[NEohioPAL] Seeking candidates, Scenic Designer/Technical Director (Weathervane Playhouse, Akron)

[Melanie Pepe via NEohioPAL]

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Melanie YC Pepe
Artistic Director
330.826.2626<tel:330.826.2626>

Weathervane Playhouse
1301 Weathervane Lane * Akron, Oh 44313
www.weathervaneplayhouse.com<http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com>



Weathervane Playhouse is currently seeking candidates for the position of 2015-2016 Scenic Designer/Technical Director.  This is a new, full time position offered for the 2015-2016 season.


Weathervane Playhouse is a well-established, community theater entering into its eighty-first season.  To learn more about us, please visit our website at www.weathervaneplayhouse.com<http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com>.


Responsibilities of this position include:


*        Designing, or mentoring the volunteer design, of 12 productions between July 2015 and July 2016.


Joint responsibilities with the Lighting Designer/Technical Director and Assistant Technical Director include:


*        Work with the Artistic Director to discuss designs, budgets and any special considerations that each show or the shop may need.

*        Work with directors to fulfill production concepts.

*        Attend Production Board meetings and assist the board with designer recruitment, training and support.

*        Attend production meetings and share ideas, progress and challenges.

*        Attend technical rehearsals and assist with volunteer training when necessary.

*        Responsible for recruiting volunteer designers for productions.

*        Responsible for rigging and maintaining scenery, supervising the artistry and proficiency of scene changes during technical rehearsals, maintaining shop equipment, ordering necessary supplies, and managing a shop budget.

*        Sharing sound and/or properties design and training responsibilities with the TD team volunteer designers for 12 theater productions in the 2015-2016 season.

*        Sharing stage management training responsibilities with the TD team.

*        Respectfully work with and train volunteers in all areas of technical theatre.

*        A positive attitude and the ability to work as a team player.


This position is open until filled.  To apply, email the artistic director at mycp at weathervaneplayhouse.com<mailto:mycp at weathervaneplayhouse.com> or mail your resume, cover letter and salary requirements to Weathervane Playhouse, 1301 Weathervane Lane, Akron, Ohio 44313.

Weathervane Playhouse

2015-2016 Season


Peter Pan, July 31 to Aug. 16, 2015 (Mainstage)

This production has a scenic designer

Lyrics by Carolyn Leigh * Music by Morris "Moose" Charlap * Additional Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green * Additional Music by Jule Styne * Based on the play by Sir James M. Barrie



Hair, September 3 to 20, 2015 (Mainstage)

Book and Lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni * Music by Galt McDermott



Dracula, October 1 to 18, 2015 (Mainstage)

Adapted by William McNulty * Originally dramatized by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston from Bram Stoker's Dracula



Ordinary Days, November 4 to 14, 2015 (Black box)

This production has a volunteer interested in designing

Music and Lyrics by Adam Gwon



A Christmas Carol: The Musical, November 24 to December 20, 2015 (Mainstage)

Music by Alan Menken * Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens * Book by Mike Ockrent and Lynn Ahrens * Based on the book by Charles Dickens



The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, December 3 to 19, 2015 (Mainstage)

Music and Lyrics by William Finn * Book by Rachel Sheinkin * Conceived by Rebecca Feldman * Additional Material by Jay Reiss



Clybourne Park, January 14 to 31, 2016 (Mainstage)

This production has a volunteer interested in designing

A comedic drama by John Norris



The Lyons, February 4 to 14, 2016 (Black box)

A comedy by Nicky Silver



The Breakfast Club, February 25 to March 6, 2016 (Mainstage)

This production has a volunteer interested in designing

An adaptation from the 1985 Universal Pictures motion picture screenplay by John Hughes



The Man Who Came to Dinner, March 17 to April 3, 2016 (Mainstage)

A comedy by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman



Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, April 21 to May 8, 2016 (Mainstage)

A comedy by Christopher Durang



Monty Python's Spamalot, June 2 to 26, 2016 (Mainstage)

Music by John Du Prez * Book and Lyrics by Eric Idle

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