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PLEASE NOTE: Service Award Scholarship money is given for the fulfillment of a set of major responsibilities under the direct supervision of a Northwest faculty or staff member. Failure to fulfill those duties may result in non-renewal of the award at trimester. A contract is to be completed by the student and supervisor and filed in the Theatre Graduate Office by the end of the second week of classes. A review/evaluation (including a recommendation to renew or not renew the award for the following trimester) will be completed near the end of the trimester and shared with the student. Available positions and range of awards are listed below. Not all positions will necessarily be filled. Award amounts vary and may be outside the specific estimated ranges listed below. More than one person may be awarded the same position with similar or different job descriptions and/or financial amounts.
Award: $500/trimester
This individual is responsible for overseeing and organizing all mainstage costume production activities (including building and acquiring costumes), assisting with lab series and other departmental costume needs, supervising and training student workers, keeping up costume shop materials, keeping the costume shop clean and organized, and assisting the faculty Costumer as requested. The Costume Shop Supervisor is expected to work in the shop during all shop hours all three days/week when shop is open AND as needed during heavy production times. Reports to (primary supervisor) faculty Costumer.
Award: $300/trimester
This individual is responsible for assisting the Costume Shop Supervisor in all above duties, including assisting the faculty Costumer as requested. The Assistant Costume Shop Supervisor is expected to work in the shop during all shop hours two of the three days each week when shop is open (as arranged by the faculty Costumer) AND as needed during heavy production times. Reports to (primary supervisor) faculty Costumer.
Award: $300/trimester
This individual is responsible for maintaining, organizing, and cleaning the costume wardrobe area, supervising the costume rental program, assisting in locating stock costumes for departmental (main-stage, lab, and other departmental-related activities) productions, updating and maintaining the lobby vintage costume display and changing the display monthly, and assisting the faculty Costumer as requested. The Costume Shop Wardrobe Manager is expected to work on wardrobe-related duties during all shop hours two of the three days each week when shop is open (as arranged by the faculty Costumer) AND as needed during heavy production times. Reports to (primary supervisor) faculty Costumer.
Award: $200/trimester
This individual is responsible for maintaining, organizing (including cataloging and returning) and cleaning small- and large-prop storage areas, repairing props, storage shelves and containers, assisting in locating stock props for departmental (main-stage, lab, and other departmental-related activities) productions, working with individual show Props Masters to acquire and/or build and maintain all show props, and assisting the faculty Scenic/Lighting Designer and faculty Technical Director as requested. The Properties Manager is expected to work on props-related duties during all shop hours one of the three days each week when shop is open (as arranged by faculty supervisors) AND as needed during heavy production times. Reports to (primary supervisor) Scenic/Lighting Designer and Technical Director.
Award: $300/trimester
This individual is responsible for painting/supervising painting of scenery for all mainstage productions as assigned by faculty Scenic/Lighting Designer and faculty Technical Director; maintaining, organizing and cleaning paint and paint storage areas, paint supplies, and paints; assisting in meeting the needs (in paints and supplies) for other departmental (lab series and other departmental-related) productions; supervising and training student workers, and assisting Scenic/Lighting Designer and Technical Director as requested. The Paint Supervisor is expected to work in the shop during all shop hours two of the three days each week when shop is open (as arranged by the faculty Scenic/Lighting Designer) AND as needed during heavy production times. Reports to (primary supervisor) Scenic/Lighting Designer and Technical Director.
Award: $500 per trimester
This individual is responsible for overseeing, organizing, and facilitating all electrics (sound and lighting) needs for all mainstage productions as assigned by faculty Scenic/Lighting Designer and faculty Technical Director; maintaining, organizing, and cleaning sound and lighting areas; assisting in meeting the needs of electrics for other departmental (lab series and other departmental-related) productions; supervising and training student workers; notifying the faculty Technical Director of any malfunctions or repair needs in these areas, and assisting with maintenance and/or repair as instructed by the faculty Scenic/Lighting Designer and Technical Director. The Electrics Supervisor is expected to work in the shop during all shop hours all three days/week when the shop is open AND as needed during heavy production times. Reports to (primary supervisor) Scenic/Lighting Designer and Technical Director.
