2026 CSF Sound Supervisor
Requisition Number:
68697
Location:
Boulder, Colorado
City
Boulder
State
Colorado
Employment Type:
Temporary Staff
Schedule:
Full-Time
Posting Close Date:
01-Dec-2025
Date Posted:
17-Nov-2025
Job Summary
The Colorado Shakespeare Festival, located on the campus of the University of Colorado Boulder, encourages applications for the Sound Supervisor position for the 2026 CSF Season!
The 2026 CSF season begins May 2026 and responsibilities for this position will continue until early August2026 with some remote responsibilities beginning in January 2026 regarding design and production meetings.
CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Who We Are
For over 60 seasons, the Colorado Shakespeare Festival has delighted audiences with classic theatre under the stars.
The Colorado Shakespeare Festival is a professional theatre company in association with the University of Colorado Boulder. Since 1958, the festival has celebrated and explored Shakespeare and his continuing influence and vitality through productions of superior artistic quality, education, and community engagement.
CSF strives to preserve the classics of the past and pursue the classics of the future. Fueled by artistry and scholarship, the festival seeks to expand the cultural richness of the region by inspiring, challenging and cultivating the imagination of audiences and artists.
Plays are performed beneath summer night skies in the newly renovated Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre and Roe Green Theatre indoors. The festival’s education programs reach tens of thousands of school children each year through camps, classes and outreach performances that connect them with the continuing tradition and importance of live theatre and Shakespeare.
What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be
- Supervise and participate in installation, maintenance, and repair of equipment relating to the production sound design and theatre operation.
- Work with the CSF Production Manager to ensure deadlines are met within budget and time constraints.
- Install and maintain backstage monitor system for both theatres.
- Install and maintain headset systems for both theatres.
- Collaborate with the electrics department to ensure efficient system installation across departmental lines.
- Set up and maintain front of house assisted listening devices for use by patrons during performances.
- Train and supervise staff with varying abilities to operate in both theatres.
- Act as front of house mixer / sound board operator for all technical rehearsals and performances in the Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre.
- Supervise end-of-season strike and restoration of all theatre spaces, returns of rental items, and preparation of off-season storage.
- Monitor team safety, morale, and quality control and communicate regularly with the CSF Technical Director and CSF Production Manager to strategize solutions and ensure that electrics operations are properly resourced.
- Assist across department lines as designated by the CSF Production Manager.
- Adhere to the policies set forth in the CSF Standard Access and Locking Procedures.
- This position reports directly to the CSF Production Manager.
What You Should Know
- This is a temporary position.
- Please include at least 3 references with their contact information on your resume
Physical Demands:
- This position performs a variety of physical tasks including but not limited to climbing, stooping, pushing, bending, kneeling, reaching, lifting, and pulling.
- This position works at height in locations including but not limited to catwalks, grids, ladders, vertical truss towers and horizontal truss spans, and Genie lifts.
- This position performs a variety of physical tasks while wearing safety equipment including body harness, hardhat, ear protection, and safety glasses.
- This position pushes, pulls, lifts, and moves up to 50 lbs. at times on a repetitive basis.
- This position uses manual dexterity in the operation of tools.
Working Conditions and Environment:
- This position works in a variety of environments including but not limited to construction shops, stages, trap rooms, catwalks and grids, warehouses, exposed loading docks, and outdoors (rain or shine).
- The working environment may be dirty, noisy, in low light, in high humidity, or in a tight and cramped space.
- This position will be exposed, at times, to potentially hazardous materials and equipment.
- This position will regularly be required to wear PPE during work activities.
What We Can Offer
The pay for this position is $20.00 - $22.00/hour.
Benefits
Temporary positions at the University of Colorado are not benefits-eligible, however, all positions are eligible for paid sick leave.
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What We Require
- 1+ years of related experience demonstrating the appropriate skills is required for all positions.
- Appropriate education will substitute for experience on a year-for-year basis.
- A valid driver’s license is required for this position.
What You Will Need
- A commitment to a collaborative workplace environment in which all employees are empowered to do their best work.
- Strong collaboration, communication, and technical skills related to the required abilities of the position.
- The ability to maintain high quality / standards and a safe and supportive work environment while working on tight timelines.
- Artistic sensibility and sensitivity.
What We Would Like You to Have
- Teaching / mentoring experience (all manager and supervisor positions).
- 3+ years professional experience and/or advanced training in theatrical audio and / or audio engineering.
- Proficiency in AutoCAD and / or Vectorworks to support the production of clear working drawings for shop staff.
- Experience with all forms of traditional and contemporary theatrical sound reinforcement practices, including but not limited to the Yamaha CL5, Midas M32 mixing consoles, Shure wireless microphone systems, loudspeakers, Q-
- Lab, Dante / networking protocols, and production intercom systems.
- Experience with basic theatrical rigging as it pertains to speaker installation, as well as experience working in a harness at height
Special Instructions
To apply, please submit the following materials:
- A current resume.
- A cover letter that specifically identifies for which position (or positions) you are applying for.
Please include at least 3 references with their contact information on your resume.
Please apply by December 1, 2025 for consideration.
Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, please apply through CU Boulder Jobs.
For questions about position specifics, please email Jonathan Dunkle (j.dunkle@colorado.edu).
In compliance with the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, in any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.
Posting Contact Information
Posting Contact Name: Boulder Campus Human Resources
Posting Contact Email: Recruiting@colorado.edu