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Theater Summer Internship

Springville Center for the Arts is a growing multi-arts center located in a rural community in Western New York State. Programming includes theater, concerts, exhibits, workshops and more based out of an 1869 former church.

We are seeking interns for a residency program that involves a wide range of disciplines. Undergraduate college students who are studying theater, technical theater, design, carpentry, and music education are all encouraged to apply! 

The internship program begins Memorial Day weekend and ends mid-August (11 weeks). Housing is provided adjacent to Springville Center for the Arts and will be shared with other interns. Interns receive a stipend of $250 per week.

APPLICATION FORM HERE

What You’ll Do:

  • Fill all on and off stage roles to produce showcases and performances for pop-up events.
  • Teach a variety of theater workshops at local school districts and during our summer children’s program including playwriting, creative movement, ukulele, technical production and more. 
  • Produce/direct a larger scale musical production with local high school and college students. 

Requirements

  • Ability to perform for/with children
  • Seeking a degree in an arts or education related field: Theater, Technical Theater, Music Education, Arts Education, Dance
  • Comfort with teaching or leading children in a workshop setting
  • Self-initiative. Participants work with staff to create programs.
  • Comfort with all areas of theater production. You do not have to have experience with power tools, for example, but you must be willing to learn.

Responsibilities

  • Produce a junior musical with 25-30 elementary students & a full-scale musical with local high school and college students; Schedule and run musical rehearsals ; Create and build sets for theater productions 
  • Develop lesson plans & teach summer workshops for kids in grades PK-8
  • Assist with set up/tear down at all events including Art Crawl

“This program entrusted me with a task I never would have gotten anywhere else. I was given full control of a major production. Nowhere else would my first directing experience be a fully stage and realized musical! But SCA gave me that, and now my resume says that I’ve directed a fully realized production… Not something most young actors or directors could say!” –Julia 2019

“I guess I’m emailing just to tell you how beneficial last summer was for me – being a ‘tern was a humbling and fun experience that has really set me on track for my college career. Teaching improv helped me hone my skills, and our sometimes rigorous work schedule definitely instilled a discipline in me that I’ve noticed my peers are often lacking.” –Grant 2016

APPLICATION FORM HERE

For more information about this internship please contact us at scaartsubmissions@gmail.com or call 716-592-9038.