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Seeking support for Summer of 2025. Read on...
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Volunteer Opportunities:
If you'd like to volunteer for The Other Guise, email Matthew: matthewpayne@otherguise.ca with Volunteer in the subject line.
We're seeking support for our building project and our play projects, especially with front of house and running crew.
Summer 2025 Job Description posting
Other Guise Theatre is hiring for summer 2025. We are looking for students and young professionals who are passionate about the performing arts. With help from the generous support of Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) Other Guise will be hiring camp counsellors to plan and facilitate exciting drama camps on a week by week basis. We are also seeking= strong creatives to make a new work inside an established set, and to run a new arts venue. Successful candidates will test and improve venue systems, run tech and front of house, and perform in our summer play Labyrinth.
This is a bold new venture and we need brave talents who are comfortable navigating a big new project.
This means, with the exception of the Camp Counsellor positions, ALL OTHER POSITIONS (director, stage manager, performers and technicians) will be responsible for venue operations as well as the running of a one-hour show entitled Labyrinth. Labyrinth runs July 16 to August 16 Wednesday to Saturday at 7pm nightly, but all positions will be needed at other times for venue operations..
Folks should only consider these positions if they are comfortable interacting with public, welcoming clients who book performance spaces, and want to be part of a team establishing Victoria’s newest performing arts venue.
Labyrinth will be about 50% of the work. Running the venue will be the other 50%.
The Producer and technicians will dedicate 40% to Labyrinth and 60% to the venue operations.
Other Guise strives to work with and provide opportunities for those who identify with under represented communities. Humble brag- last summer our ensemble’s intersectionality was off the charts.
Applications for all positions are due May 2nd
Camp Counsellors
Other Guise is seeking eager, organized, and adaptable individuals to run daytime drama camps for youth aged 5-8, 7-10, and 9-12 this summer. There will be a range of week-long programs throughout the summer including: improv, devising, musical theatre, sewing, and much more! There will be a week of prep work before camps begin to plan each day of each week during the camps, including daily schedules and lesson plans. Counsellors are also responsible for taking attendance, monitoring drop off and pick up of campers, facilitating off-site outdoor time during lunch, and making incident reports. Camps will run Monday through Friday, 8:30am-4pm.
Duties include:
Creating and executing lesson plans for different age groups (this can include
acting as a scribe for script creation with the children).
Teaching children dramatic skill sets in a fun and supportive environment.
Supporting and honouring the various ways that the students express their
creativity.
Working with all kinds of story-making, from improv to literature-based
activities.
Teaching sewing (two weeks in August)
Taking children on daily trips to Centennial Square, the park, or the library.
Maintaining a safe/clean learning environment.
Compile a list of supplies needed for each week: masks, costume pieces, poster
board, paints/markers, props, building materials, etc.
Managing incidents involving campers including interpersonal disputes,
creative differences, and minor cuts and scrapes. As needed, gathering
information for incident reports, and immediately informing the Camp
supervisor to ensure parents can be adequately informed of incidents.
Coordinating final performances/showcases of summer camps.
Prep Week: June 30-July 5
Camps Begin: July 7
Final Day: August 30
Applicants must
Have teaching or childcare experience
Have a criminal record check
Be first aid certified
Be between 15 and 30 years of age at the start of the employment
Be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for the duration of the employment. International Students are not eligible.
Have a valid Social Insurance Number at the start of employment and be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with relevant provincial or territorial legislation and regulations
Rate: $20/hr
To apply please send a resume and cover letter to general@otherguise.ca
Labyrinth, Summer Play 2025
Director
The Director will direct creation of a stage production and co-direct operations of the venue. This position, along with the Producer, is the heart of the project.
This is a great opportunity to expand on serious leadership skills while working on our Summer Plays program. If you love to be organized and aren’t intimidated by professional artists or audiences, want to learn more about the ins and outs of theatre management and are quick on your feet at problem- solving, this may be the job for you!
The director is hired a few days in advance of performers to allow preparation time. Preference will be given to candidates with past event and project management experience. The position requires the Director to be physically active during the event, lifting objects up to 40lbs may be required. A valid class 5 drivers license is also an asset.
Duties include:
• Oversee creation of show documents for audiences and artists
• Liaise with Marketing regarding advertisements
• Involved with casting artists/ technicians
• Overseeing schedules for artists and technicians
• Location Planning: performer placement, audience placement, technician placement
• Assist event planning and execution
• Assist Producer with Permits, Licenses and Equipment rental/planning
• Event duties management
• Venue Planning: site visits
• Media calls: liaise with Marketing, speak to media
• Dress Rehearsal planning and executing
• Post mortem duties...physical clean up and documenting duties, updating all
paperwork, wrapping up the project, updating internal documents for next year's event
• Other Guise specific COVID-19 protocol management
• Blocking the show
• Assisting performers and stage manager to realize the show
Prep Week: June 30-July 5
Rehearsals Begin: July 7
Final Day: August 30
Applicants must:
Be between 15 and 30 years of age at the start of the employment
Be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for the duration of the employment. International Students are not eligible.
