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Shop Foreman
NYFA
New York, NY, United States
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About New York Theatre Workshop:
At New York Theatre Workshop, we work relentlessly to empower visionary theatre-makers and bring their work to adventurous audiences through productions, artist workshops and educational programs. We nurture pioneering new writers like Hammaad Chaudry and Nathan Alan Davis alongside powerhouse playwrights like Amy Herzog and Ayad Akhtar. We engage inimitable auteur-directors like Rachel Chavkin and Sam Gold and give invaluable support to tremendous talents like Lileana Blain-Cruz in the earliest days of their careers. We maintain decades-long relationships with legendary theatre-makers like Will Power, Ivo van Hove, Dael Orlandersmith, and Caryl Churchill, whose work has shaped and continues to influence our very idea of what theatre can be.
Since our founding in 1979, we've produced over 150 fully-realized productions including Jonathan Larson's Rent; Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul; Doug Wright's Quills; Claudia Shear's Dirty Blonde; Rick Elice’s Peter and the Starcatcher; Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová and Enda Walsh’s Once; and David Bowie and Enda Walsh’s Lazarus. Enabling our artists to push boundaries generates work like Anaïs Michell’s stirring and unforgettable Hadestown, Geoff Sobelle’s magical and transformative The Object Lesson and Mfoniso Udofia’s epic, sweeping two-part cycle, Sojourners & Her Portmanteau. NYTW productions have received a Pulitzer Prize, seventeen Tony Awards and numerous Obie, Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Awards.
But that’s not what we’re proudest of. We take the greatest satisfaction from the community we’ve built, and the perspective-shifting experiences we’ve delivered along the way. We think that theatre can bring people together, change the conversation, and have a profound impact. We feel fortunate to get to support it. If that sounds like something you’re interested in too, we’d love to meet you.
About the Team:
Our four person production staff oversees the build of five productions annually in our state-of-the-art scene/costume shop facility, located directly across the street from NYTW’s 199 seat theatre, 65 seat theatre, rehearsal room, and administrative offices. Additionally the shop produces scenic/costume elements for countless special outside projects and Workshop activities. The Shop Foreman reports directly to the Technical Director, and is paramount in running a fully-functional scene shop.
About the Position:
• Creates and oversees systems to improve day to day operations of the scene shop
• Maintains tools and equipment in scene shop, and upkeep all shop supplies and backstage areas
• Coordinates build schedule with Technical Director to ensure design and build deadlines are met
• In coordination with the Technical Director, co-supervises the scene shop over-hire staff during builds, load-ins, load-outs, technical rehearsals, and preview performances
• Liaises, in concert with the Production department, with artistic collaborators
• Supports various developmental and Workshop activities
• Researches and purchases scenic materials
• Attends production meetings and staff meetings
• Helps maintain safety standards in scene shop and theatres
• Serves as Technical Director back up in their absence
• Overtime Eligible
About You:
• You can lift 50lbs
• You have great organizational and planning skills
• You enjoy improving systems with an eye toward the future and enjoy solving problems in the moment
• You are interested and excited by supporting adventurous artistic work
• You are available for some evenings and weekends
Bonus:
• You can create technical drawings for scenery and have a familiarity with Autodesk or Vectorworks
• You have experience with rigging, welding, automation, and/or finish carpentry
Benefits include employer paid medical, dental and life insurance and paid time off.
NYTW is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). We are committed to diversity in all areas of our work, on and offstage. We encourage applicants with a unique cultural perspective inclusive of race, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, class, physical ability and sexual orientation.