NEWS RELEASE
Melanie YC Pepe
Artistic Director
Weathervane Playhouse
1301 Weathervane Lane * Akron, Oh 44313
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.
Responsibilities of this position include:
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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:
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Work with the Artistic Director to discuss designs, budgets and any special considerations that each show or the shop may need.
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Work with directors to fulfill production concepts.
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Attend Production Board meetings and assist the board with designer recruitment, training and support.
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Attend production meetings and share ideas, progress and challenges.
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Attend technical rehearsals and assist with volunteer training when necessary.
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Responsible for recruiting volunteer designers for productions.
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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.
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Sharing sound and/or properties design and training responsibilities with the TD team volunteer designers for 12 theater productions in the 2015-2016 season.
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Sharing stage management training responsibilities with the TD team.
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Respectfully work with and train volunteers in all areas of technical theatre.
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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@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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