Theatre Technician

Overview

Theatre Technicians will be responsible for supporting the lighting, scenery, costumes, and technical needs required of production events in the Kirby Arts Center on an on-call basis throughout the academic school year. Applicants should specify the skill sets and experience within the various areas of technical theatre that they bring to this position.

Responsibilities

• Scenic carpentry and set construction skills, including lumber cutting, pneumatic and hardware fastening, and assembly
• Stage rigging for flying components, as necessary, within scope of electrics and scenery production needs
• Scenic art and painting
• Costume fabrication, sewing, and alterations, in support of the needs of a given production
• Assisting with lighting hang, focus, and strike for productions for theatre and dance productions
• Assisting with scenery load-in, scenic notes, and strike for productions for theatre and dance productions
• Training of high school students, alongside Performing Arts faculty, in proper technical theatre technique, skills, and safety
• General maintenance of lighting stock and equipment, as necessary
• General maintenance of scenery and painting stock and equipment, as necessary
• Other duties related to theatre production and technical needs in the Performing Arts Department, as necessary
• Perform other duties as needed in the goal of mounting the stage productions

Qualifications

• Any combination of training, education, and/or experience equivalent to graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree in Technical Theater or related field. Good (1-3 years) experience related to technical systems used in support of stage productions and related events

• Principles of sounds transmission and amplification, stage lighting and stage machinery

• Application of principles, safety protocols, and theory of electricity and stage carpentry

• Practical knowledge, use, and repair of stage equipment and tools as related to production work in carpentry, painting, electrics, costuming, and stage operations

• Experience with contemporary stage operations conducted in large public assembly facilities designed for multi-purpose uses

• Work from drawings, specifications, and oral requests to achieve desired modifications

• Work long hours accommodating a work schedule to the requirements of load-ins, load-outs, tech days, performances, and rehearsals