Below are the areas of
opportunities available in both the Arena Stage
Internship and Allen Lee Hughes Fellowship
Programs. Arena Stage does not offer any
training opportunities in acting.
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Marketing: This position offers an opportunity to assist the Marketing staff in implementing creative audience-building initiatives, including a variety of administrative tasks and special projects.
Media Relations: This position offers an opportunity to assist in creating and implementing initiatives to garner press coverage for the theater’s programs and productions, including a variety of administrative tasks and special projects
Development/Fundraising: This position assists in all areas of fundraising for a large not-for-profit theater: developing and maintaining corporate and individual donors, planning and implementing campaigns, and working on special events.
Managing Director: This opportunity encompasses gaining experience in areas such as general management, fund-raising, budget analysis and monitoring, contracts, board relations, corporate and foundation research, and special projects in support of the Managing Director.
Finance/Personnel: This is an opportunity to gain experience with budget tracking, accounts payable, and cash receipts; support HR office in employee benefits, workers compensation, and employee relations; assist with recruitment including advertising, interviewing, and checking references; provide administrative support.
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Directing (not available during the summer): This position provides an opportunity to observe and assist the director throughout the rehearsal period, attends production meetings and supports the artistic process. The selected applicant works on one or more shows of an eight-play season.
Dramaturgy/Literary Management: This is an opportunity to gain administrative and practical experience in dramaturgy and literary management, critiquing scripts, conducting research, preparing actor packets and more.
Production: This position assists the Production Manager, Production Office Manager and Company Manager. This is an opportunity to gain experience in contract information, production management and the general operation of the Production office.
Producing/Casting: This position assists the Associate Artistic Director, his staff, and the Casting Director. This is an opportunity to gain experience in contracts, line producing, casting, and artist-theater relations.
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(not available during summer)
Costumes: This is an opportunity to gain experience in all areas of work in the costume shop including sewing, shopping, pulling items from stock, and running crew. Applicants must have good sewing skills and a basic knowledge of costume history and costume vocabulary.
Lighting: The selected applicant will work alongside some of the top Lighting Designers in the field. The Lighting Intern or Fellow will act as the resident assistant for all lighting designers during their residency at Arena Stage and will assist the Master Electrician and Staff Electricians in the planning, implementation and maintenance of the lighting designs and systems. Applicants must have a basic knowledge of theatrical lighting, CAD drafting, common office software and theatrical lighting equipment.
Stage Management: Selected applicants work in support of the Stage Management team in the supervision of rehearsals, performances, and other related activities. The position works on one or more shows of an eight-play season.
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The Community Engagement Division’s purpose is to build a future for the American theater by cultivating future theater professionals, attracting new audiences and enriching theater education in the schools and in the community at large. Candidate must be committed to arts education and community involvement, be a strong teacher, a strong writer, a theater artist and an administrator. Additionally, candidates must have excellent communication skills, computer literacy, attention to detail, knowledge of theater and a passion for working with people.
In addition to programs listed in the description, full-season positions also work closely with Moving Stories, Voices of Now and Professional Development for Teachers, which provide experience in classroom teaching, workshop preparation and leading, program administration and community involvement.
Community Engagement Program – Season: This position assists the director of education with administering education programming in the schools, community and Arena Stage. This position focuses primarily on Arena’s Student Playwrights Project, which includes a residency program, teacher training, master classes, a competition and performances.
Education Program – Season: This position assists the director of education with student/teacher workshops, in-school residencies, student study guides, curriculum connections for teachers and post-show visits to schools accompanied by actors. This position is responsible for the management of our school partners who come to see Arena Stage shows.
Camp Arena Stage – Summer: This position assists with the preparation for and day-to-day operation of Camp Arena Stage (a multi-arts day camp), focusing on administrative tasks. This high-energy position requires superior interpersonal and communication skills, attention to detail, multi-tasking abilities and genuine interest in young people.
Community Engagement Intern – Summer: This position is shared by two interns who split their time equally between education programming, specifically researching and writing Arena’s Page, a student study guide, and teaching at the summer camp. Candidates must be excellent at and have a passion for research, writing and teaching for young people. Positions gain excellent work and teaching experience, in addition to professional items for a writing portfolio.
