Production Overhire
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TheatreSquared
Fayetteville, AR, US
Summary
Provide as-needed support for production and event needs across various departments including scenic, lighting, sound, and costumes. Assist with run crew assignments such as deck crew, wardrobe, and board operation during live performances.
Job Description
Production Overhire
TheatreSquared is Northwest Arkansas’s professional, non-profit theatre, recognized nationally for its bold new plays, intimate setting, and transformative community impact. Welcoming more than 80,000 patrons annually to over 350 performances and events, TheatreSquared is the largest professional producing theatre in the state and a proud champion of storytelling that uplifts, challenges, and connects. With a commitment to arts education, TheatreSquared reaches thousands of students and educators across Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. Honored with the 2022 Obie Award and praised by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and NPR, TheatreSquared continues to grow as a home for both innovative new works and world-class productions—rooted in the belief that theatre, done well and with passion, can truly transform lives and communities.
Position Summary
TheatreSquared is seeking Production Overhire staff to support our production and event needs on an as-needed basis. This is a call-in, temporary opportunity, where individuals are contacted based on project needs, scheduling, and availability. Assignments may range from single-day calls to multi-day or short-term projects throughout the season.
Overhire staff may assist across a variety of production areas, including scenic, props, paint, costumes, lighting, sound, projections, and general production support. Work may also include run crew assignments such as deck crew, wardrobe, board operation, spot op, or other backstage roles.
This role is often hands-on and physical, and may involve lifting, moving materials, working on your feet for extended periods, and supporting fast-paced production environments.
We are building a strong and reliable pool of individuals who are interested in working with TheatreSquared on a flexible, as-needed basis. Prior experience in theatre or production is preferred. We welcome individuals with a willingness to learn, a strong work ethic, and an interest in supporting live performance.
**Must be over 18 years old.**
TheatreSquared’s locally produced and nationally acclaimed productions reach more than 65,000 patrons each year. The company is Northwest Arkansas’s year-round professional resident theatre, offering a unique audience experience in an intimate setting. In 2011, TheatreSquared was recognized by the American Theatre Wing, founder of the Tony Awards, as one of the nation’s ten most promising emerging theatres.
TheatreSquared’s audience includes tens of thousands of students and their teachers. The theatre partners with schools from Northwest Arkansas to the Delta Region, working to give students across Arkansas access to live performances and arts-based learning tools.
A professional company, TheatreSquared employs trained artists from across the country to create its 320 annual performances and is contracted with Actors' Equity Association. The theatre is also Arkansas’s home for professional playwrights, developing scripts through the Arkansas New Play Festival and producing new works and world premieres each year.
TheatreSquared recently completed a new, architecturally significant, permanent home for professional theatre in Northwest Arkansas. This 50,000 square-foot cultural landmark unites two intimate theatres, rehearsal space, a three-level commons and café, outdoor gathering spaces, production workshops, offices, and artists’ apartments. Campaign efforts are in their closing phase — learn more at ournextstage.org.
Since its founding 2005, TheatreSquared’s work has remained rooted in its founding vision, that “theatre—done well and with passion—can transform lives and communities.”
Founded
2005
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Performing Arts
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Fayetteville, Arkansas
TheatreSquared’s locally produced and nationally acclaimed productions reach more than 65,000 patrons each year. The company is Northwest Arkansas’s year-round professional resident theatre, offering a unique audience experience in an intimate setting. In 2011, TheatreSquared was recognized by the American Theatre Wing, founder of the Tony Awards, as one of the nation’s ten most promising emerging theatres.
TheatreSquared’s audience includes tens of thousands of students and their teachers. The theatre partners with schools from Northwest Arkansas to the Delta Region, working to give students across Arkansas access to live performances and arts-based learning tools.
A professional company, TheatreSquared employs trained artists from across the country to create its 320 annual performances and is contracted with Actors' Equity Association. The theatre is also Arkansas’s home for professional playwrights, developing scripts through the Arkansas New Play Festival and producing new works and world premieres each year.
TheatreSquared recently completed a new, architecturally significant, permanent home for professional theatre in Northwest Arkansas. This 50,000 square-foot cultural landmark unites two intimate theatres, rehearsal space, a three-level commons and café, outdoor gathering spaces, production workshops, offices, and artists’ apartments. Campaign efforts are in their closing phase — learn more at ournextstage.org.
Since its founding 2005, TheatreSquared’s work has remained rooted in its founding vision, that “theatre—done well and with passion—can transform lives and communities.”
Founded
2005
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Performing Arts
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Fayetteville, Arkansas
