Title:

Adjunct Instructor for Stagecraft, Theatre Arts and Technology

Department:

Theater

Reports To:

Director of Theatre

Position Type:

Faculty

Position Summary:

This position teaches our Stagecraft class, which uses the production needs in each semester to teach students basic carpentry, paint, rigging, prop building, and electrics in addition to proper theatrical production process. The needs of the course should fully encompass the successful build of the Theatre Program’s current production for that semester. Additionally, the instructor acts, for all intents and purposes, as the production’s Technical Director with the students acting as their crew. In this way, they are responsible for technical drawings, budget, work schedule, and a full successful build. This position is on campus and teaches face-to-face.

Essential Functions:

• Functions include, but are not limited to, organizing and training students in appropriate skills and safety measures, maintaining attendance records, fulfilling all technical director requirements (including but not limited to drawings, budget, work schedule, attending production meetings and appropriate tech rehearsals), creative problem solving, and submitting grades.

• Additionally, this position will regularly collaborate with the Head of Facilities of the Jim Wise Theatre and the Theatre Technician.

• Both of these positions aid the Stagecraft instructor with duties such as material purchases, additional labor/personnel requirements, and general help with the workings of the facility and the build itself.

• The ideal candidate is a curious and creative problem solver, organized, and highly communicative.

  Prerequisite Qualifications:

• Bachelors in Theatre or equivalent experience.

• At least two years experience teaching and/or leading/mentoring younger production crews.

• At the university's discretion, the education and experience prerequisites may be exempted where the candidate can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the university, an equivalent combination of education and experience specifically preparing the candidate for success in the position.

Preferred Qualifications:

• At least two years professional experience in the field of technical direction is preferred

• MFA in Technical Direction

-Prior teaching experience at the collegiate level is a plus.

Bargaining Unit:

AFT-UCAN

FLSA:

Non-Exempt

Part-Time

Special Instructions for Applicant:

Must have CV/Resume and cover letter attached.