CAREER RESOURCES – SUMMER INTERNSHIPS

GENERAL SUMMER INTERNSHIPS DATABASES:

COLORADO

Central City Opera House Association
Village of Glendale
400 S. Colorado Blvd. Suite 530
Denver, Colorado 80246
(303) 292-6500
Fax: (303) 292-4958
admin@centralcityopera.org
http://www.centralcityopera.org/jobs
Type: Summer Internships for Undergraduate and Graduate Students for credit. Stipends available.

Central City Opera, located 40 minutes northwest of Denver in the foothills of the Rockies, is the fifth oldest summer opera festival in the United States and the oldest performing arts organization in Colorado. The 550- seat theater, a historic landmark in Central City, affords an intimate experience with operatic and musical theater. In addition to the mainstage season, Central City Opera is noted for its famed Apprentice Artist/Studio Program, dedicated to the education and development of the young American singer. Positions as Festival Staffers/Interns offer an excellent introduction to careers in arts management and opera production, as well as practical experience in specialized areas of interest. Many past Festival Staffers have gone on to successful careers in these fields.

DESCRIPTION: Fourteen positions as Festival Staffers are available for the summer season, with a full time commitment from May through August. All Festival Staffers serve as ushers during most performances and perform general duties throughout the summer including office support, garden watering, facility maintenance/light cleaning and switchboard operation. Internship areas include: office/music library, events/party planning, public relations, gift shop assistance, house management, stage management, wardrobe, props and wigs/makeup. In consideration for these positions, the Opera offers free shared housing with kitchen facilities, a weekly salary of $275 and a one-time travel stipend.

ELIGIBILITY: Concurrent or previous academic coursework or practical experience in those areas of interest and be a high school graduate. Should have an interest in opera/music theater and must have a positive demeanor and solid work ethic. The ability to deal maturely with the public is a must. Writing and photographic samples may be requested if interested in public relations; social media experience also helpful. Candidates for office/music library and stage management positions must be able to read music and have some previous related experience in those areas. Employment is limited to citizens of the United States, students from abroad with valid student or work visas and aliens who have been granted permanent resident status by the U.S. Dept. of Justice, the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES: Deadline: No later than March 15. Early applicants will be considered first. Phone interviews will begin in late January and positions will be filled on a rolling basis as qualified applicants are identified.

ILLINOIS

Steppenwolf Theatre Company
1650 N. Halsted Street
Chicago IL 60614
Call 312-335-1650
http://www.steppenwolf.org/work/internships/summer.aspx

(June- August) The Internship Program is for current students or early-career professionals looking for an introduction to arts administration and production. This program provides direct interaction with and access to Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

GEORGIA

The Alliance Theatre
1280 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
(404) 733-4671
http://alliancetheatre.org/en/AboutUs/Internships.aspx
Type: Variety of internships. Unpaid. Credit Available.

MASSACHUSETTS

A.R.T American Repertory Theatre
Loeb Drama Center
64 Brattle Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Box Office: 617.547.8300
General Phone: 617.495.2668
http://www.americanrepertorytheater.org/intern/

College credit is available for certain internships through the intern’s sponsoring institution. Qualified applicants will be interviewed either in person or on the telephone if time and distance present a hardship.In addition to interning with A.R.T. departments, qualified interns may have the opportunity to work in their field on their own with a production for the A.R.T./MXAT Institute for Advanced Theater Training (which offers master’s degree programs in acting, dramaturgy, and special studies). This is an excellent opportunity for interns to apply their knowledge and gain additional hands-on experience.

The dramaturgy/literary management interns assist the Dramaturg and Resident Literary Advisor through dramaturgical research and critical evaluation. Interns read and evaluate scripts submitted to the theater for possible development or production, assist the Literary Advisor in gathering research material for programs and other publications, and serve as assistants for the A.R.T.’s program of special events. Candidates for these positions should be familiar with the major dramatic authors as well as possess a demonstrated familiarity with the theatrical production process.

The artistic management intern gains a working knowledge of artistic administration by assisting daily in the Artistic Director’s office. The intern will maintain casting files, prepare production scripts, and generally assist the Artistic Coordinator. Candidates should be able to deal well with people, have proven abilities in organization and problem-solving, and have general office skills. Some background or interest in casting would be helpful.

The development intern works under the guidance of the professional development staff on all aspects of fundraising for the Theater. Responsibilities may include research on corporate, foundation, and individual prospects and assistance with special events. The intern will also assist with the maintenance of general donor correspondence and fundraising records. Candidates for this position should have proven communication and computer skills.

Playwrights Commons
http://www.playwrightscommons.org

The Freedom Art Theatre Retreat for Emerging Playwrights, Dramaturgs and Designers
http://www.playwrightscommons.org/main/Freedom_Art_2011_Retreat.html

Emerging Boston-area playwrights, designers, and dramaturgs, matched into creative teams together, and taken to a bucolic, peaceful, woodsy New England retreat for a week. While there, the creative teams would be tasked with brainstorming and writing/designing/devising theatrical projects that would have been impossible to conceive of as individual artists. This is the Freedom Art Theatre Retreat.

