Volunteer Assistant & Intern/Fellow Opportunities
Playwrights Foundation, a center for new play development in San Francisco, has a firm belief in professional development and mentorship for aspiring early to mid-career non-profit administrators and arts managers. To support this mentorship, PF provides creative, ambitious, and savvy individuals the exciting opportunity to gain “hands on” experience working as either interns or fellows within the organization. PF has programs that operate year-round, offering successful candidates the chance to see first hand how programs are planned and executed, and non-profit organizations are run.
New Play Design Lab at the Bay Area Playwrights Festival
About the Internships/Fellowships
PF offers three ongoing positions throughout the year (please click the links below for a full job description):
Arts Marketing Fellowship
Arts Administration Internship
Assistant to the Artistic Director Internship
Program Internship
Interns/Fellows are expected to work at least 15 hours/week. Interns/Fellows will be working with the staff at the PF Office (1616 16th Street, San Francisco).
Letters of recommendation are available upon request. College credit is available per University or department guidelines.
*Internship Periods
Summer 2013: Monday, May 20th - Friday, August 30th, 2013
Fall 2013: Tuesday, September 3rd - Friday, December 20th, 2013
*Periods can be adjusted due to individual circumstances
Application Deadlines
Summer 2013: Open until positions are filled
Fall 2013: Friday, July 25th
*Deadline extended until the positions are filled
How to Apply
Applicants interested in the Arts Marketing Fellowship should send a resume and cover letter to Community Development Coordinator Magan Biggs at magan@playwrightsfoundation.org.
For all other positions, please send your resume and cover letter to the PF Managing Producer Randy Symank at randy@playwrightsfoundation.org with the position you are interested in applying for in the subject line and the cycle, i.e., Program Intern, Fall 2013, etc.
New Play Design Lab
Are you a theatre designer who is interested in having a real impact with your design work? Do you like new plays? If this sounds like you, then you need to join the New Play Design Lab as part of the 36th Annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival this summer.
Creating a play is a collaborative effort, and the design sensibility is present from the moment the play is read or heard aloud for the first time. Lab participants and Festival collaborators will listen to the play and be encouraged to see it through the eyes of the designer, exploring the visual and sculptural landscape from the very beginning. This will be your chance to see firsthand how the design process can connect with the new play development process. During the intense three-week period of the program, emerging and student designers will work with a fully professional staff of playwrights, directors, and actors of the 2013 Bay Area Playwrights Festival, aiding in the development of 6 new plays. You will also have opportunities to see shows, meet other master designers in the Bay Area, and work under the tutelage of Melpomene Katakalos, Professor at Lehigh University. This opportunity is open to all types of designers: scenic, costume, lighting, prop, video, and sound.
The application deadline is May 1, 2013.
Lab designers will be working at the PF Office & Studio (1616 16th Street, San Francisco) and the Thick House Theater (1695 18th St San Francisco). The program will be from July 9-28, 2013.
Letters of recommendation are available upon request. College credit is available per University or department guidelines.
To apply or for more information in regards to time commitment, please contact mek211@lehigh.edu.
