Managing Editor, Incite/Insight, AATE

The American Alliance for Theatre and Education, the national professional member organization for the field of theatre and education based in Bethesda, MD, seeks a freelance Managing Editor for its flagship magazine, Incite/Insight. AATE’s member driven online magazine, Incite/Insight, is published six issues per year and features organizational and national news, practical essays, book and performance reviews and feature articles that spotlight various areas of this dynamic field. This position requires a person who is task-oriented and has the ability, flexibility, and enthusiasm to interact with AATE’s board of directors, members and authors from around the country and thrive on daily challenges presented and willing to contribute to the magazine as a writer as needed. Go to aate.com to learn more about AATE.

Responsibilities include:

• Copyedit submitted manuscripts for AATE’s digital magazine Incite/Insight to meet established quality standards.

• Encourage submissions from authors based on editorial schedule and features.

• Work with AATE’s Incite/Insight Editorial Board to edit and oversee the design and production of the magazine.

• Copyedit and proofread articles to ensure consistent accuracy and style in accordance with established conventions.

• Interact with authors to complete fact checking, review, edits to figures and changes to manuscripts.

• Research and write regular features and/or specific articles in the magazine.

• Work with designer to assist in production of the magazine.

Requirements include:

• A bachelor’s degree or greater in journalism, English or related fields

• Impeccable developmental/substantive/copy editing, proofreading, and style skills

• Strong writing skills

• Familiarity with The Chicago Manual of Style (14th Edition)

• Proven experience editing and/or publishing newsletters, journals or magazines

• Expert knowledge of MS Word, particularly using Track Changes/Comment functions

• Comfort working electronically with authors and designers

• Ability to deliver high-quality product under tight deadlines

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills, as well as attention to detail

• Capacity to work both independently and collaboratively

• Interest in theatre education and/or children’s theatre

This is a part-time position; estimated 60 hours per issue. A per-issue stipend will be provided. Proximity to the Washington, DC area is preferred but not required. Applicants will be skill tested electronically and on hard copy.

How to apply: Please send cover letter, resume and two writing samples to employment@aate.com to the attention of Lynne Kingsley.

For full consideration applications should be submitted by March 1.

Youth Theatre Administrator, Creative Arts Team

Serve as the administrator of the Creative Arts Team (CAT) Youth Theatre Program. Responsible for the day-to-day oversight of administrative matters for the program; engage in liaison with young people, parents, schools etc. as directed. Coordinate a broad range of day-to-day projects and administrative services. Serve as the marketing, publicity and fundraising arm of the Youth Theatre Program, working in conjunction with the CAT Director of Development.

CAT Youth Theatre is a free, award-winning after school program for NYC middle and high school students to create original theatre. Members meet weekly, from September through May, to explore their ideas and creativity and build their skills through theatre games and exercises, improvisations and scene work, rehearsal, critical reflection and group discussion.Each spring, the CAT Youth Theatre company (young people in high school) presents a full production of an original work in a professional venue, and, twice a year, the Junior Youth Theatre company (young people in middle school) presents original works at the CAT studio.  There is no audition or tuition and members are invited on a first come, first served basis.  The criterion: a commitment to be an active and collaborative participant. CAT Youth Theatre receives generous support from the New York City Council, New York State Council on
the Arts, and NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.

The position is located at the Creative Arts Team offices at 31st Street and 6th Avenue.

Apply online at the Research Foundation of CUNY with a letter, resume, and the names of three references. 

Complete information and application available at www.rfcuny.org under bout/Careers/Managerial.

THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/ AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT E-VERIFY EMPLOYER

Director of Education, Children’s Theatre of Charlotte – Charlotte, NC

The Children’s Theatre of Charlotte (CTC) is seeking a Director of Education. CTC is a fully producing, professional theatre company whose primary audiences are young people ages 3-18 and families. Annually serving approximately 300,000, CTC is unique among theatres for youth by placing equal emphasis on the production of high quality professional performances and comprehensive educational offerings. Each season, CTC mounts 12 productions for public and school audiences and provides educational programming at the ImaginOn facility and multiple satellite locations throughout Mecklenburg County.

CTC’s main facility, ImaginOn, is a shared facility in partnership with the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library. This combination library/theatre was created as an original approach to education, learning and the arts. The partnership’s mission: bringing stories to life.