Theatre Workshop of Nantucket
PO Box 1297
Nantucket, MA 02554
http://www.theatreworkshop.com/

Theatre Workshop of Nantucket is seeking mature, organized and dependable Stage Manager/Arts Administration Interns for its 2012 summer season.
· Stage Manager(s) will assist the Production Manager with organizing and running all the production aspects of rehearsals and productions.
· Duties include, but are not limited to; assisting an Equity Stage Manager with blocking, line notes, organizing schedules, running the show (light board), etc.
· Stage Manager will also assist the Technical Director(s) on set building, lighting, sound design, costumes and props.
· Interns will have the opportunity to receive college credit
· This is a great internship for people interested in Theatrical Stage Management, production values, Arts Administration and the technical side of theatre.
· Theatre Workshop of Nantucket seeks interns who are independent thinkers with great communication skills. Strong organizational skills required.
Logistics: $200/week
Interns must provide their own housing (we can assist with the search)
College credit provided if desired
Season: May 11th (or earlier) through August 31st (flexible)
TO APPLY: Send email to Molly Martin, Production Manager TWN: molisimo@gmail.com
We will send you an application to fill out and email back along with your resume and 3 references. Deadline: March 21, 2012

NEW YORK

Disney Theatrical Group
http://corporate.disney.go.com/careers/studentandcollegeprograms.html
Type: Variety of internships. Graduate and Undergraduate

Disney Theatrical Group, a division of the Walt Disney Studios, offers a comprehensive summer internship program for undergraduate students seeking hands-on work experience in the commercial theatre industry. This competitive program provides the next generation of theatre-makers, managers, producers and administrators engaging learning opportunities through placements in the following departments:
• Production • Marketing • Sales • Publicity • Finance • Licensing • Merchandising • Venue Management

Term: Ten weeks, June through August.
Location: Disney Theatrical Group offices at the New Amsterdam Theatre in the heart of NYC’s Times Square. Students must provide their own housing and transportation.
Compensation: Internship positions are full-time, paid employment opportunities.
Qualifications: Candidates must be full-time students enrolled in accredited postsecondary educational institutions.

Website: http://DisneyCareers.com and enter 275604 in the keyword search.

MCC Theater
311 West 43rd St, Suite 206
New York, NY 10036
(212) 727-7722 x244
Fax: (212) 727-7780
interns@mcctheater.org
http://mcctheater.org/jobs.html
Type: Variety of internships. Unpaid. Part time and full time internships are available to college students and recent college graduates.

New York Theatre Workshop
Bryn Thorsson
Director of Education
New York Theatre Workshop
83 East 4th Street
New York, NY 10003
Fax: 212-460-8996
internships@nytw.org
http://nytw.org/intern_opportunities.asp
New York Theatre Workshop offers Fall, Spring, and Summer internships in its Artistic, Management and Production departments. Internships typically last three to four months, during which interns are assigned to a specific department and staff supervisor.

NYTW is committed to providing interns with structured and substantive experiential learning. Interns meet regularly with their departmental supervisors to receive feedback on previous work and guidance on current projects, and to discuss career interests and options. Occasionally, interns are also asked to fulfill duties or projects for other departments. This gives interns a taste of multiple aspects of NYTW and its operations, and we encourage interns with varied interests to explore them.
Samuel French, Inc.
45 West 25th Street
New York, NY 10010
(212) 206-8990 x153
Fax: (212) 206-1429
Type: Part Time. Stipends available.

Samuel French, Inc. is offering unique internships to qualified and eager individuals who are interested in dramatic literature and the publishing process. Duties will be split among two different departments in the company – book production and editorial – potentially offering a student a well-rounded experience of the professional play publishing business.
-Production duties may include assisting the Production Manager in copyediting scripts and digitizing materials, as well as website and database maintenance.
-Editorial duties will be comprised of reading and evaluating plays, copyright research, and assisting the Managing Editor in the administration of the submission process.
-Interns will also be involved with the administration and pEdroduction of The Samuel French OOB Short Play Festival.
-Other duties and opportunities, as they arise, may also be included.

As a theatrical publishing and licensing house with over five thousand active plays and musicals and 180 years of operation, the experience and exposure a student can receive while working at Samuel French is priceless in the professional arena.

Requirements: Applicants should currently be pursuing, or recently in receipt of, a college degree. Graduate students are also welcome to apply. The internship is 20 hours a week, specific schedule to be determined upon acceptance. There is a $50 per week stipend for this internship.

Theatre Arts Center
81-12 Roosevelt Avenue
Jackson Heights, NY 11372
http://theatreartscenter.com/internship.htm
Type: Full Time. Stipends available.

Theatre Arts Center, in its 25th year, is accepting applications from Theatre and Dance Majors and Minors (or professional experience) for intern positions for the summer session in Queens, NY or Bucks County, PA. Interns will work with Broadway and Theatre professionals to teach and assist performance companies of children and teens in theatre and dance classes and rehearsals. Major responsibilities include assisting teachers, acting as dance captain and assistant director, as well as some responsibilities in administration, box office and production, depending on your area of interest and ability. Technical apprentices will have an opportunity to work with costumes, sets, lighting and touring. Interns will be eligible to perform in shows in both location subject to auditions.

