Young Playwrights Project Teaching Artist/Actor (Chautauqua Arts Education)/Seasonal Employment

Chautauqua Institution • Town of Chautauqua, NY

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

This part-time, seasonal position will serve as a teaching artist in the Chautauqua Arts Education Young Playwrights Project (YPP). The program has three phases: Phase 1 involves school visits where teaching artists present an assembly and lead in-class lessons for 3rd and 4th graders on playwriting. Phase 2 involves teaching artists leading volunteers in rehearsing and staging play readings in classrooms. Phase 3 involves students visiting Chautauqua Institution to see selected plays, with the teaching artists serving as the performing theater company. The YPP Teaching Artist/Actor will work under the leadership of the Young Playwrights Project Lead Teaching Artist/Director of Plays to implement the program curriculum and will also serve as an actor in the Phase 3 plays.

Requirements

• Theater for youth programs
• Acting
• Formal training in theater arts
• Theater improvisation

Nice To Haves

• Collaboration and strong team player
• “Yes and” approach

Responsibilities

• Implement program curriculum as directed by the Director of Arts Education and the Lead Teaching Artist, including performing scripted and improvisational work in the school assembly and leading classes through the playwriting process as detailed in the curricular materials
• Lead volunteer play reading groups in rehearsal and during school visits
• Coordinate processing plays for play reading groups, typing plays from handwritten scripts
• Acting in the Phase 3 performance
• With the rest of the company, creating props/costumes/set design for the Phase 3 performances

Benefits

• Travel to and from Chautauqua Institution will be reimbursed
• Some costs incurred for travel throughout Chautauqua County specific to school visits will be reimbursed
• Referral Bonus Program ($500)
• Traditional Chautauqua gate pass, free of cost, which provides access to many of our programs at the Amphitheater
• Limited housing options on our grounds or assistance with locating nearby housing arrangements
• Housing/accommodations will be provided, with preference towards private room with shared bath and common areas, possibility of shared room with approval from artist.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree