Theatre Technician Job at The Lawrenceville School, Lawrence Township, NJ

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  • The Lawrenceville School
  • Lawrence Township, NJ

Job Description

Overview:

Theatre Technicians will be responsible for supporting the lighting, scenery, costumes, and technical needs required of production events in the Kirby Arts Center on an on-call basis throughout the academic school year. Applicants should specify the skill sets and experience within the various areas of technical theatre that they bring to this position.

Responsibilities:
  • Scenic carpentry and set construction skills, including lumber cutting, pneumatic and hardware fastening, and assembly
  • Stage rigging for flying components, as necessary, within scope of electrics and scenery production needs
  • Scenic art and painting
  • Costume fabrication, sewing, and alterations, in support of the needs of a given production
  • Assisting with lighting hang, focus, and strike for productions for theatre and dance productions
  • Assisting with scenery load-in, scenic notes, and strike for productions for theatre and dance productions
  • Training of high school students, alongside Performing Arts faculty, in proper technical theatre technique, skills, and safety
  • General maintenance of lighting stock and equipment, as necessary
  • General maintenance of scenery and painting stock and equipment, as necessary
  • Other duties related to theatre production and technical needs in the Performing Arts Department, as necessary
  • Perform other duties as needed in the goal of mounting the stage productions

Qualifications:
  • Any combination of training, education, and/or experience equivalent to graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelors Degree in Technical Theater or related field. Good (1-3 years) experience related to technical systems used in support of stage productions and related events
  • Principles of sounds transmission and amplification, stage lighting and stage machinery

  • Application of principles, safety protocols, and theory of electricity and stage carpentry

  • Practical knowledge, use, and repair of stage equipment and tools as related to production work in carpentry, painting, electrics, costuming, and stage operations

  • Experience with contemporary stage operations conducted in large public assembly facilities designed for multi-purpose uses

  • Work from drawings, specifications, and oral requests to achieve desired modifications

  • Work long hours accommodating a work schedule to the requirements of load-ins, load-outs, tech days, performances, and rehearsals

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