PENNSYLVANIA

Play Penn New Play Development
200 W. Evergreen D-2
Philadelphia, PA 19118
info@playpenn.org
http://www.playpenn.org
Type: Summer Internships for Undergraduate and Graduate Students for credit. Stipends available.

We are looking for six individuals who have an interest in playwriting/dramaturgy/directing/production to take part in our conference. The opportunity will include each intern assisting, on a daily basis, a collaborative team in the development of one of six plays invited to the conference as the result of a national search. Interns will also assist as needed in administrative and technical needs of the conference.

Interns will be given the opportunity and will be expected to participate in a playwright1s workshop led by a professional playwright, culminating in the public presentation of their work performed by conference artists. Each intern will receive a stipend of $200 for their contribution to the work at hand.

We are also seeking one production/stage management intern. This individual will assist the production/company manager in all aspects of conference organization, production and administration.

Unfortunately, PlayPenn cannot provide housing, though we are willing to assist in connecting out of town candidates with local interns to help with accommodations.

Please send 1) a letter of interest, 2) reasons for applying and 3) an up-to-date resume to Production/Company Manager at production@playpenn.org. Submit all materials in digital form. Deadline for receipt of applications is April 15th.

Theatre Arts Center
Box 145
Buckingham, PA 18912
http://theatreartscenter.com/internship.htm
Type: Full Time. Stipends available.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Studio Theatre
1501 Fourteenth Street NW
Washington DC 20005
Fax: (202) 588-5262
internship@studiotheatre.org
http://www.studiotheatre.org/education/internshipapplication.aspx
Type: Literary Internship. Unpaid. No housing provided.

The Literary Internship offers first-hand experience in the rigors and rewards of preparing for a busy season at one of the country’s most respected midsized theatres as it expands its new play and international programming. The intern plans, writes, and edits articles for Studio Theatre’s performance guide; compiles research on shows for the upcoming season; participates in future season solicitation and planning; maintains the script library; and assists with playwright correspondence and day-to-day needs of the Literary Department. The intern must have excellent writing and research skills and be organized and personable.

TUSCANY, ITALY

In May 2014
(16/05/2014 – 24/05/2014)
International Theatre Workshop in Tuscany, Italy

will become the artistic epicentre for performers from all over the world inspired by Physical Theatre contemporary performance practice.

Experienced dancers, performers of physical theatre, contemporary circus performers and choreographers with professional stage experience from various techniques and styles are welcome to join the “living stage” where from simple to compound they will build up images and various modules from structures to performance fragments. Participants will research the connection between dance, movement and voice, word and physical action, explore physicality as the key to form, style, atmosphere and emotional color in performance. As the result, intangible moments become tangible; atmosphere and style are born inseparably from creative process. The key towards unfolding the actor’s creative nature underlies in the body. Atmosphere in creative process, performer’s relationship with artistic space, freedom in improvisation and spontaneity…

The Lab has strong connections and collaborators and will help participants to open doors to new collaboration possibilities.

The group will meet at the centre located on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in the Province of Massa and Carrara in Tuscany.

Hotel accommodation and three meals per day are organized for participants.

Workshop schedule will be intensive:

May 16th:
From 14:00 – Group arrival & check-in.
17:00 – Short tour around the venue and territory.
17:30-18:30 – First group meeting and introduction.
19:00-20:00 – Dinner

May 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd:
7:00-8:00 – Warm-Up.
8:00-9:00 – Breakfast.
10:00-12:30 – Practical training.
12:30-14:00 – Lunch
14:00-18:30 – Practical training.
19:00-20:00 – Dinner

May 24th:
7:30-9:00 – Breakfast
9:00 – Check-out & departure.

For full programme details and registration, please contact: physiktheater@gmail.com

SCOTLAND

Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Classroom @ The Fringe is a new 2 week residential enrichment study course, held in conjunction with the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Queen Margaret University in August 2014.

The programme was developed in response to theatre faculty requesting an easy way for their students to come and revel in the creative energy that is the Fringe, in a non performing capacity and on an individual basis. The Fringe is so vast, attending independently can be quite a daunting prospect for many students (and faculty too). We believe Classroom @ The Fringe is the answer. It is open to all students and faculty of theatre, film and media arts. Students of English and other related subjects are also welcome. The program offers security, expert guidance and some structure to the time in Scotland, combined with plenty of opportunities to explore the 24/7 theatre scene by independently or in small groups.

What is Classroom @ The Fringe? In a nutshell it’s a 2 week residential course in Edinburgh during the Fringe in August 2014. We include tickets to 10 productions, a program of stimulating workshops and group discussions, cultural and sightseeing activities and the opportunity to enjoy one of the world’s finest capital cities as it hosts the greatest arts festival in the world. The entire 2 weeks is hosted by top US, Canadian and Scottish theatre faculty.

Visit the Classroom website at http://www.edinburghclassroom.com for full details and registration. Space is strictly limited to 100 participants.