NEWS RELEASE 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@weathervaneplayhouse.com<mailto: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 ###