Job Information
Wesleyan University Stage Management, Theater Department in Middletown, Connecticut
Position Information
Job Posting Number F00389
Position Title Stage Management, Theater Department
Department Theater Department-1112
Job Category Faculty Posting
Position Type Part-Time
Position Details
The Wesleyan Theater Department is offering a part-time visiting position in Stage Management. The successful candidate will have excellent management, organizational, interpersonal and communication skills with previous stage management experience, including calling shows, as well as having a working knowledge of professional and academic theatrical practices and the ability to supervise, train and mentor students. The Theater Department situates artistic practice, pedagogy, and research in an undergraduate, liberal-arts context and explores theater from an intersectional perspective in which both scholarship and applied creative practice are emphasized through collaborative exchange.
The Theater Department produces contemporary and classical plays and adaptations of literary works for the stage, as well as devised performances. The department’s faculty encourages and values diversity within their teaching and artistic/scholarly practices and is committed to ongoing curricular and programmatic development in intercultural, interdisciplinary, and collaborative theatrical innovation. For this position, we seek candidates whose pursuit of artistic goals, innovative vision and creative energy will enable effective involvement within a highly committed and vibrant community of students, teachers, artists, and scholars in Wesleyan’s Theater Department, and across the university.
The successful candidate will teach SM TEA 315, Stage Management, will supervise Technical Practice courses, will mentor student stage management capstones. Additionally, the successful candidate will manage two mainstage theater shows—one per semester. The Stage Manager faculty is supported by the Arts Production team and enjoys a fully equipped CFA theater.
Minimum Qualifications
The minimum degree requirement is an BFA in Stage Management or related discipline. Candidates would ideally have and MFA in Stage Management and teaching experience at the undergraduate level.
Management Competencies
Competencies
Special Instructions To Applicants
You will be required to upload electronic versions of the items we require, which are (1) a cover letter of application, (2) a curriculum vitae, and (3) statements of teaching philosophy/approach and teaching interests. As part of the teaching statement, we invite you to describe your cultural competencies and experiences engaging a diverse student body, as well as any experience teaching, whether as a graduate student or in a professional development or training program.
You will also be asked to provide the email addresses of three referees from whom we may obtain confidential letters of recommendation (please double-check the accuracy of the email addresses and phone numbers of the referees you name to ensure that you have the most up-to-date contact information for each one).
Additional Information
Application review will begin immediately on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Questions regarding the application process should be directed to Dawn Alger (dalger@wesleyan.edu).
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Quick Link https://careers.wesleyan.edu/postings/10324
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