VPA Theatre Shop Assistant (Work Study) 3 Positions

Worcester State University • Worcester, MA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Worcester State University is a liberal arts and sciences university with a long tradition of academic excellence dating back to 1874, as well as an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer that seeks to reflect the diversity of its community. Our workforce is dedicated to academic quality, student-centered programming, engaged citizenship, open exchanges of ideas, diversity and inclusiveness, and civility and integrity. We are looking for job applicants who share these values and commitment to our students. Worcester State is centrally located in Massachusetts, about an hour's drive from Boston, Springfield, and Providence, Rhode Island. Our 58-acre campus is nestled in the residential northwest side of Worcester--the second largest city in New England and home to 37,000 college students at more than a dozen colleges and universities. Over 6,000 of those students attend Worcester State--approximately 5,300 are undergraduates and 1,000 are graduate students. Learn more about us at worcester.edu/about. This position is within the Visual/Performing Arts department and involves providing support to the theatre scenic and costume shops. Students may work in one or both shops depending on a combination of student interest and show need. In the scene shop, students will work on scenic construction, load-in, and painting of the scenic and prop elements of VPA theatre productions. In the costume shop, students will help to build costumes and accessories for theatre productions.

Requirements

• Reliability and good work ethics
• Students WITH WORK STUDY ONLY
• Students may not work during scheduled class time, even if class is cancelled.

Nice To Haves

• Sewing skills are preferred, but we will train motivated people.

Responsibilities

• Work on scenic construction, load-in, and painting of the scenic and prop elements of VPA theatre productions.
• Help to build costumes and accessories for theatre productions.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed