2017-2018 Stage Management Intern

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Stage Management Intern

Department: Production
Reports to: Director of Production
Employment Status: Unpaid Internship, Stipend Provided

Summary

  • Under supervision and mentorship of the Director of Production and contracted professional Stage Managers, this position will assist in the smooth operations of performances in the Assistant Stage Management role with the opportunity to take on larger projects as proven capable.

Work Schedule

  • During rehearsals: Tuesday-Sunday 2:00pm-11:30pm
  • During runs/between shows: Monday-Friday 9:30am-5:30pm
  • Flexible work schedule including nights and weekends as needed to assist in coverage of performances, load-ins, technical rehearsals, load-outs, run-outs, special projects, etc.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Assist in creation and maintenance of Stage Management paperwork including but not limited to: Run Sheets, Tracking Sheets, Contact Sheets, Call Sheets, etc.
  • Support and work with Stage Managers on productions as assigned.
  • Tracking and running properties, scenic elements, costumes, etc. as needed for the successful excecution of a production.
  • Lead and direct crews from 1 to 10 individuals in the completion of the above duties.
  • Assist in production department calls as needed.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or comparable work experience.
  • Meticulous attention to detail.
  • Ability to multi-task both large and small scale projects simultaneously.
  • Clear, concise and empathetic communication skills.
  • Attentive to the needs of others in supporting artists in working at their highest level.
  • Computer proficiency in Microsoft and Mac environments.
  • Able to read and understand technical drawings.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

  • Standing, walking, running, bending, frequent use of hands, stooping and lifting (at least 20 pounds overhead) as needed.
  • The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

2017-2018 Production Management Intern

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Perseverance Theatre
Production Management Intern

Department: Production
Reports to: Director of Production
Employment Status: Unpaid Internship, Stipend Provided

Summary

  • Under supervision and mentorship of the Director of Production, this position will assist in the management, tracking and facilitating of all production operations across PT’s two city producing season.

Work Schedule

  • Monday-Friday 9:30am-5:30pm
  • Flexible work schedule including nights and weekends as needed to assist in coverage of load-ins, technical rehearsals, load-outs, run-outs, special projects, etc.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Assist in creation and maintenance of organizational calendar, production calendars and departmental calendars.
  • Track and reconcile budgets and expenses for productions.
  • Schedule and assist in the running of regular Production Meetings.
  • Maintain inventories of tools, equipment and fixtures.
  • Track consumables and coordinate orders across productions.
  • Assist in contract creation, distribution and execution.
  • Lead and/or assist departments as needed and capable.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or comparable work experience.
  • Diverse breadth of knowledge of production departments.
  • Meticulous attention to detail.
  • Ability to multi-task both large and small scale projects simultaneously.
  • Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.
  • Computer proficiency in Microsoft and Mac environments.
  • Able to read and understand technical drawings.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

  • Standing, walking, bending, frequent use of hands, stooping and lifting (at least 20 pounds overhead) as needed.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

2017-2018 Arts Administration Intern

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Perseverance Theatre
Arts Administration Intern

Department: Admin

Reports to: Director of Operations and Development Director

Employment Status: Unpaid Internship, Stipend Provided

Summary

  • Under supervision and mentorship of the Director of Operations or the Development Director, based on area of interest, this position will assist in development and company management related activities. Intern with work in both departments but area of focus will depend on interest of applicant.

Work Schedule

  • Monday-Friday 9:00am-5:30pm
  • Flexible work schedule including nights and weekends as needed to assist in coverage of special events, fundraisers, artist liaison needs, and other office coverage.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Assist in finding, booking and communicating artist travel and housing;
  • Assist in tracking of budgets and expenses for artist travel, housing and transportation;
  • Assist in upkeep of company vehicles;
  • Assist in creation and distribution of correspondence to donors;
  • Assist in planning and implementation of donor events;
  • Assist in coordinating board and artists participation in fundraising activities;
  • Assist in fundraising activities related to fundraisers, raffle, and/or annual campaign;
  • Assist in grants research and preparation;
  • Assist in entering and maintaining donor, artist and patron information in our CRM database;
  • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or comparable work experience;
  • Meticulous attention to detail;
  • Ability to multi-task both large and small scale projects simultaneously;
  • Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills;
  • Strong interpersonal and/or customer service skills;
  • Computer proficiency in Microsoft and Mac environments;
  • Driver’s license preferred, but no mandatory.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

  • Long hours of desk work, driving, walking, standing;
  • Ability to focus in a small and noisy office environment.

2017-2018 Artistic Intern

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Perseverance Theatre
Artistic Intern

Department: Artistic

Reports to: Artistic Director and Artistic Associate

Employment Status: Unpaid Internship, Stipend Provided

Summary

  • Under supervision and mentorship of the Artistic Director and Artistic Associate, this position will assist in the management and tracking of all jobs that take place in within the Artistic department.

Work Schedule

  • Monday-Friday 9:30am-5:30pm
  • Flexible work schedule including nights and weekends as needed to assist in Mainstage productions, new play development workshops, staged readings and special projects.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Assist in casting and tracking all Mainstage and second stage productions as well as staged readings and special projects within the 2017-2018 season
  • Assistant Direct one Mainstage production
  • Assistance with Educational programs
  • Some duties will be determined with the Artistic Director depending on the applicants skills and interests

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or comparable work experience.
  • Attention to detail
  • Ability to multi-task both small and large scale projects within a fast paced work environment.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft programs; word, excel etc.
  • Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.

Perseverance Theatre 2017-2018 Season

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We are happy to offer Super-Subscriber packages now in the Perseverance lobby in Douglas, or by calling 463-TIXS.

  • Super-subscribers have the earliest chance to sign up or renew their seats, and get the best seats in the house. If you are renewing, your seats will be held until the end of our early bird campaign. Flex subscriptions (for 5 or fewer shows) will go on sale March 1.
  • Super-subscribers can return to see any show for FREE space-available.
  • Subscription forms will be available in the lobby during They Don’t Talk Back. You can subscribe in person at the theatre, by calling 463-TIXS, subscriptions will be available soon online at ptalaska.org.

The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
by Kristoffer Diaz
September 15 – October 7, 2017
Mace is the ring name of a Puerto Rican “jobber” paid to lose to the champion of his pro-wrestling league. Mace wants a break from losing, so he introduces his bosses to a friend he met playing basketball in Brooklyn. A botched job means a win for the new guy and embarrassment for the champ. Efforts to repair the damage get more and more complicated, leading Mace to look for just one true moment in his athletic career. Chad Deity is a funny and quirky look at the world of pro wrestling.

Dreaming Glacier Bay
by Joel Bennett
October 27 – November 18, 2017
*A World Premiere*
John Barrymore was the best known Hollywood actor of the 1930s with the largest yacht on the west coast. He could have travelled anywhere in the world, and he chose to visit an island in Southeast Alaska near Glacier Bay to spend time with a couple who had a fox farm and gold prospecting claim. What was his relationship with Muz Ibach–the woman choosing to live with her husband in the icy wilderness–and why did Barrymore return again and again to visit her? The play is a true story with a mystery at its heart.

 

Steel Magnolias
by Robert Harling
December 1 – 31, 2017
Longtime friends in a small Southern town fill Truvy’s hair salon with laughter, gossip, and tears. Truvy’s new assistant Annelle, sociable M’Lynn, and her pretty daughter bride-to-be Shelby, as well as the hysterical bickering Ouiser and Clairee, support each other with love, laughter and beauty products. As hair is dried, dyed, and styled, women’s lives unfold and show the meaning of true friendship.

 

William, Inc
by Lucas Rowley
January 26 – February 17, 2018
* A World Premeire *
William is an Alaska Native professional with a high-pressure job and demands at home too. To cope with his stress, he has formed a Native corporation inside his head, but the strategy backfires when his board of directors get out of control and start hijacking his real life. Though it costs him a relapse and lots of problems at home, he negotiates his politics to find the balance he needs. Getting there is both affirming and hilarious.

Cyrano de Bergerac
by Edmond Rostand. Translated and adapted by David Grimm
March 16 – April 14, 2018
*A World Premeire of this new adaptation.*
Cyrano de Bergerac–soldier, poet, and musician, is clever, charming, and disarming, but he’s ashamed of his appearance and believes he’ll never win the love of the beautiful Roxanne. To ensure her happiness, he helps his fellow soldier Christian to woo her. Panache–Cyrano’s word for living life with flair, honor, and eloquence–prevents Cyrano from ever telling Roxanne the truth about Christian and his own deep love for her, until it is too late. Panache undoubtedly killed Cyrano, but without it, he would not have found a life worth living in the first place.

