Opportunities

JOB OPENINGS:

Job Title: Audience and Community Engagement Manager

Job Type: Part Time (30 hours/week)

Compensation: $45,000 / year (plus Health Benefits)

WP Theater Company is seeking a motivated and mission-aligned Audience and Community Engagement Manager to foster greater relationships between WP and the surrounding community, who will promote the company’s brand, programs, and productions, and drive ticket sales. The Audience and Community Engagement Manager is a vital member of the WP Theater team, collaborating with the Marketing Director and Managing Director and reporting  to the Marketing Director to research, cultivate, and confirm partners for each artistic project, and help develop overall methodologies and strategies for WP’s audience and community engagement work as well as manage all aspects of institutional ticketing in collaboration with WP’s Associate General Manager and Managing Director

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):  

Strategy & Project Management

Content & Asset Creation & Management

Community Outreach, Audience Engagement, & Ticketing

Experience 

Attributes

Skills 

WP’s staff is currently working in a hybrid mode, both remote and in-person, varying by position and  production calendar. This position will follow updated staff arrangements for in-person and remote  work as they develop. The successful candidate must be located in the New York metropolitan area  with the ability to work primarily during office hours, with some evenings and weekends as needed.  

This role will begin as early as January 2, 2024. We would expect an initial 30 minute interview with the Marketing Director, a  second 1-hour interview with the  Marketing and Managing Directors; and a final interview with other key WP staff. 

Please email a cover letter and resume  with “Audience and Community Engagement Manager” in the subject line to jobs@wptheater.org by November 6, 2023 . No  phone calls please. 

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Job Title: Asst Production/Facilities Manager

Job Type: FT, non-exempt, Sept-June
Compensation: $1000/week, health benefits, PTO

WP Theater is seeking an Assistant Production/Facilities Manager to join our team. As the
Assistant Production/Facilities Manager, you will work with the Production Manager to support
production activity at WP, which includes our Mainstage Productions, Pipeline Festival, Space
Program, Rentals, and Events.

Responsibilities:
Assisting the Production and Facilities Manager with:
 Planning and Scheduling of production meetings, work calls, technical rehearsals
 Hiring and managing overhire and production crews
 Budgeting and Production Calendar oversight
 Technical Liason for Rentals and Space Program
 Maintaining the physical plant of the theater space and equipment

Physical requirements:
 Nights and weekends while in production may be required
 Must be able to lift 40 pounds
 WP Theater’s space has many stairs and changes in elevation

Skills:
 Excellent verbal and written communication skills
 Creative problem solving
 Familiarity with most aspects of theatrical production
 Facility with Microsoft Office, Gsuite, Dropbox
 Familiarity with Vectorworks, Qlab

Start date: December 2023
End date: This position is currently funded through March of 2025

About WP:
WP Theater is the nation’s oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing and promoting plays written and directed by Women+*. WP was founded in 1978 by Julia Miles to address the significant under-representation of women in theater. Throughout its 45-year history, WP has produced over 700 Off-Broadway and workshop productions and published eleven anthologies of plays.

WP produces an annual season of three Mainstage productions, typically World or NYC premieres, and a Pipeline Festival of five new plays every other year. Most of our Mainstage work is created in partnership with peer theaters or an enhancing producer. In addition, WP
has several key programs including our two-year Lab residency, our viBe partnership with viBe Theater Experience, and our newly launched Space Program, which provides smaller producers and institutions subsidized access to our theater to increase access to space to launch their
work.

WP prides itself on an equitable work environment, constantly reviewing our workplace culture and policies to make it more accessible, interesting, and challenging for the administrators and artists we hope to call us their home. We meet regularly to address our anti-racism and practices and consistently focus on how we can make WP the best cultural workspace in NY. We celebrate the varied perspectives, characteristics, and attributes that make each individual unique; applicants from historically oppressed identities are strongly encouraged to apply.

*When we say Women+ we mean people who are cis women, trans, non-binary, or gender-nonconforming people, and all gender identities which have been systematically oppressed throughout history in the theater and beyond.

We would expect an initial 30 minute interview, a second 1-hour interview; and a final interview with key staff. Please email a cover letter and resume with “WP Theater: Associate Production Manager” in the subject line to jobs@wptheater.org by November 15, 2023 . No phone calls please.

ARTIST SUBMISSION POLICY

Playwrights

WP Theater supports a rotating Lab of five playwrights. Our commitment to the current and alumnae writers from the Playwrights Lab, limits the number of productions available to writers outside the Lab.

Submission Procedure: WP Theater does not accept unsolicited scripts. Plays must be submitted through a bona fide industry agent.

If you would like to invite a WP staff member to come see a reading, workshop or production, please send invitations to “literary at womensproject dot org”. We receive many requests and are only able to attend a limited number of events.

Directors

WP’s commitment to the current and alumnae directors from the Directors Lab severely limits the number of productions available to directors outside the Lab. Early and mid-career directors are encouraged to apply for the Lab.

Mail your resume to: Women’s Project Theater, Attn. Production, 55 West End Avenue
New York, New York 10023

If an appropriate opportunity arises, then we may contact you to set up a portfolio review/meeting. Submissions will not be returned or responded to unless we have an opening.

Actors

WP is signatory to a collectively bargained agreement with Actors’ Equity Association. WP auditions AEA actors through agent submissions. WP also conducts one Equity Principal Audition for each mainstage production. If you’d like to be considered for a role in an upcoming production and are a member of Actors’ Equity, please find the casting call notices posted at AEA. Do not phone, fax or visit. Please note that we do not accept headshots or resumes via mail or email.


Read our full land acknowledgement here.
Read WP’s full Commitment to Change & Action and anti-racism resources.

When we say Women+ we mean: cis women, trans, non-binary, or gender-nonconfirming people and all gender identities which have been systematically oppressed throughout history in the theater and beyond.