[NEohioPAL] CPT is hiring the Student Theatre Enrichment Program Director/Creator

[Denis Griesmer]

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CPT is hiring a STEP Program Director/Creator
Description Of Position
The Program Director/Creator reports to CPT's Education Director. This position is an 8 to 10-week intensive, full-time staff position, including evenings and weekends. Pay $650 - $800/week based on experience and position. The Program Director/Creator is responsible for leading the creation of an original play, with a cast of Cleveland teens with little or no theatre experience. This work is done with a team of Teaching Artists, typically a full-time Co-Director or Co-Playwright, a full-time Lead Teaching Artist, and 2-3 part-time Teaching artists with specific skills such as dance, percussion, and acting coaching. The play is performed outdoors in neighborhoods throughout Cleveland in an 8-12 show run.
CPT's Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP)
CPT's Student Theatre Enrichment Program (STEP) is an arts-based job training program that engages Cleveland teens in a powerful, 8-week intensive that focuses on excellence in performance, play creation, physical theatre, writing, production, and set design/construction. Students ages 14-19, with little or no previous performance experience, are eligible for participation and earn money while learning and practicing valuable job skills such as timeliness, communication, commitment, and teamwork. Under the guidance of CPT artists, teens develop an original play and then tour it to public parks throughout the city of Cleveland. Since its beginning in 1995, STEP has received multiple awards and recognitions, including those from the City of Cleveland, The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Arts. STEP is the longest-running arts-based, job-training program in Cleveland and has been utilized as an international model for engaging youth. STEP ensembles, comprised primarily of Black artists, see themselves as a positive and inspirational force and are able to witness their work's invaluable impact on the larger Cleveland community.
Cleveland Public Theatre is a nationally recognized center for contemporary performance. Its mission is to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through groundbreaking theatre and life-changing education programs. CPT implements this mission through its annual theatrical season, featuring between eight to ten adventurous professional productions and a robust series of new play development programs that support writers and devisers at multiple points in the creative process. CPT's acclaimed education programs engage communities in devising new works that speak to contemporary issues and empower participants to work for positive change in our community. CPT's annual budget is around $1.8 million a year. CPT has 16 full-time staff members.