The Director of Education leads and manages CTC’s comprehensive theatre arts education experience, delivering a full scope of classes, community initiatives, residencies and summer camps. This senior-level position, reporting to the Executive Director, is responsible for articulating the department’s vision and leading a large team of education program coordinators, teaching artists and summer staff. The director develops professional contacts locally, regionally and nationally, representing CTC at external education meetings or events. The director also works closely with the marketing department to develop promotional and marketing material.

As a member of CTC’s management team, the director creates and supervises the department’s long-range plans and strategic goals, in accordance with CTC’s corporate long range plan. The director is responsible for facilitating and organizing the work of the Board’s Community Involvement and Education Committee. The director develops, tracks and manages a $600,000 budget, and works in collaboration with the Development, Marketing and Sales Departments to raise funds, write grant proposals and develop activities to further the goals of CTC. The director also serves as the liaison to the Library/CTC partnership to support, create and implement shared initiatives with the library partners.

Candidates must have:

• Demonstrated strategic and leadership experience at a senior level, including experience leading a large team.

• Experience in teaching, creating, developing and implementing theatre education programs.

• Proven budgeting and financial management skills.

• Strong organizational, planning, writing and communication skills, including experience building community relationships.

• Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree in Theatre Education, Arts Management or related field or commensurate experience. 5+ years of experience in Arts Education, Arts Outreach or related field.

The anticipated start date will be mid-summer 2011. Interested candidates will find a detailed job description, job requirements and application instructions at www.ctcharlotte.org/jobs.html.

Resident Teaching Artist, Metro Theatre Company

Metro Theater Company (St. Louis, MO), recognized nationally for its creativity, flexibility, collaboration and frontline community engagement, seeks a highly-qualified, experienced and energetic Resident Teaching Artist. Resident Teaching Artist works closely with the Education and Artistic Directors to increase capacity for Metro Theater Company’s education programs. Resident Teaching Artist plans and teaches arts-integrated K-12 school and community-based residencies, as well as supervises and teaches selected out-of-school programs. Resident Teaching Artist works as an integral part of the education team to design, plan, and implement new programs, and networks with current and potential partners to increase the reach of Metro Theater Company’s education programs. The ideal candidate will have a master’s degree in Theater for Youth or Theater Education and five plus years of experience teaching drama to young people across a wide age range. Experience in creative drama and arts integration strategies in the K-12 curriculum is required; knowledge of Theater of the Oppressed is a plus. Familiarity with authentic assessment and documentation strategies is also a plus. The ideal candidate will be current on trends and issues in education/arts education. The Resident Teaching Artist will work alongside a small, highly-skilled staff in a dynamic, creative environment. Full time, seasonal. Start date: Mid-August 2011. EOE. Send cover letter, resume and references to RTAsearch@metrotheatercompany.org.

Tenure Track Faculty, BFA Acting; Brigham Young University

The BYU Theatre and Media Arts Department has a continuing faculty status (similar to tenure) track, professorial faculty position opening in BFA Acting. The department consists of twenty-three full-time faculty members in Theatre and Media Arts (TMA) in the College of Fine Arts and Communications at Brigham Young University, forty miles south of Salt Lake City in Provo, UT. TMA has approximately 400 undergraduate majors, about 100 of whom are BFA majors within Acting or Music Dance Theatre.

BYU is an equal employment opportunity employer. Preference is given to qualified candidates who are members in good standing of the affiliated church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Position announcement:
The Brigham Young University Department of Theatre and Media Arts is seeking applicants to fill a full-time, tenure track, faculty position in its BFA Acting program for stage/screen. Primary teaching responsibilities will be in voice, diction, and dialects. Additional teaching will include courses in acting, audition technique, improvisation, and acting in music theatre, as well as an annual university directing assignment. Professional creative work in acting and/or directing is expected. This position will include appropriate administrative responsibilities, student advisement, and regular service within the department, university, community, and national professional organizations.

Qualifications:
Terminal degree required; MFA in acting preferred. Training in a specific voice and speech pedagogy will be heavily considered. Preference given to candidates with a record of professional work in acting and/or directing, voice coaching, and college level teaching experience.  


Application Process:
Please electronically submit the following materials by March 4, 2011, to the BYU employment website athttp://yjobs.byu.edu/, postion #110032.
· a Faculty Application
· a Letter of Intent which includes a Statement of Teaching Philosophy
· a CV, and
· three current letters of recommendation with contact information of references.

Anything you are unable to submit online, please send to the address below:

Rodger Sorensen, Chair
BFA Acting Search Committee,
Department of Theatre and Media Arts
D-581 HFAC
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602-6405.