experience for the positions.
QUESTIONS? EMAIL: jobs@tctheatre.org
House Managers
Must be available to work shifts on Fridays from 5:30pm - 9pm and Saturdays either 12pm - 3pm and/or 3:30pm - 7pm
Box Office
Tuesday & Thursday shifts from 2pm - 7pm
House Manager
· Coordinate and ensure smooth operation of performances at The Children's Theatre
· Present yourself as a representative of The Children's Theatre sharing an up-beat and positive attitude to create an enjoyable and memorable experience for patrons to the theatre.
· Set-up and prepare the building for show time, including front lobby, concessions, restrooms, common area space as well as the theatre. This includes but is not limited to cleaning, restocking of supplies, inventory count, setting building temperature, etc.
· Generally House Managers answer to the Head House Manager (usually also the Box Office Manager) as well as the President to ensure the safe and enjoyable experience of the theatre’s patrons.
· Handle of patron complaints and problems – to see to it that regardless of mistakes made by patron we do our best to promote a positive attitude and experience with The Children's Theatre.
· During a performance House Managers should expect to; serve patrons at Will-Call, help patrons to find a seat, sell tickets and concessions, pull ticket inventory, run point of sale reports and manage till reconciliation.
· House Managers work closely with Stage Managers to coordinate a smooth start time and transition to intermission.
· House Managers are in charge of a secure lock-up of the theatre, which includes ensuring all entrances/exits are securely locked, lights turned off, heat/cooling turned to closing temperatures, etc.
· House Managers should be aware of all programs at The Children's Theatre and be able to answer and respond to patron’s questions/concerns about them, and should seek to promote these programs.
Box Office
· Work with the President and Box Office Manager to plan, coordinate, and execute all logistical aspects of the Main Box Office as well as all online sales and group sales.
· Work closely with the President and Box Office Manager to coordinate all technical aspects of Box Office set-up, implementation, backups, account reporting, and maintenance.
· A full understanding of all aspects of each all programs, performances, classes, and other merchandise and services provided by the Children’s Theatre and the footprint and requirements necessary.
· Manage, and look to improve ticketing system capturing all online, phone, and walk-up ticket and pass/special purchaser information, such as general contact information and basic demographic data, in order to provide a complete report.
· Help to manage all registration for Children’s Theatre class, camps, and other programs.
· Work closely with Children’s Theatre staff, Community Partners, Media Sponsors, and other promotional groups to distribute vouchers, tickets, and other promotional material in an efficient and timely manner.
· Identify “slow sellers” once ticket sales begin. Work closely with other Children’s Theatre staff in issuing tickets to various “slow seller” screenings and a market them accordingly.
· Track all incoming and out going cash, charges, vouchers, comps, coupons, group rates, special rates and tickets by preparing daily/nightly reports, tickets sold, vouchers exchanged, comps and remaining tickets.
· Help to prepare the Theatre for a performance
· Help to manage all Box Office accounting in conjunction with the Office Manager. Coordinate a daily drop off of the previous day’s cash, check and credit card sales and any other movement of assets through reports run through Point of Sale System.
DRAMA INSTRUCTORS
We are currently interviewing instructors to teach our after school programs. Please CLICK HERE for our class information.
Compensation: Varies, $15 - $20/hour
Please click here to submit your interest and experience for the positions.
QUESTIONS? EMAIL: jobs@tctheatre.org
Acting Class Curriculum Overview
Drama is a truly integrated discipline. Athletic, musical, visual, and collaborative, the theater program emphasizes individual responsibility within a team.
The Children’s Theatre invites each student to work as a part of an ensemble. Through warm ups, group work, and performance assignments, students explore the creative use of body and voice, developing a sense of confidence in front of classmates and an audience. The class climate is safe, fun, and dynamic.
Each student engages in drama exercises that focus on ensemble technique, the essence of any successful theatrical experience and team endeavor. Through group work and performance, students learn to be successful collaborators. Class sessions strengthen each student's ability to compromise and negotiate, lead as well as follow, generate and weed out ideas. Ensemble technique is a physical and vocal approach to theater that values the success of the group as a whole. Students develop the necessary skills applicable to public presentation as they explore the creative use of body and voice. They investigate the subtext of spatial relationships, listening, stillness, and silence as powerful tools for communication. Through group work and performance assignments, each student learns how to be a successful communicator.