Award: $500 per trimester
This individual is responsible for overseeing, organizing, and facilitating (including building) scenic needs for all mainstage productions as assigned by faculty Scenic/Lighting Designer and faculty Technical Director; maintaining, organizing, and cleaning the scene shop and related areas; organizing shop production activities, assisting in meeting the scenic needs for other departmental (lab series and other departmental-related) productions; supervising and training student workers, keeping up shop materials, and submitting periodic reports to and assisting the faculty Technical Director and faculty Scenic/Lighting Designer as requested. The Scene Shop Supervisor is expected to work in the shop during all shop hours all three days/week when the shop is open AND as needed during heavy production times. Reports to (primary supervisor) Technical Director and Scenic/Lighting Designer.
Award: $300 per trimester
This individual is responsible for assisting the Scene Shop Supervisor in all above duties, including assisting the faculty Technical Director and Scenic/Lighting Designer as requested. The Assistant Scene Shop Supervisor is expected to work in the shop during all shop hours two of the three days each week when shop is open (as arranged by the faculty Technical Director) AND as needed during heavy production times. Reports to (primary supervisor) faculty Technical/Director and Scenic/Lighting Designer.
Award: $200 per trimester
This individual works closely with the faculty Publicity/Front of House Coordinator in contacting appropriate publicity outlets, writing top-quality promotional material/press releases for all departmental shows (mainstage and other), developing and securing posters and programs for all mainstage shows, creating feature articles and setting up publicity photos, making contacts with television/radio and other media; developing/distributing season and individual mainstage posters; arranging for Student Union displays, lobby displays, table tents in the Union cafeteria, and other public relations campaigns; creating and developing innovative public relations ideas; and assisting the faculty Publicity Coordinator as requested. Reports to faculty Publicity/FOH Coordinator.
Award: $200 per trimester
This individual works closely with the faculty Publicity/Front of House Coordinator in securing, organizing and supervising ushers and overseeing all front of house activities for all department mainstage productions. Additional duties include cleaning, organizing, and maintaining box offices, submitting final box office reports, and assisting with box office organization and availability to the public. This position is also responsible for developing (and or coordinating) creative and inviting lobby displays for the three mainstage shows, including arranging for company photos for the lobby. This person is also responsible for ensuring that the entire “house” area [including lobby (including plants, lobby curtains, trash cans, tables, chairs, displays, etc.) and seating areas] are clean and organized, and for assisting the faculty Front-of-House Coordinator as requested. Reports to faculty Publicity/FOH Coordinator.
Award: $200 per trimester
This individual works closely with the CTL department office manager and the theatre graduate student in preparing recruitment posters/materials/information; mailing those materials to students and high school programs; responding to and keeping record of inquiries from prospective students; organizing, preparing and mailing materials for new-student scholarship auditions; preparing, organizing, and facilitating all scholarship activities (including on-campus freshmen scholarship auditions); creating and developing innovative recruitment ideas; maintaining files on all scholarship/recruitment activities; providing the Director of Theatre with an annual report on all of the above activities; and assisting the Director of Theatre and dept office manager on recruitment/scholarship matters as requested. Reports to Director of Theatre.
Award: $200 per trimester
This individual is responsible for videotaping/filming all Theatre Northwest shows (including lab series), taking production and rehearsal still photographs at all lab series shows and rehearsal photographs at mainstage shows, and assembling them into a scrapbook or other approved display; taking and printing individual photos of mainstage company members for lobby display; assisting the Scenic/Lighting Designer in photographing mainstage shows, videotaping/filming acting/directing class scenes, videotaping/filming other classroom projects and department activities as assigned (including, if assigned, a project for Theatre Appreciation where a 3-5 minute-scene from a selected mainstage show is chronicled on video throughout the production process), and creating and implementing creative means to create a history of the program (including working with the department web manager to develop a department archive). This person Reports to (primary supervisor) Scenic/Lighting Designer and Director of Theatre.
Award: $200 -$300 per trimester
This individual is responsible for preparing and mailing alumni newsletters, maintaining a current alumni mailing list, supervising alumni files/activities, planning/coordinating department special events (including the dept banquet), writing copy for the department web page, photographing department events, maintaining up-to-date information about all department activities, and assisting the department secretary on alumni/web matters as requested. Reports to department (Wells Hall) office manager.