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Summer Theatre Internships, Jobs, Etc.

By February 23, 2021News

Before COVID, internships and summer work were IMPORTANT STEPS in developing your craft and gaining the necessary experience to work in the arts.

In the age of COVID, this has obviously changed. With few theatres operating, internships and summer work are scarce. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t keep your eyes open! You never know what will appear! Also, you should become familair with the traidtional offerings in preparation for the future. 

Internships and summer opportunities are where careers begin! Please use your faculty as resources to review your resume or if you need advice. Also, don’t rule out crashing on a family member’s couch if you find an internship in a far-flung area. You can make it work! If you have questions, please contact Shannon (sbskelton@ksu.edu). In the meantime, please use these links to help locate summer opportunities.

SEARCH ALL INTERNSHIPS
http://offstagejobs.com/

http://playbill.com/jobs/find/category/internship

http://www.playbill.com/job/listing?q=&category=Internship&state=&paid=&union=&intern=

ttps://www.simplyhired.com/(search for theatre, film, etc.)

https://www.backstage.com/

https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/best-summer-theater-internships-country-8561/

Area Internships:
http://thecoterie.org/internships#.VD_1F010zcs
https://www.kcstarlight.com/education_and_outreach/bob_rohlf_internship_program.aspx
http://offstagejobs.com/jobs.php?internship=yes
http://www.mtwichita.org/opportunities/employment
http://www.wichitatheatre.com/
http://www.crownuptown.com/
http://theaterleague.com/about/
http://depottheaterco.com/
http://www.mosleystreet.com/

http://www.unicorntheatre.org/

https://kcrep.org/internships

Out of State:

https://www.nbcunicareers.com/internships
http://www.strawhat-auditions.com/
http://www.coloradoshakes.org/about/employment
http://lookingglasstheatre.org/work-with-us/

http://www.horizontheatre.com/education-and-community/intern-company/

http://americanrepertorytheater.org/intern

https://www.steppenwolf.org/education/professional-leadership-programs/summer-internship/

https://www.woollymammoth.net/join-us/intern

https://www.clubbedthumb.org/intern/

http://www.tricklock.com/about-tricklock/

https://www.goodmantheatre.org/Engage-Learn/For-Professional-Development/internships/

https://rudemechs.com/aboutus/whatwedo/internshipapplication/

https://www.arenastage.org/education/fellows-and-interns/

https://www.irtlive.com/employment-and-auditions

http://www.networkstours.com/jobs/

http://www.troika.com/careers

https://www.worklightproductions.com/contact-us/

https://artspower.org/employment/

https://mctinc.org/tour-actor-application/www.phoenix-ent.com/home.html

https://www.indeed.com/q-Concert-Tour-jobs.html

https://hangartheatre.org/summer-production-employment/

https://www.nebraskatheatrecaravan.com/employment-opportunities

https://www.broadwaymerchandiseshop.com/employment-opportunities

SUMMER STOCK
http://www.cengage.com/resource_uploads/static_resources/0495898074/24674/summer_theatre_companies.html

Sample resumes you say?

https://www.pace.edu/career-services/sites/pace.edu.career-services/files/PDF/TheatreResumeGuidebook.pdf

Make sure you emphasize the skills that you have learned or are currently learning! Juggling, languages, instruments, dance, etc. all are worth mentioning. Googling a few will help you immensely.

The following students, graduates and faculty are worked in the arts and/or education this past summer. Feel free to email Shannon if you are looking to contact any the following and he can introduce you.

 

Kansas State University

Our Faculty are WORKING PROFESSIONALS

Jerry Jay Cranford (AEA, AGVA, SDC)

Broadway (Les Miserables)

International and national tours (Les MiserablesSingin’ in the RainEvitaAnything Goes)

Aladdin in Disney’s stage musical Aladdin

Kansas City Lyric Opera

MUNY Theatre of St. Louis

Director/choreographer for the world premiere of Madagascar: A Musical Adventure at the Coterie Theatre

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Les Miserables for the Merry Go Round Theater in New York

Two Ovation Nominations in Vancouver, BC for his production of The Marvelous Wonderettes

Best Director of a Professional Musical by Broadway World (Kansas City) Newsies

George Wame Matthews – Scene Shop Supervisor

Off-Broadway carpenter and stagehand in New York

Stagehand for the New York Premiere of Evil Dead: The Musical

Stagehand for the New York Premiere of Almost, Maine

Jennifer Vellenga (AEA, SDC) – Acting/Directing

Resident director of THE ARCTIC CYCLE, a group of international artists that uses theatre to address climate change Credits: Lincoln Center- NYC; the Guthrie Theatre; Dallas Theatre Center; Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park

Vellenga has recently worked on new plays internationally in Norway, Australia and Finland

David Mackay (AEA, SAG) – Acting/Directing

Fourteen seasons with Bard on the Beach Shakespeare company

Create and performed in a physical comedy play that toured around the world and on Broadway

