Available Internships:
EDUCATION INTERNSHIP
Number of Positions: 1
Timeframe: June 2012 to June 2013
Salary Range per week: $125
The Education Intern works with the General Manager in the planning and management of the Olney Theatre Center Institute, the education and outreach department at Olney Theatre Center, including the National Players (America’s longest running touring company). Manage auditions, budgets, contracts, and professional contacts. Prepare materials and teach workshops to students of all ages. Interns play essential roles in the day-to-day operations of a growing Education department, plus onsite events. This internship is suitable for those working towards professional careers in Arts Management or Arts Education.
Major responsibilities of position:
- Serve as a staff member of the Olney Theatre Institute.
- Assist in budget compilation, balancing, and implementation for all education programs.
- Help in correspondence with National Player venues including writing contracts, booking tour dates, and mailing publicity materials.
- Develop and maintain professional relationships with teachers and school administrators in Maryland, including database management.
- Assist the General Manager with National Players tour administration from the home office at Olney Theatre Center.
- Teach workshops in local schools.
- Create supplemental classroom materials for education programs.
- Assist in casting for National Player companies
- Generate supplemental materials for funding opportunities.
- Other duties as assigned by the General Manager and Associate Artistic Director.
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT - CASTING INTERN
Number of Positions: 1
Timeframe: June 2012 to June 2013
Number of productions during this period: 6+
Salary Range per week: $125
Major responsibilities of position:
- Manage all auditions beginning with actor cultivation to final casting.
- Develop relationships as the main point of contact for actors
- Coordinate actor database with head shots and resumes
- Assistant to the Director on one show, if desired
- Assist in facilitating theatre management including company management coverage, guest artist travel, and run crew when needed.
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT - PRODUCING INTERN
Number of Positions: 1
Timeframe: Sept. 2012 to Sept. 2013
Number of productions during this period: 6+
Salary Range per week: $125
Major responsibilities of position:
- Learn the ins and outs of hiring and contracting professional actors, directors, designers, and many other professional artists
- Facilitate housing and travel arrangements for numerous live in residents and guest artists
- Organize the hiring of interns and full time staff
- Mange the recording, reconciling and reporting on production show budgets and fiscal databases
- Assist in facilitating theatre management including company management coverage, guest artist travel, and run crew when needed.
COSTUME INTERNS
Number of Positions: 2
Timeframe: May or Sept 2012 to May or Sept 2013
Number of productions during this period: 6+
Salary Range per week: $125
Major responsibilities of position:
- Manage the creation, upkeep and maintenance of costumes for shows
- Assist the Costume Shop Manager and Designers in realizing designs
- Handle costume run crew for most productions
STAGE MANAGEMENT INTERNS
Number of Positions: 2
Timeframe: May or Sept. 2012 to May or Sept. 2013
Number of productions during this period: 6+
Salary Range per week: $125
Major responsibilities of position:
- Apprentice with AEA SM on pre-production, rehearsal and performance process
- Manage backstage during productions
- Gain points towards the Equity Membership Candidate Program
- Assist in the scene shop in off hours
TECHNICAL INTERN - PROPS
Number of Positions: 1
Timeframe: May, June, or Sept. 2012 to May, June, or Sept. 2013
Number of productions during this period: 6+
Salary Range per week: $125
Major responsibilities of position:
- Assist the Costume/Props Supervisor and Technical Director in the cultivation, creation, construction, rental, purchase and pull all show properties
- Assist the Technical Director in scene shop when possible as needed
- Handle run crew for some productions
- Assist in facilitating theatre management when needed.
TECHNICAL INTERN - ELECTRICS
Number of Positions: 2
Timeframe: May, June, or Sept. 2012 to May, June, or Sept. 2013
Number of productions during this period: 6+
Salary Range per week: $125
Major responsibilities of position:
- Assist the Master Electrician and Sound Engineer in the installation, operation, and maintenance of lights and sound for all productions
- Assist the Technical Director in scene shop when possible as needed
- Handle run crew for most productions
- Assist in facilitating theatre management when needed.
TECHNICAL INTERN - CARPENTRY
Number of Positions: 2
Timeframe: May, June, or Sept. 2012 to May, June, or Sept. 2013
Number of productions during this period: 6+
Salary Range per week: $125
Major responsibilities of position:
- Assist the Technical Director and Set Designer in the creation and instillation of production sets
- Handle run crew for most productions
- Assist in facilitating theatre management when needed.
- Work in every aspect of the operation during our dynamic 6-play season and affiliate events
- Acquire and apply new skills within a prestigious regional theatre company
- Benefit from working directly with a dedicated resident staff and over 300 visiting professional artists per year
- Develop marketable skills and contacts for future employment
- Live and work together in a vibrant artistic community
- Take advantage of the theatre scene in Washington, D.C., the nation's second largest theatre city
- Receive complimentary tickets to Olney Theatre Center productions, many DC area shows, and the annual Helen Hayes awards
- Earn $125 weekly stipend, plus onsite housing (including shared bath, commons area and kitchen) and shared use of a company vehicle, gym membership, laundry on campus
How to Apply:
Internship and apprenticeship applications are accepted year round but must be received 45 days before the starting date for consideration in current hiring cycles. Positions will be filled as soon as an appropriate candidate is identified. Receipt of application will be acknowledged.
Please make sure that your application includes all of the following items and email complete application to Mackenzie Douglas, Company Manager, at
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. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
- Personal Statement This statement should be 500 words or less and include your career objectives and how you expect to achieve them; what you expect from an Olney internship; your academic credentials; your experience and/or education in theater; and the qualities you possess that recommend you as a candidate for an internship. Your personal statement should reveal information about yourself that may not be represented in your resume.
- Resume
- Three References
- Dates of Availability
Please note: Olney Theatre Center is strongly committed to affirmative action throughout its Internship and Apprentice programs. In particular, the company recognizes a critical need to offer training opportunities to minority students and aspiring professionals who wish to enter the field of theater arts. As part of this commitment, Olney Theatre Center strongly encourages women and men who reflect the diversity of the Washington-metropolitan area to apply.
