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Theatre Technical and Production Coordinator, Theatre Arts Program Jobs in Philadelphia, USA at University of Pennsylvania
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Theatre Technical and Production Coordinator, Theatre Arts Program
Job Profile Title
Coordinator C
Job Description Summary
The Theatre Technical and Production Coordinator will have primary responsibility for technical direction and production management of the Theatre Arts Program’s season, including two mainstage productions, an annual performance festival and other productions in the Theatre Arts season (workshops, staged readings, etc.). The role includes supervising and mentoring undergraduate students, supporting the development of their technical theater and skills along with some basic theatre electrical skills, and ensuring the safe and skillful execution of designs.
This position includes construction and fabrication of scenic elements; helping to schedule and help execute light hangs, purchasing and payments; routine maintenance of spaces including restoring theatres after use; and coordination with faculty, students, and Penn Live Arts staff.
This is a full-time position for 10 months per year (i.e., “limited service”) to begin August, 2026.
Job Description
The University of Pennsylvania’s Theatre Arts Program is a small theatre, dance and performance program within a large research institution. We offer a major and minor, and teach students from many disciplines, studying theatre, dance and performance as part of a liberal arts education. Our faculty and guest-directed productions are taught as courses for credit. Our performance festival is a collaboration across the campus – but is produced by Theatre Arts.
Additional events and performances are often done in collaboration with other departments, programs, or centers with which we are affiliated across the university.
Penn’s Theatre Arts Program is currently revamping our efforts to expand our curriculum and production schedule to include Dance and Performance. This is a small program with a focus on collaboration across arts on campus. We have few majors and minors, but focus on making Theatre, Dance and Performance a central part of the campus arts ecosystem. We work closely with our majors to help them grow in their interests and to expand their skills and curiosities.
We are invested in meeting students where they are and helping them to grow their practices as makers.
Job Responsibilities:
The Theatre Technical and Production Coordinator will have primary responsibility for technical direction and production management of the Theatre Arts Program’s season, including two mainstage productions, an annual performance festival and other productions in the Theatre Arts season, such as workshops, staged readings, and ad hoc events.
The Technical and Production Coordinator should be capable of exercising ingenuity with limited resources, possess a…
Title: Theatre Technical and Production Coordinator, Theatre Arts Program
Company: University of Pennsylvania
Location: Philadelphia, USA
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