The Arsonists
by Jacqueline Goldfinger
May 4 – May 19, 2018
* A World Premeire *
After running out of a cloud of smoke and sirens with a large, slightly bloody bundle, a woman hides the package under the floorboards of her cabin, changes her clothes, and hides with the lights off until the sirens fade off in the distance. When the coast is clear, she sings songs with her father, packs for a long trip, and burns the cabin down to leave no evidence behind. Based in part on the myth of Electra, The Arsonists is the story of a woman who comes of age in the family arson business before an unexpected accident sends her out on her own.

 

Anchorage 2017-2018 Season

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We are happy to announce our 2017-2018 Season at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts.

Performance dates are currently subject to change.
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Steel Magnolias
by Robert Harling
September 29 – October 15, 2017
Longtime friends in a small Southern town fill Truvy’s hair salon with laughter, gossip, and tears. Truvy’s new assistant Annelle, sociable M’Lynn, and her pretty daughter bride-to-be Shelby, as well as the hysterical bickering Ouiser and Clairee, support each other with love, laughter and beauty products. As hair is dried, dyed, and styled, women’s lives unfold and show the meaning of true friendship.

 

The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
by Kristoffer Diaz
November 10 – 19, 2017
Mace is the ring name of a Puerto Rican “jobber” paid to lose to the champion of his pro-wrestling league. Mace wants a break from losing, so he introduces his bosses to a friend he met playing basketball in Brooklyn. A botched job means a win for the new guy and embarrassment for the champ. Efforts to repair the damage get more and more complicated, leading Mace to look for just one true moment in his athletic career. Chad Deity is a funny and quirky look at the world of pro wrestling.

 

A Christmas Carol
by Arlitia Jones and Michael Haney based on the book by Charles Dickens
December 15 – 29, 2017
Witness Ebenezer Scrooge’s miraculous Christmas Eve transformation in Perseverance Theatre’s adaptation of Dickens’ famous book. Ebenezer Scrooge is a greedy businessman, with no place in his life for kindness, compassion, or charity, and destined to a lonely old age. But when four ghosts appear and warn him of a miserable afterlife, Scrooge is reminded of all the chances he had before to make different choices. Charles Dickens’ classic tale of redemption skillfully faithfully adapted by Arlitia Jones and Michael Evan Haney never ceases to please.

The Arsonists
by Jacqueline Goldfinger
January 12 – 21, 2018
* A World Premeire *
After running out of a cloud of smoke and sirens with a large, slightly bloody bundle, a woman hides the package under the floorboards of her cabin, changes her clothes, and hides with the lights off until the sirens fade off in the distance. When the coast is clear, she sings songs with her father, packs for a long trip, and burns the cabin down to leave no evidence behind. Based in part on the myth of Electra, The Arsonists is the story of a woman who comes of age in the family arson business before an unexpected accident sends her out on her own.

William, Inc
by Lucas Rowley
March 2 – 11, 2018
* A World Premeire *
William is an Alaska Native professional with a high-pressure job and demands at home too. To cope with his stress, he has formed a Native corporation inside his head, but the strategy backfires when his board of directors get out of control and start hijacking his real life. Though it costs him a relapse and lots of problems at home, he negotiates his politics to find the balance he needs. Getting there is both affirming and hilarious.

Cyrano de Bergerac
by Edmond Rostand. Translated and adapted by David Grimm
April 27 – May 6, 2018
*A World Premeire of this new adaptation.*
Cyrano de Bergerac–soldier, poet, and musician, is clever, charming, and disarming, but he’s ashamed of his appearance and believes he’ll never win the love of the beautiful Roxanne. To ensure her happiness, he helps his fellow soldier Christian to woo her. Panache–Cyrano’s word for living life with flair, honor, and eloquence–prevents Cyrano from ever telling Roxanne the truth about Christian and his own deep love for her, until it is too late. Panache undoubtedly killed Cyrano, but without it, he would not have found a life worth living in the first place.

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Giving Perseverance as a Gift

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Give the gift of theatre this holiday season!

If you have a theatre-lover in your life we have wonderful, easy to give, and perfect last-minute gifts you can share! We have a holiday gift card you can print out if you’re buying your gift online and would like to have a festive way to share your gift of theatre. Happy Holidays, and thank you!

