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Jan 6
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Jan 6
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11:00 AM
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04:00 PM
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New York, NY 10001
When: Saturday Jan 6, 2024 from 11am-4:00pm Event description: Help us remove holiday decorations and beautify The Actors Theatre Workshop (ATW) after having held successful Holiday Parties and Classes for over 40 Homeless Children in December 2023. To sign-up for this event, please RSVP here : https://bit.ly/BNWDecorate Volunteers will: Remove Christmas garlands throughout our lobby and hallways. Remove Christmas lights around our lobby, hallways, studios, and theater. Neatly wrap and safely store. Breakdown and remove our 5’ and 10’ Christmas tree Do light cleaning - sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, cleaning windows and other surfaces, picking up and disposing of odd-shaped or odd-textured items that cannot be swept or vacuumed. Cleaning products used: Windex, Dirtex, Pine-Sol, Endust/Pledge, Goo Gone, and other similar products with different brand names. Light lifting and climbing on a ladder or step stool is required for much of this work. We have 10’ ceilings and therefore use 6’ - 8’ ladders to hang decorations. Organizing and storing our holiday decorations. This requires moving furniture and boxes to make space for the decorations. Other possible tasks: For volunteers comfortable using hand saws and tools: breakdown of the tree and small repairs once the decorations have been removed. Organizing on-site equipment and supplies to create space for storing Christmas supplies and donations to use next year. This would include light lifting. Inventorying supplies that are on-site that will be used for future Children’s programs. Other important info: The day’s events will be videotaped and photographed for our program documentation and communication purposes. Volunteers must be comfortable with this. We will distribute Video Releases to each volunteer when they arrive to review and sign. Participants must dress comfortably: sneakers / flat shoes and clothes they can move around in. Rooms can be crowded with furniture and people during this volunteer event. Due to the popularity of these events, participants who sign-up should arrive PROMPTLY at 11:00am and stay for the whole event, until 4pm. If a volunteer knows in advance of the volunteer date that s/he cannot come or cannot stay for the whole event, we'd appreciate that s/he release their spot as soon as they know to allow someone who wants to stay for the whole event the opportunity to sign-up. Participants with fir or pine tree pollen allergies should take allergy medication before arriving. Participants will be split into smaller groups to complete the overall. Please bring a can-do attitude to complete the work for the day!
Date Posted: Oct 25, 2023
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Flexible Schedule
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Virtual Opportunity
The Actors Theatre Workshop is an award-winning non-profit theatre, community center and educational institution that teaches innovative educational techniques and theatre principles to adults and children. Since 1990, ATW has flourished as an artistic leader in the field, producing award-winning educational programs and productions that develop individual potential, create tangible change and liberate the talents and abilities in people from all walks of life. We are currently seeking a social media savvy intern who can take our online presence to the next level. In this role, candidates will help optimize our social media and content strategy to increase followership and improve engagement across all of our social media platforms. Candidates should be self-motivated, personable, able to work in a fast-paced environment. Duties will include: Developing a weekly and monthly digital content calendar for Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts, working closely with other teams to create integrated messaging Working on the design and execution of social media campaigns Creating and distributing content such as blogs, infographics, videos and press releases on social media and traditional news outlets Engaging with our social media community Analyzing social media engagement to identify high-performing ideas and campaigns for scalability Doing Influencer Outreach Expertise in the following is preferred: Facebook Analytics CMS systems, like Hootsuite Communications and writing skills How to Become an ATW Vol: Each potential Vol will attend a Virtual Info and Interview Session after completing the Individual volunteer application. To apply as a team, please provide initial information through our Corporate Inquiry form. Info and Interview Sessions for New Team Members Tuesday,3/28 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm, Wednesday, 4/5 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm The Social Media intern will have the opportunity to be guided by ATW’s Director of Branding and Marketing. Together they will create a game plan to maximize traffic to all of ATW’s platforms and increase ATW’s general online presence. This is an excellent opportunity to help an established New York City arts institution while building valuable marketing skills for today’s digital world!
