Volunteering Opportunities
Theatre Wakefield plays a key role in Wakefield’s lively culture of volunteerism, with a pool of some 75 volunteers who are the heart of Theatre Wakefield. Volunteers are involved in all aspects of operations and activities, from board management to Theatre Wakefield productions.
Get involved as a Theatre Wakefield volunteer!
Have fun, learn skills and meet people.
- Performing
- Producing
- Directing
- Stage Managing
- Lighting, Sound, Video
- Set Design and Construction
- Makeup, Costumes, Props
- Publicity and Promotion
- Box Office and Front-of-House
- Load-in/Load-out
Volunteers receive training or orientation and often have the benefit of mentoring in our activities including:
- Main-stage theatrical productions
- Dramatic readings and storytelling events
- Projects and workshops
- Ta Da! Festival
- Wakefield Doc Fest
- Summer Theatre Camp
Compensated Opportunities
Upcoming Opportunities
Theatre Wakefield has exciting creative opportunities for people who would like to assist in the following areas. If this could be you, please email us theatrewakefieldqc@gmail.com
July Weekends – Backstage Assistance:
Assistance with costumes, hair, props and general stage-handery (no experience necessary) for our summer production of The Curious Case of the Cottingley Fairies, to be presented at the Fairbairn House on Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoons throughout July. This is a great way to learn about the “backstage” goings-on of a theatre production. Free access to the show.
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Summer Camp Assistant July 13-17 and August 10-14
Savanna Oliver needs an assistant from 8:30 – 4:30 July 13-17 to provide hands-on help to teach a documentary filmmaking class for youth. Experience making videos is a bonus. Compensation: $750
Jesse Kahat needs an assistant from 8:30 – 4:30 August 10-14 to help teach 8-13 year-olds to write, act, and create a set, costumes and lighting for a short play. Theatre experience is a bonus. Compensation: $750
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Summer Writers’ Weekend to Adapt Pantomime
Theatre Wakefield hopes to produce the pantomime, The Emperor’s New Clothes by Philippa Smith as a trilingual fall main-stage production. Anglophone, francophone, and Anishinaabemowin speakers/writers will be invited to read the script and get together for a writer’s weekend to adapt the humour and satire to reflect our region from their point of view. Appropriate parts will be translated from English to French and Anishinaabemowin. Dates TBA.
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Music Director, Pantomime, The Emperor’s New Clothes by Philippa Smith
Do you love live theatre, community music-making, and the joyful chaos of pantomime? Theatre Wakefield is looking for a Rehearsal Pianist / Musical Director for our fall pantomime to rehearse on Sundays
Responsibilities include:
- Accompanying cast rehearsals on piano
- Teaching and rehearsing songs with performers of varying experience levels
- Assisting with vocal preparation and ensemble singing
- Working collaboratively with the director and production team
- Helping create a fun, supportive, and energetic rehearsal atmosphere
- Rehearsing with musicians from the community
- Leading the musical numbers during performance.
Qualifications:
- Strong piano skills and confidence accompanying singers
- Ability to teach melodies and harmonies by ear and/or from sheet music
- Experience in musical theatre, choral direction, or community theatre is an asset
- Enthusiasm, flexibility, and a sense of humour
Commitment:
Rehearsals will take place in Wakefield on Sundays from mid-September through early December. Performances will be the 2nd and 3rd weekends in December.
Compensation:
Honorarium available.
Become a Member
General Members receive advance notice of Theatre Wakefield events and productions with any special offers or ticketing discounts and can take part in volunteer opportunities.
Voting Members can vote at our Annual General Meeting (AGM). All Voting Members are required to pay an annual fee ($5) at the AGM. Supporting Members are organizations who support our projects and activities.