Description

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