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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222;background:white">Cleveland Public Theatre HIRING New Staff Position: Artistic Associate<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222;background:white">Cleveland Public Theatre’s (CPT) mission is to raise consciousness and nurture compassion through groundbreaking performances
and life-changing educational programs. CPT <b><i>seeks an Artistic Associate</i></b> interested in joining its hard-working team with the ambitious goals of growing the organization and changing the community. For more information, visit
</span><a href="http://www.cptonline.org"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;background:white">www.cptonline.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222;background:white">.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222;background:white">DEADLINE TO APPLY: February 17, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#121212">Description of Position</span></i></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222;background:white">The Artistic Associate (AA)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#121212"> works as an assistant to
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Executive Artistic<span style="color:#121212"> Director who leads the interwoven artistic and education programming. This position is a year-round, salaried, staff position well over 40 hours
a week. Salary range $28,000-32,000, commensurate with experience. The position includes health benefits.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#121212">The
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222;background:white">Artistic Associate</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#121212"> works collaboratively across all departments managing calendars,
maintaining and growing partnerships, representing CPT in community meetings, collaborating on new program development, assistant-producing and line-producing shows, education programs and special events.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#121212">Experience in professional theatre is a must, with a minimum of 1 year of full-time theatre work or 3 years of consistent freelance work or equivalent.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#121212">Experience in producing plays is important and experiences in new play development, education, devised theatre, community organizing and production management would
be very helpful. CPT primarily produces work that is outside the mainstream theatre, so a past history of such work indicates a potentially good fit.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#121212">All positions at CPT work across departmental lines and the AA is involved in nearly all aspects of the theatre. The AA will be very involved in three aspects of
CPT’s programming: the season of plays (including our new play development work); special community events, especially Station Hope, a neighborhood festival focusing on the triumphs of the Underground Railroad and challenges of current issues of inequity and
social justice; and CPT core education programs that teach theatre creation techniques to under-privileged youth and adults.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#121212">Education and Artistic staff at CPT are expected to engage in their own artistic work and growth. The successful candidate will be collaborative, eager to learn and
dedicated to working in theatre.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">
<span style="color:#121212">Candidate must possess excellent logistics skills, and have the creativity to create warm, exciting, empowering community experiences for our programs’ participants and families. Because of our track record of success we are particularly
interested in candidates who are eager to support current programs and participate in developing new programs.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222;background:white">CPT cares passionately about reflecting our community and pursuing diversity at all levels of the organization.
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#121212">CPT has a demanding working environment with long, intense hours, but we have fun and love what we do. We value hard work, kindness, generosity, passion and grace-under-pressure.
For applicants considering relocation to Cleveland:</span><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222;background:white"> our city is an excellent community to live in, with top-notch arts and culture, a vibrant theatre scene,
beautiful public parks, a great lake and VERY affordable housing.</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#121212"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#222222;background:white">Job description is available online:
</span><a href="http://www.cptonline.org/news/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-a-new-staff-position-artistic-associate/">http://www.cptonline.org/news/uncategorized/cleveland-public-theatre-announces-a-new-staff-position-artistic-associate/</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">TO APPLY:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"> Interested candidates should email two-page cover letter, résumé and references to:
</span><a href="mailto:careers@cptonline.org"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">careers@cptonline.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">.
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Subject header should read: <b>[LAST NAME], Artistic and Education Associate</b>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">ABOUT CLEVELAND PUBLIC THEATRE</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">: CPT’s 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 10-15 adventurous professional productions, a robust series of play development programs that support writers and
devisers at multiple points in the creative process and a bold educational program that engages disadvantaged youth and adults in creating their own plays and sharing them with the community. CPT’s annual budget is approximately $2,000,000. CPT’s accumulated
surplus, building reserve, strong cash position and significant working capital provide for a relatively stable business environment. CPT has 16 fulltime staff members.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Caitlin Lewins<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#44546A">New Play Associate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Cleveland Public Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#44546A">6415 Detroit Ave<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Cleveland OH, 44102<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#44546A">(216) 631-2727 x211</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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