Students are encouraged to observe their peers' performances with the eyes of acting students, rather than as a passive audience. Active observation is the key to understanding what works on stage and why. Students give each other constructive feedback with specific examples of success and clear suggestions for improvement.
Games are designed to heighten kinesthetic awareness and strengthen listening skills. Students learn to use voices and bodies expressively to tell stories and to convey emotions and ideas.
During class time, students perform many times for each other, either solo or with a group. In the recital pieces there are no leading roles, and all students share equal responsibility for the success of their performance.
Performance in Practice
Performance In Practice is a class focused on transitioning students from studying individual acting techniques to performance techniques. Instructors should be prepare students to feel comfortable performing in front of an audience and to exhibit discipline from audition to rehearsal to performance. Performance In Practice should be leading students towards a level of performance of an advanced class or our Youthstage program. Vocabulary used in the rehearsal/directing process should be learned. Theatre Games and exercises can be a part of warming up or establishing group dynamics, but should be limited, as the general focus is towards the performance.
Performances can be a scene, or groups of scenes, but should generally not be an entire play. The performance should be quality over quantity. All students should have an opportunity to lead with lines, but equally important to be used in listening and focusing a scene.
DRAMA/COMEDY/SHAKESPEARE
• performance
MUSICAL
• Explore singing in various rhythms: unison, duets, trios, solos
• Recognize the effect of pitch, intonation, and vocal texture
• Understand the use of subtext and inflection.
• Create gestures and choreography
• Express emotion through clarity of movement and repetition
• Understand the use of blocking and stage picture in a scene
• Learn to give focus and draw focus
• Recognize the effect of pitch, intonation, and vocal texture
Vocabulary list for Performance In Practice (other words can be included)
Body movement- any type of movement with the body to express emotion and character
Teamwork-working together as a team to create a finished product
Focus- concentrating and paying attention to the action on stage
Character- the person portrayed in a play
Diction- hitting the consonants of every word
Cast- the actors involved in putting a production together
Energy- electricity in the body, giving a 100% all the time
Facial expression- emotions expressed in the face express emotion and character
Props- items used by the actor
Stage directions- different areas of the stage
Volume- how loud or soft your voice can go
Improv- creating dialogue, movement and characterization with no script
Line cue-the line before the actors’s line or movement
Monologue- a one person speech
Ensemble- working as one group, everyone is the star
Pantomime- actions without the actual objects
Dialogue-conversation or lines between 2 or more characters
Projection- speaking loudly using your diaphragm
Articulation/Enunciation- the clear and precise pronunciation of words.
Blocking-the planning of the movements of actors on the stage
Objective- a character’s goal or intention
Level- the height of an actor on the stage
Pacing- the tempo of the show
Pitch- the highness or lowness of your voice
Text- dialogue and stage directions for a script
Vocal Quality- the characteristics of a voice
Acting Classes
Acting Classes are the building blocks of theatre. Students in these month long acting classes will focus on individual disciplines of acting tehniques each month. Students are encouraged to take all the courses as to round out their acting skills and increase vocabulary. Students who study each discipline are more prepared for performance classes such as Performance In Practice or Youthstage. At the end of each month long session, students will exhibit what they’ve learned in a recital or in class demonstration on the stage. The recital will help students practice presentation and performing in front of an audience and ultimately prepare young actors for public presentation, and/or more advanced acting classes. Students who start at with these classes are far more prepared when taking advanced classes or performing on stage in our Youthstage, Mainstage or other theatre/school plays.
• group warm-ups
• games and exercises
• collaborative project
• performance
PRODUCTION
We are currently looking for capable designers, technicians and seamstresses to help with our 2011-12 productions.
Positions listed are short term and paid per project.
Costume Design/Construction
Stage Manager
Light/Sound Technician
Directors
Please click here to submit your interest and experience for the positions.
QUESTIONS? EMAIL: jobs@tctheatre.org
We are currently looking for a House Manager to work our weekend performances. House Manager can work part time box office shifts.
Please click here to submit your interest and experience for the positions.