Date Posted: Aug 28, 2023
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Nov 29
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Feb 27
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03:30 PM
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08:45 PM
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New York, NY 10001
Volunteer for Builders of the New World (BNW), an award-winning after-school theater-arts education program that has helped thousands of children since 1995. Now in its 28th year, BNW teaches children an educational vision of opening up their imagination to look into the future and the tangible steps they must take to make that wonderful vision a reality. Join us as a volunteer Mentor and Program Assistant in delivering this heartfelt program over the Holiday season and in our Spring 2024 program and be a part of this very meaningful revolutionary process. You will be given classes to train and interact with children using an innovative original creative technique founded by this theater. BNW is an award-winning program that has been endorsed by successive mayors, from Mayors David Dinkins to Bill De Blasio, as well as the city council. One of the most profound longings of individuals is to share the essence of themselves because when we do, we plant an eternalness on earth. Please come and participate in this glorious opportunity to teach and develop these young children. The 2023 BNW Holiday program will be a one-day Creative Class and Holiday Celebration on Dec. 13th, 3:30-8:30PM where children and mentors will enjoy a festive family-style holiday meal together, participate in a creative class, and children will be given a brand new gift. The 2024 BNW Spring program will include 10 weeks of life-changing creative classes where the children will develop an original drawing and monologue on an issue relevant today, have a family-style meal we will enjoy with mentors. The program will culminate in a final performance for the community to cheer on the children’s work. Spring mentors will participate in three creative training sessions with ATW’s Artistic Director and Founder, Thurman E. Scott. They will mentor the children in weekly Tuesday classes and rehearsals April 2nd, 2024 - June 13th, 2024. Mentors will also use their professional expertise as part of a production team that supports the program’s delivery. NEXT STEPS: Complete this Application, https://bit.ly/ATWVolunteerApplication . Learn more about the program at https://bit.ly/BuildersOfTheNewWorld and review program dates here https://www.actorstheatreworkshop.org/bnw-dates/. - Other Important Info: *Classes will be videotaped & photographed for our program documentation and communication purposes. We cannot accommodate any volunteer who doesn’t wish to be taped.
Date Posted: Aug 16, 2023
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Flexible Schedule
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New York, NY 10001
Join us at The Actors Theatre Workshop, an award-winning theatre and community center with a 33-year history! We seek enthusiastic professionals committed to developing connections with private foundations, individual donors, and potential funders in the corporate world. Projects include facilitating meetings, providing access to grant-making organizations, writing development proposals, and collaborating with other grant-writing and marketing volunteers. We welcome applicants with experience in the non-profit sector, as well as individuals who wish to hone their presentation and writing skills through outreach. Most importantly, we are interested in volunteers with energy, spirit, and a desire to raise funds for ATW's operations, community programs, and theatre productions! Become a member of The Actors Theatre Workshop and support our life-affirming mission! To get more details and to submit the online application: https://www.actorstheatreworkshop.org/get-involved/volunteer-application-form/
Date Posted: Aug 28, 2023
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Flexible Schedule
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New York, NY 10001
Join us at The Actors Theatre Workshop, an award-winning theater and community center with a 33-year history! We seek experienced, organized, and efficient individuals who can take a leadership role and contribute to the numerous and wide ranging administrative duties needed to successfully run a theater and community service organization. Experience in theater administration would be welcome, but is not a requirement. Responsibilities include: Interacting on the telephone with suppliers and donors of goods and materials, and taking inventory of all required supplies Using desktop publishing to create fliers, promotional material, and programs for performances Managing our database, and updating key sectors including students, artists, rental clients, and supporters Creating and maintaining filing systems (both paper and PC-based) for the general theater files, the Artistic Director, and other senior staff members Become a member of The Actors Theatre Workshop and support our life-affirming mission! To find out more, go to https://www.actorstheatreworkshop.org/ and fill out an online volunteer application https://www.actorstheatreworkshop.org/get-involved/volunteer-application-form/ for this position today!
Date Posted: Aug 28, 2023
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