Employment
Seeking Various Positions for 2025 Stars On Stage
Applications can send their resume and cover letter to education@nextstoptheatre.org. Application deadline is February 1, 2025.
NextStop Education is seeking a dedicated and creative production team for our upcoming school residency program, Stars on Stage. In addition to fulfilling their roles on the production team for the musical, The Jungle Book: Kids, ideal candidates will also function as Teaching Artists, teaching the students involved about the process of putting on a show and what it means to be an actor/performer. This team will work closely with the same groups of students over the course of 3-4 months, approximately 45 rehearsals, so being able to foster community and teamwork among the cast is a must. Teaching Artists who are bilingual in English and Spanish are desired, but not required. See descriptions below for more specific requirements for each role on the team.
ALL Members of the Stars on Stage Production Team will be expected to:
Participate in production meetings prior to the first rehearsal and throughout the process with the entire team and NextStop staff.
Help instill in the children a love of theater, an excitement for performance, and a willingness to collaborate
MUSIC DIRECTOR
The Music Director will work closely with the rest of the team to produce the musical, The Jungle Book: Kids, at Clearview Elementary and Dogwood Elementary Schools (both located in the Reston/Herndon, VA area) in the spring of 2025. Experience working with children is especially important. They will attend every rehearsal and performance at both schools (calendar provided upon request). The Music Director will assist the director in planning for and running auditions, making casting decisions for the show, and creating an appropriate rehearsal agenda for each meeting.
The Music Director will be responsible for teaching all vocal parts to the cast and conducting during rehearsals using pre-recorded performance tracks supplied by MTI. Ability to play piano well enough to teach harmonies is required. It will be their responsibility to make sure the student actors are prepared to perform the music on their own. The Music Director will be compensated with a stipend of $5,000 to be paid in bi-weekly installments.
Looking for candidates who are self-motivated, efficient, and creative, who possess excellent communication and organizational skills, and can work well on a team.
CHOREOGRAPHER
The Choreographer will work closely with the rest of the team to produce the musical, The Jungle Book: Kids, at Clearview Elementary and Dogwood Elementary Schools (both located in the Reston/Herndon, VA area) in the spring of 2025. Experience working with children is especially important. They will attend every rehearsal and performance at both schools (calendar provided upon request). The Choreographer will assist the director in planning for and running auditions, making casting decisions for the show, and creating an appropriate rehearsal agenda for each meeting.
The Choreographer will be responsible for creating and teaching all stylized movement and dance included in the show, making sure the actors involved are prepared for performances. They will also need to work with the director to ensure that blocking and movement fit together appropriately. The Choreographer will be compensated with a stipend of $5,000 to be paid in bi-weekly installments. There may be an opportunity to join this team for only one of the two schools, in which case the rehearsals would be two days a week, rather than four, and the compensation would be $2,500.
Looking for candidates who are self-motivated, efficient, and creative, who possess excellent communication and organizational skills, and can work well on a team.
