CSF 2025 Props Supervisor
Requisition Number:
60644
Location:
Boulder, Colorado
City
Boulder
State
Colorado
Employment Type:
Temporary Staff
Schedule:
Full-Time
Posting Close Date:
05-Jan-2025
Date Posted:
21-Nov-2024
Job Summary
The Colorado Shakespeare Festival, located on the campus of the University of Colorado Boulder, encourages applications for the Props Supervisor position for the 2025 CSF Season!
The 2025 CSF season begins May 2025 and responsibilities for this position will continue until mid-July 2025 with some remote responsibilities beginning in January 2025 regarding design and production meetings.
The University of Colorado Boulder is committed to building a culturally diverse community of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to contributing to an inclusive campus environment. We are an Equal Opportunity employer, including 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 in the newly renovated 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
- Design properties and supervise the production and maintenance of all stage properties for a 2-show repertory season as well as one original practices production with two performances.
- Work with the CSF Production Manager, Directors, and CSF Scenic Designers in assessing feasibility of properties needs in relation to timeline, budget, and labor.
- Remote participation in production and design meetings and some preseason planning.
- Track expenses and manage the budget for the props shop.
- Train and supervise staff with varying skills.
- Collaborate with stage management team(s) to maintain updated props lists.
- Monitor team safety, morale, and quality control and communicate regularly with the CSF Production Manager to strategize solutions and ensure that props shop operations are properly resourced.
- Adhere to the policies set forth in the CSF Standard Access and Locking Procedures.
- Assist as needed across departmental lines as designated by the CSF Production Manager.
- 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.
- Perform a variety of physical tasks including but not limited to climbing, stooping, pushing, bending, kneeling, reaching, lifting, and pulling.
- Work at height in locations including but not limited to catwalks, grids, ladders, and Genie lifts.
- Perform a variety of physical tasks while wearing safety equipment including body harness, hardhat, and safety glasses.
- Push, pull, lift, and move up to 50 lbs. at times on a repetitive basis.
- Use of manual dexterity in the operation of tools.
- Working in a variety of environments including but not limited to construction shops, stages, trap rooms, catwalks and grids, warehouses, exposed loading docks, and outdoors.
- Working environment may be dirty, noisy, in low light, in high humidity, or in a tight and cramped space.
- Will be exposed, at times, to potentially hazardous materials and equipment.
- Will regularly be required to wear PPE during work activities.
What We Can Offer
The hourly rate for this position is $21.00 to $23.00 per hour.
Benefits
Temporary positions at the University of Colorado are not benefits-eligible, however, all positions are eligible for paid sick leave.
Be Statements
Be creative. Be impactful. Be Boulder.
What We Require
- At least one year of related experience demonstrating the appropriate abilities 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 an inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace environment.
- 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
- Instructing / mentoring experience.
- Experience in advanced carpentry.
- Experience with arms, armor, and stage weaponry (construction, repair, proper maintenance.)
- Experience with standard props construction skills (crafts, carpentry, sewing, upholstery).
- Experience with faux painting props, working with wide variety of materials.
- Experience with sculpting and casting.
Special Instructions
To apply, please submit the following materials:
- A current resume.
- A cover letter that specifically tells us how your background and experience align with the requirements, qualifications, and responsibilities of the position.
We may request references at a later time.
Please apply by January 5, 2025 for consideration.
Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, please apply through CU Boulder Jobs.
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