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Flexible Schedule
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Bellevue, WA 98008
We're looking for people hoping to build on the foundational knowledge they have by providing hands-on experience. For example, you would have general construction skills that you'd use to help us build sets for the shows or be starting on your sound design education and looking for practical experience along the way. This would be the perfect position for someone early in their theatrical career or looking to fill their free time outside of their regular job. We can provide opportunities in lighting, sound, set, props, and streaming. The goal is that we move towards a long term working relationship. The hours can accommodate other work schedules as work calls are usually 2pm-5pm and tech week rehearsals are usually 5pm-8:30pm. Please contact our volunteer coordinator, Dionne Wardrop, at dwardrop@bellevuewa.gov if interested.
Date Posted: Sep 21, 2023
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Sep 18
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Nov 5
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Bellevue, WA 98008
Bellevue Youth Theatre is in need of an immediate costume designer for our Fall production of "Zombies!" We have already taken measurements of the cast and just need someone to jump in and begin pulling pieces from stock. There is no building for this show as we have a little over a month to get it performance-ready. BYT is also looking for dedicated individuals to add to our pool of Costume Designers. We can begin to train immediately, but we are really looking for designers who would be willing to take on a show after learning for a season. Volunteers who can sew well on machine and/or by hand are an asset, especially if you are looking for an organization with which you will make a long-term, regular commitment. If you are interested in sewing and want to design costumes and alter, and repair costumes for youth in plays, please send me an email. **To be clear, we avoid building costumes from scratch.** We pull from stock and alter them to fit the actor, so there will not be many opportunities to create entire costumes by hand. Our established designers will train and mentor upcoming Costume Designers in conjunction with training provided by the Costume Shop Manager and related staff. Costume Designers typically spend 60-75 hours per show designing, fitting, altering, mending, cleaning, and organizing costumes, all under the creative direction of the show's director and in partnership with the rest of the creative design team. Most designers will work 50-100 hours in a 3-month season. As we are a community theatre, a stipend is available for $10 per costume/actor with a minimum of $300 and a maximum of $500. We costume 11 shows a year, making this one of our areas of greatest need. Costuming is very important to our program; costumes help the participants find their characters and perform with self-confidence--and, of course, dressing up is just plain fun! Come be a part of the magic! Please contact us to set up a meeting with Dionne Wardrop, the Volunteer Program Coordinator, to see how you can help out!
Date Posted: Sep 21, 2023
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Flexible Schedule
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Bellevue, WA 98008
Bellevue Youth Theatre is in need of individuals who can help us with various projects for maintaining and organizing our costumes. Although we've existed for about 30 years, we've been in our new building for about 8 years and during that time, have had steadily increasing participation and some of our costumes are a little worse for wear. We mostly need some skilled sewers to help us repair and restore existing costume pieces. You may take some projects home or work on them right in the costume shop! Individuals with theatrical costuming experience are welcome to come and learn what we are all about, but no professional experience is required. Please contact us to set up a meeting with Dionne Wardrop, our Volunteer Coordinator, to see how you can help out!
Date Posted: Sep 21, 2023
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Flexible Schedule
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Bellevue, WA 98008
The set designer works closely with the director to create a look that conveys the director's vision while also accommodating the needs of the space and the cast. Once the design is created, staff are available to help with construction of the set. The Bellevue Youth Theatre is an arena black-box theatre, which allows for some very unique design opportunities and experiences. Our casts are made up of children from the community, mostly ranging in age from 8-17 years old, although we accept all ages. Our set designs need to account for casts of about 30-40 actors, some in wheelchairs. We run 11 shows a year, with varying process lengths. We are looking for theatre designers with set construction experience. As we are a community theatre a $300 stipend is available for professionals.
Date Posted: Sep 21, 2023
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Flexible Schedule
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Bellevue, WA 98008
How would you like to teach dance to children? Our theatre puts on 11 shows a year with casts of approximately 50 people. Most of the actors range between the ages of 8-17. Everyone who auditions gets a part, so we have to teach the choreography to a wide variety of abilities. It is important to us that everyone feels valued and is able to perform their dances. We are looking for fun, energetic people who can help our choreographers teach moves that cater to the skills of the group. Through experience, Assistant Choreographers can advance to taking on creating the dances for future shows. If you're interested in this, please contact us for details and we will try to tailor the position to your schedule, especially for those individuals who think they might like to make a long-term (more than one season) commitment to BYT. Please contact Dionne Wardrop to schedule a time to chat about the possibilities.
Date Posted: Sep 21, 2023