DOWNLOAD THE HOLIDAY GIFT CARD TO GO WITH YOUR GIFT OF THEATRE
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Theatremaking that Crosses Generations

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Cate Ross Returns to the Perseverance Mainstage

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Not Medea, the National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere by Allison Gregory, features three actors: Shelley Virginia of Anchorage as “Woman,” Perseverance’s actor-in-residence Enrique Bravo as Jason, and long-time company member Cate Ross–the youngest member of the cast–as Chorus.

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Cate Ross, born in Juneau, is not new to Perseverance. In fact, she has been treading the boards of PT all her life. Cate is the daughter of Joe Ross and Ginny Hayes, both long time members of the Perseverance artistic company. Joe has been around since the theatre’s founding days: he helped build the theatre’s building in the 1980s.  He has worn almost every hat possible over the decades at PT, from actor to technical director to board member. Joe and Ginny met at the theatre and got married. Cate was born in 1990 and was part of the PT family. Cate says,

“I remember running around the building as a little girl while my dad was putting the set together. We were always around the theatre. All the people who helped create Perseverance are long-time family friends, Kate Bowns is my godmother.”

It didn’t take long for Cate to get the stage bug, “I was 8 or 9 when I was in Gypsy.  I was the balloon girl in the opening scene. And then I was in the Young Shakespeare Company all through middle school.  We would take a bus after school and work with Anita Maynard-Losh.” While in High School, Cate went straight from Young Company to the Perseverance Mainstage.  In 2005 she played a fairy in Midsummer Night’s Dream and then played Abigail in Crucible.  

Cate Ross in Gypsy

Cate left Juneau to study in California. While she lived Outside, she didn’t do any theatre, but last year she decided to make Juneau her home again, and quickly jumped back to the stage. During the day, she’s working at Tracy’s Crab Shack. Cate performed with the Juneau Douglas Little Theatre in Five Lesbians Eating a Quiche.  She has also been performing as a drag king in local shows.  When we asked if she planned on staying in Juneau, she wasn’t sure, “I am staying for now…ish, but I will say it has been great performing here, it is such a supportive community. I just love it.”  Wherever she ends up, we look forward to having her continue to perform on the Perseverance stage.

You can see Not Medea only through November 6th. Get tickets online, at the JACC or by calling 463-TIXS.

Enter the Audience: The Collaboration Continues at Peter and the Starcatcher

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One of the fun things about Peter and the Starcatcher is the interaction between the ensemble on the stage and the audience in their seats. So last night, the first time that we had a big crowd in the theatre to watch the first preview, was an important moment for all the artists involved. The actors start to hear and feel the responses to their lines and actions and that can effect their timing, especially in a play like Peter and the Starcatcher, which is ripe with funny moments. Designers can use audience responses to help them put finishing touches on lighting, sound, and more. Even though folks watching the first preview were not seeing a “finished” play they were thoroughly entertained and left with comments like “…it was wonderful and such a hoot!” 
As we near opening night, the role of the director is nearly over. Here’s Art Rotch to tell us a bit about all the magic that Teresa K. Pond has brought us.
Teresa K Pond is a director who grew up making theatre in Anchorage, where her father, Robert Pond, ran Anchorage Community Theatre for many many years. I’d heard of her work when she ran ACT herself later, then follower her story as she earned her MFA, ran Millbrook Playhouse in Pennsylvania, then spent time in New York City where she made a successful stage version of Pinkalicious, based on the children’s book. When Teresa moved back to Alaska recently, I made a note to meet her and see her directing work at the first opportunity. Flowers for Algernon is a distinctive piece of theatre that Teresa directed in Anchorage that I was able to see, and we went out for coffee to chat about the play, directing, and the kind of theatre we each like to make in Alaska. I remember spending a long time at Side Street Espresso and came away wanting to find the right project to introduce Teresa to Perseverance Theatre.
About a year later, Peter and the Starcatcher made our short list, which is usually a time in our programming process when we start asking if there’s a director in our group that will have an affinity for the play and understand what it would be to make it into a production for Alaskan audiences. Teresa fit the bill in several ways: her experience making theatre for young audiences would help with the young characters at the center of this play, her skills with musicals and movement would be valuable, and her deep passion for British humor and adventure were plusses. She certainly understood how the story would present in Alaska, and appreciated as much as we did how the new book writes out some of the dated challenges of the original, such as the portrayal of indigenous characters, and how the character of Molly gives us the kind of self-assured and empowered heroine we seek for our times.