Now Hiring: Stage Manager for our TYA School Tour!
The Fools are an Ottawa-based professional theatre company known for our annual Shakespeare-in-the-Park tour that travels to over 40 parks across Eastern Ontario throughout the summer months for Pay-What-You-Can admission. This year we are adding to our season a two week TYA tour to local Ottawa High Schools.
Our TYA production features a cast of 3 actors playing multiple characters. We are searching for a Stage Manager who enjoys working in a variety of performance spaces that change everyday, can facilitate dozens of quick changes, is comfortable managing and assisting with the load in, set up and strike of the small set in different school spaces and has a sense of humor (we are Fools after all)!
Applicants need not be CAEA (Canadian Actors’ Equity Association) members, though preference will be given to Equity card holders. Applicants are required to have a valid driver’s license and be comfortable driving a cargo van.
Dates:
Prep days: March 13th & 14th, 2025
Rehearsal dates: March 17th – 29th, 2025
Tour dates: March 31st – April 12th, 2025
The Stage Manager will be engaged under the Canadian Theatre Agreement at the TYA rate, with 2 prep days prior to rehearsals.
Accessibility
The space where we are holding our rehearsals is completely accessible, free of physical barriers. Due to the nature of the tour and the changing venues we cannot guarantee the accessible nature of each location.
Interested?
Please send a CV and a brief note about why you’re interested in working with the Fools to General Manager Caity Smyck at generalmanager@fools.ca. Submissions are due by Friday, February 14th, 2025.
a Company of Fools encourages submissions from artists of all backgrounds regardless of culture, race, colour, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.