QUESTIONS? EMAIL: jobs@tctheatre.org
House Managers
Must be available to work shifts on Fridays from 5:30pm - 9pm and Saturdays either 12pm - 3pm and/or 3:30pm - 7pm
Box Office
Tuesday & Thursday shifts from 2pm - 7pm
House Manager
· Coordinate and ensure smooth operation of performances at The Children's Theatre
· Present yourself as a representative of The Children's Theatre sharing an up-beat and positive attitude to create an enjoyable and memorable experience for patrons to the theatre.
· Set-up and prepare the building for show time, including front lobby, concessions, restrooms, common area space as well as the theatre. This includes but is not limited to cleaning, restocking of supplies, inventory count, setting building temperature, etc.
· Generally House Managers answer to the Head House Manager (usually also the Box Office Manager) as well as the President to ensure the safe and enjoyable experience of the theatre’s patrons.
· Handle of patron complaints and problems – to see to it that regardless of mistakes made by patron we do our best to promote a positive attitude and experience with The Children's Theatre.
· During a performance House Managers should expect to; serve patrons at Will-Call, help patrons to find a seat, sell tickets and concessions, pull ticket inventory, run point of sale reports and manage till reconciliation.
· House Managers work closely with Stage Managers to coordinate a smooth start time and transition to intermission.
· House Managers are in charge of a secure lock-up of the theatre, which includes ensuring all entrances/exits are securely locked, lights turned off, heat/cooling turned to closing temperatures, etc.
· House Managers should be aware of all programs at The Children's Theatre and be able to answer and respond to patron’s questions/concerns about them, and should seek to promote these programs.
Box Office
· Work with the President and Box Office Manager to plan, coordinate, and execute all logistical aspects of the Main Box Office as well as all online sales and group sales.
· Work closely with the President and Box Office Manager to coordinate all technical aspects of Box Office set-up, implementation, backups, account reporting, and maintenance.
· A full understanding of all aspects of each all programs, performances, classes, and other merchandise and services provided by the Children’s Theatre and the footprint and requirements necessary.
· Manage, and look to improve ticketing system capturing all online, phone, and walk-up ticket and pass/special purchaser information, such as general contact information and basic demographic data, in order to provide a complete report.
· Help to manage all registration for Children’s Theatre class, camps, and other programs.
· Work closely with Children’s Theatre staff, Community Partners, Media Sponsors, and other promotional groups to distribute vouchers, tickets, and other promotional material in an efficient and timely manner.
· Identify “slow sellers” once ticket sales begin. Work closely with other Children’s Theatre staff in issuing tickets to various “slow seller” screenings and a market them accordingly.
· Track all incoming and out going cash, charges, vouchers, comps, coupons, group rates, special rates and tickets by preparing daily/nightly reports, tickets sold, vouchers exchanged, comps and remaining tickets.
· Help to prepare the Theatre for a performance
· Help to manage all Box Office accounting in conjunction with the Office Manager. Coordinate a daily drop off of the previous day’s cash, check and credit card sales and any other movement of assets through reports run through Point of Sale System.
DRAMA INSTRUCTORS
We are currently interviewing instructors to teach our after school programs. Please CLICK HERE for our class information.
Compensation: Varies, $15 - $20/hour
Please click here to submit your interest and experience for the positions.
QUESTIONS? EMAIL: jobs@tctheatre.org
Acting Class Curriculum Overview
Drama is a truly integrated discipline. Athletic, musical, visual, and collaborative, the theater program emphasizes individual responsibility within a team.
The Children’s Theatre invites each student to work as a part of an ensemble. Through warm ups, group work, and performance assignments, students explore the creative use of body and voice, developing a sense of confidence in front of classmates and an audience. The class climate is safe, fun, and dynamic.
Each student engages in drama exercises that focus on ensemble technique, the essence of any successful theatrical experience and team endeavor. Through group work and performance, students learn to be successful collaborators. Class sessions strengthen each student's ability to compromise and negotiate, lead as well as follow, generate and weed out ideas. Ensemble technique is a physical and vocal approach to theater that values the success of the group as a whole. Students develop the necessary skills applicable to public presentation as they explore the creative use of body and voice. They investigate the subtext of spatial relationships, listening, stillness, and silence as powerful tools for communication. Through group work and performance assignments, each student learns how to be a successful communicator.