The play was nominated for a Drama Desk Award

Jessie Richardson Award winning professional actor, director and playwright

TV/Film credits include: X-FILES, WATCHMEN and PROJECT BLUE BOOK

Ben Stark – Technical Director

Technical Director Pennsylvania Shakespeare

Regularly works off-Broadway (often taking students to assist)

Designed and managed multiple national television events including the History Channel and MTV

100% placement for students interested in technical work

Kathy Voecks – Scenic Design

Worked with Mary Katherine Nagle (Native American playwright and activist) on premiere production of Return to Niobrara at the Rose Theatre

Premiere ballet productions of Swing, Swing, SwingHans Christian Anderson and Dracula

Designed “Henry V” for University of Missouri, Kansas City production directed by Barry Kyle, Honorary Associate Director, Royal Shakespeare Company

Dana Pinkston – Costume Design

Designs include: North Shore Music Theatre in Massachusetts, Theatre by the Sea in Rhode Island, and The Virginia Shakespeare Festival in Virginia.

2018, BroadwayWorld Best Costume Design-Rhode Island for the smash Mamma Mia!

ACTF/ Kennedy Center National Award for Excellence in Costume Design for Our Country’s Good

Five former students currently on Broadway

 

Kansas State University Students WORK in Theatre

Current Students and Recent Graduates

Janelle Augustine – Production Assistant for Musical Theater Heritage (MTH) Theater at Crown Center’s production of Oklahoma!

Emily Barnhill – Painter, Cobalt Studios (NYC); Fall – painter at Julliard

Ashley Barrow – Teaching Artist/Drama Therapist, Round House Theatre (DC)

Rose Brown – Scenic Art Intern at the Hangar Theatre in Ithaca, NY

Olivia Carter – Annoyance Theatre, Chicago

Darrington Clark – Director, THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE (Stage Right Education in KC)

Elizabeth Cook – Agent Assistant, Wolf Talent Group

Blake Cordell – Master Electrician (Queen of the Mist), Firebrand; Master Electrician (Desire in a Tinier House), Pride Films and Plays; Master Electrician (Lefty and Crabbe), Underscore; Sound Designer (Grace), Brown Paper Bag; Sound Designer (King Lear), Red Twist; Master Electrician (Kiss)

Ali Davids – Stage Manager and a counselor at French Woods in Hancock, NY

Annie Davis – Scenic Design and Painter, Showboat Theater in Clinton, Iowa

Michael Duncan – Theatre Assistant, Ocean View School, South Africa

Jonah Ericson – Threepenny Theatre Company, Salt Lake City, Utah

Drew George – Breckenridge Backstage Theatre (CO)

Morgan Grote – Cowtown Opera Summer Academy in Calgary, Canada

Cat Huck – Crocodile Nasties and Arts & Culture Club, Chicago

Logan Jones – PSM, Southern Gothic at Windy City Playhouse; Production Consultant for The Last Defender at Denver Center for Performing Arts

Kristin Kelley – SM, Wolf Trap Opera

Noah Lindquist –Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with New Theatre Restaurant (KC)

Shannon Madden – Kaufmann Center, Front of House Manager

Meghan McGehee – Actor, Great Plains Theatre (Pirates of Penzance)

Karis Eliese McMurtrey – Scottsdale Musical Theatre – Season Contract: (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Pajama Game)

Kerstin Mesmer – Lighting Technician, Circus Smerkus

Hannah Miller – Teaching Artist, Emerald City Theater, Stage School and Skyline Studios (all Chicago)

Hunter Nelson – Literary Management/Dramaturg Apprentice (Magic Theatre, San Francisco)

Cody O’Hare – Threepenny Theatre Company, Salt Lake City, Utah

Ceslie Parker-Waller – Actor, Great Plains Theatre (Pirates of Penzance)

E.H. Petropulos – Assistant Wig Supervisor, Be More Chill (NYC)

Elise Poehling – Performer, Unicorn (KC)

Tori Ptacek – Entertainment Host, Disney Cruise Lines

Randy Rhoten – Lead Vocalist, Princess Cruises

Aaron Rojas – Actor, Great Plains Theatre (Pirates of Penzance)

Morgan Sterrett – BEAT BUGS: A Musical Adventure, Coterie; Oklahoma Shakespeare Festival (Miranda in Tempest, Katherine in Newsies, Company in Cabaret)

Emily Trube – Drama Therapist, Topeka Correctional Facility for Women

Shiana Tyler – Tour Actor/Director, Missoula Children’s Theatre

Kelly Urschel – Choreographer, THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE (Stage Right); Actor, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Faust Theatre in KC

Alex Wakim – NYU grad school; workshop of An American in Beirut

Mitch Ward – Stage Manager (Kiss), Haven Theatre; Director, readings, Climate Change Theatre

J.D. Warren – Actor, Great Plains Theatre (Pirates of Penzance, Disaster!, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)

Emily White-Winter –National Tour of King and I (SM); SpongBob (SM)

Kim Wong – Scenic designer and paint charge at Great Plains Theatre

Jacob Woolworth – Carpenter, Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre