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Employment
Thank you for your interest in joining our team!
Now Seeking:
Leadership
Production Manager
Company Manager
Arts Marketing and Communication Specialist
Artistic
Administration
Assistant Company Managers
Assistant House Manager & Sales Assistant
Social Media Assistant
Stage Management
Equity Stage Managers (please email cover letter & resume to theater@chq.org)
Assistant Stage Managers
Production Assistant – Stage Management Team
Production
Assistant Production Manager
Technical & Facilities Manager
Carpenter & Facilities Assistant
Production Assistant – Production Management Team
Props Artisans
Run Crew
Assistant Costume Shop Supervisor/Draper
First Hand
Costume Stitcher
Wardrobe Lead
Assistant Lighting Supervisor
Lighting Technician/Programmer/Board Operator
Assistant Sound Supervisor
Audio Engineer
Working and Living in Chautauqua
Each summer Chautauqua Theater Company comes to life on the grounds of the Chautauqua Institution, a not-for-profit, 750-acre community on beautiful Chautauqua Lake near Jamestown, New York. Approximately 7,500 people are in residence on any day during a nine-week summer season, and a total of over 170,000 people attend scheduled public events. It has performance venues, historic hotels, a golf course, tennis courts, and educational and recreational facilities.
Past CTC alumni now work across the country, including…
NYC: Lincoln Center Theater, Playwrights Horizons, Second Stage Theater, The Public Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, Primary Stages, Classic Stage Company, Signature Theatre Company, MCC Theater, Theatre for a New Audience, Classical Theater of Harlem, Roundabout Theatre Company, 59E59, WP Theater, New York Theater Workshop, Ma-Yi Theater, Vineyard Theater, Ars Nova.
Regional Theaters: Guthrie Theater, McCarter Theatre, American Repertory Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Wooly Mammoth Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Cleveland Playhouse, Baltimore Center Stage, Geva Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Hartford Stage, Trinity Repertory Company, Long Wharf Theatre, PlayMakers Repertory Company, Detroit Public Theatre.
Television and Film: Marvel’s Agatha All Along, WandaVision, Loki, The Falcon and Winter Soldier, Amazon Prime’s The Boys, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Hulu’s Life & Beth, The Girl from Plainville, Netflix’s The Good Nurse, Manifest, Archive 81, The Queens Gambit, Peacock’s The Missing File, Apple TV’s Severance, HBO’s Julia, Star Wars’ Obi-Wan Kenobi, ABC’s 9-1-1, CBS’s Blue Bloods.
Chautauqua Theater Company is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any individual, employee, or application for employment on the basis of race, color, marital status, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, handicap, or any other legally protected status recognized by federal, state or local law.
Friends of Chautauqua Theater
Since 1994, the Friends of Chautauqua Theater Company have played an important role in encouraging Chautauqua Institution’s commitment to theater as a vital part of the performing arts during the season.
Our Mission
- To support Chautauqua Theater Company and enhance the experience of the artists who visit Chautauqua.
- To connect CTC artists with the broader Chautauqua community and to connect Chautauqua theater lovers.
Membership Benefits
- Weekly email during the summer season, with advance notice of theater events and members-only content from CTC’s artistic leadership.
- Invitations to special members-only events
- Additional “Producers’ Circle” membership is available for members who volunteer with us. We have fun – having fun is in our by-laws!
- Off-season notifications of live and virtual theater events, and previews of the upcoming season in advance of public announcements