Students are encouraged to observe their peers' performances with the eyes of acting students, rather than as a passive audience. Active observation is the key to understanding what works on stage and why. Students give each other constructive feedback with specific examples of success and clear suggestions for improvement.
Games are designed to heighten kinesthetic awareness and strengthen listening skills. Students learn to use voices and bodies expressively to tell stories and to convey emotions and ideas.
During class time, students perform many times for each other, either solo or with a group. In the recital pieces there are no leading roles, and all students share equal responsibility for the success of their performance.
Performance in Practice
Performance In Practice is a class focused on transitioning students from studying individual acting techniques to performance techniques. Instructors should be prepare students to feel comfortable performing in front of an audience and to exhibit discipline from audition to rehearsal to performance. Performance In Practice should be leading students towards a level of performance of an advanced class or our Youthstage program. Vocabulary used in the rehearsal/directing process should be learned. Theatre Games and exercises can be a part of warming up or establishing group dynamics, but should be limited, as the general focus is towards the performance.
Performances can be a scene, or groups of scenes, but should generally not be an entire play. The performance should be quality over quantity. All students should have an opportunity to lead with lines, but equally important to be used in listening and focusing a scene.
DRAMA/COMEDY/SHAKESPEARE
- rehearsal skills
- scene development
- timing
• performance
- active observation
- listening
- diction
- focus
- projection
- memorization
- pacing
- entrances and exits
- maintaining the character
MUSICAL
- Voice & Choral Work
• Explore singing in various rhythms: unison, duets, trios, solos
• Recognize the effect of pitch, intonation, and vocal texture
• Understand the use of subtext and inflection.
• Create gestures and choreography
• Express emotion through clarity of movement and repetition
• Understand the use of blocking and stage picture in a scene
• Learn to give focus and draw focus
- Act and listen with the whole body.
• Recognize the effect of pitch, intonation, and vocal texture
- Understand the use of subtext and inflection.
Vocabulary list for Performance In Practice (other words can be included)
Body movement- any type of movement with the body to express emotion and character
Teamwork-working together as a team to create a finished product
Focus- concentrating and paying attention to the action on stage
Character- the person portrayed in a play
Diction- hitting the consonants of every word
Cast- the actors involved in putting a production together
Energy- electricity in the body, giving a 100% all the time
Facial expression- emotions expressed in the face express emotion and character
Props- items used by the actor
Stage directions- different areas of the stage
Volume- how loud or soft your voice can go
Improv- creating dialogue, movement and characterization with no script
Line cue-the line before the actors’s line or movement
Monologue- a one person speech
Ensemble- working as one group, everyone is the star
Pantomime- actions without the actual objects
Dialogue-conversation or lines between 2 or more characters
Projection- speaking loudly using your diaphragm
Articulation/Enunciation- the clear and precise pronunciation of words.
Blocking-the planning of the movements of actors on the stage
Objective- a character’s goal or intention
Level- the height of an actor on the stage
Pacing- the tempo of the show
Pitch- the highness or lowness of your voice
Text- dialogue and stage directions for a script
Vocal Quality- the characteristics of a voice
Acting Classes
Acting Classes are the building blocks of theatre. Students in these month long acting classes will focus on individual disciplines of acting tehniques each month. Students are encouraged to take all the courses as to round out their acting skills and increase vocabulary. Students who study each discipline are more prepared for performance classes such as Performance In Practice or Youthstage. At the end of each month long session, students will exhibit what they’ve learned in a recital or in class demonstration on the stage. The recital will help students practice presentation and performing in front of an audience and ultimately prepare young actors for public presentation, and/or more advanced acting classes. Students who start at with these classes are far more prepared when taking advanced classes or performing on stage in our Youthstage, Mainstage or other theatre/school plays.
- singing/movement
• group warm-ups
• games and exercises
• collaborative project
• performance
- active observation
- listening
- diction
- focus
- projection
- memorization
PRODUCTION
We are currently looking for capable designers, technicians and seamstresses to help with our 2011-12 productions.
Positions listed are short term and paid per project.
Costume Design/Construction
Stage Manager
Light/Sound Technician
Directors
Please click here to submit your interest and experience for the positions.
QUESTIONS? EMAIL: jobs@tctheatre.org
