RESPONSIBILITIES

• Overseeing the technical team (stage management, designers, crew, etc.) throughout the rehearsal/production processes.
• Assist PM and SM’s in creating tech week schedules for the repertory season in accordance with CAEA Dance Opera Theatre (DOT) Agreement.
• Overseeing departmental budgets and managing expense reporting for technical staff.
• Leading all set and prop construction and treatments, including costing, drafting, construction as needed, sourcing materials, and making efficient changeover schedules and plans for all shows.
• Leading load-in of all four shows in our season.
• Assisting the PM with rentals, returns, storage of equipment for the rehearsal hall and the theatre.
• Training the changeover crew to run the repertory season efficiently.
• Creating plans for theatre set-up, production install, changeovers, and strike.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIRED SKILLS

• Graduate from an accredited post-secondary institution in the field of theatrical production with significant, relevant experience in repertory theatre.
• A thorough and current understanding of set construction techniques, staging principles, and production techniques for theatre.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work well in a team.
• Strength in solving interpersonal conflict.
• The ability to remain calm, positive, and focused in a high-pressure and deadline-based environment.
• First aid training is considered an asset.
• This role will require backstage production work in an outdoor setting, and physical labour will be involved. This could include, but is not limited to, climbing ladders, lifting set pieces, participating in set changeovers, etc.

SALARY: $1250.00 weekly
DURATION: 6 weeks (non-consecutive, divided into two periods to cover all four show openings).
[Anticipated Dates: June 9, 2025 – July 6, 2025 and July 28 – August 10, 2025.]

TO APPLY: Please send your resume and cover letter to [email protected].