Have a valid Social Insurance Number at the start of employment and be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with relevant provincial or territorial legislation and regulations
Rate: $24/hr
To apply please send a resume and cover letter to general@otherguise.ca
Producer
This position, along with the Director, is the heart of the project. This is a great
opportunity to get some serious producing skills while working on our Summer Plays
and Drama Camps program. If you love to be organized and aren’t intimidated by
professional artists or audiences, understand parents' needs, want to learn more about
the ins and outs of theatre management and are quick on your feet at problem- solving,
this may be the job for you! Preference will be given to candidates with past event and project management experience. The position requires the director-producer to be physically active during the event, lifting objects up to 40lbs may be required. Some driving- if applicable - to be kept in accordance with the student's BC Driver's
License
Duties include
• Provide camp counsellors with scheduling and operation paperwork
• Support Drama Camps: occasional substitute
• Creating show documents for audiences and artists
• Liaise with Marketing regarding advertisements
• Update Letters of Agreement for artists/ technicians
• Create and Coordinate schedules for artists and technicians
• Location Planning: performer placement, audience placement, technician placement
• Assist event planning and execution
• Permits, Licenses and Equipment rental/planning
• Event duties management
• Venue Planning: site visits
• Media calls: liaise with Marketing
• Dress Rehearsal planning and executing
• Post mortem duties...physical clean up and documenting duties, updating all
paperwork, wrapping up the project, updating internal documents for next year's event
Prep Week: June 30-July 5
Rehearsals Begin: July 7
Final Day: August 30
Applicants must:
Be between 15 and 30 years of age at the start of the employment
Be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for the duration of the employment. International Students are not eligible.
Have a valid Social Insurance Number at the start of employment and be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with relevant provincial or territorial legislation and regulations
Rate: $24/hr
To apply please send a resume and cover letter to general@otherguise.ca
Stage Manager
Along with the Producer and Director, this position is the heart of the project. This is a great opportunity to get some serious stage managing skills while working on our Summer Plays program. If you love to be organized and aren’t intimidated by professional artists or audiences, want to learn more about the ins and outs of stage management and are quick on your feet at problem- solving, this may be the job for you! The stage manager is hired in advance of performers to allow preparation time. The stage manager is one of the primary points of contact with clients,including other performers, audience members, event organizers. They are the face of the company and the program. The position requires the Stage Manager to be physically active during the event, lifting objects up to 40lbs may be required. A valid class 5 drivers license is also an asset.
Duties include:
• Manage day-to-day running of performances
• Creating show documents for audiences and artists
• Tracking blocking, entrances and exits for artists
• Liaise with Marketing regarding actor calls
• Distribute Letters of Agreement for artists/ technicians
• Distribute schedules for artists and technicians
• Assist with Location Planning: performer placement, audience placement, technician
placement
• Assist event planning and execution
• Permits, Licenses and Equipment rental/planning
• Event duties management
• Venue Planning: site visits
• Dress Rehearsal planning and executing
• Post mortem duties...physical clean up and documenting duties, updating all paperwork, wrapping up the project, updating internal documents for next years event
Rehearsals Begin: July 7
Final Day: August 30
Applicants must:
Be between 15 and 30 years of age at the start of the employment
Be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for the duration of the employment. International Students are not eligible.
Have a valid Social Insurance Number at the start of employment and be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with relevant provincial or territorial legislation and regulations
Rate: $22/hr
To apply please send a resume and cover letter to general@otherguise.ca
Theatre Technitian
Working with the director, the technicians will install the set that is the Labyrinth. The technicians will then operate the show during its run. Previous experience in carpentry/lighting or sound will serve you well in this position.Technicians will work as a team to install, set up and operate the show. They will work together to set up each show, and assist each other to ensure each performance is the best it can be. In addition to operating Labyrinth, technicians may be operating for additional shows booked in the Johnson street venue Lifting objects up to 40lbs may be required.
Duties include:
• Working with the Technical Director to install all elements of the production, including
set, lights and sound
• Operate shows in our venue
•Manage the venue at the site and direct the audience where to stand and sit for
comfort and safety during the performances
• Engage with prospective patrons
• Acting as Other Guise staff, promoting Other Guise for future shows and activities
• Collect any donations
• Track audience numbers and other data for Other Guise to use in future shows
Rehearsals Begin: June 26
Final Day: August 20 (with possibility of extension during Fringe- we’re an Unconvetional Venue)
Applicants must:
Be between 15 and 30 years of age at the start of the employment
Be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for the duration of the employment. International Students are not eligible.
Have a valid Social Insurance Number at the start of employment and be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with relevant provincial or territorial legislation and regulations
Rate: $20/hr
To apply please send a resume and cover letter to general@otherguise.ca
Writer/Composer/Performer
Under the direction of the Director, the writer-composer-performers (WCP’s) will create, rehearse and perform short new works throughout the Labyrinth. They will act as hosts, front of house, and buskers inviting passing tourists from outside to come inside and see the show.They will perform short songs and routines as buskers.Other Guise Company's founding musical director Tobin Stokes will mentor the writer-composer-performers. We’re looking for applicants who are able to busk and rally an audience prior to performances. WCP’s may also operate the Johnson street venue for additional shows booked. Previous experience creating and writing scripts will serve you well in this position. Lifting object up to 40lbs may be required.
Duties include:
• Working with the Producer, Director to write and
compose and rehearse short spoken and musical selections
• Perform shows in our venue
•Manage the venue at the site and direct the audience where to stand and sit for
comfort and safety during the performances
• Engage with prospective patrons
• Acting as Other Guise staff, promoting Other Guise for future shows and activities
• Collect any donations
• Track audience numbers and other data for Other Guise to use in future marketing
• Assist with set up the show, the front of house, manage the program of work consisting of short acts
Rehearsals Begin: June 26
Final Day: August 20
Applicants must:
Be between 15 and 30 years of age at the start of the employment
Be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for the duration of the employment. International Students are not eligible.
Have a valid Social Insurance Number at the start of employment and be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with relevant provincial or territorial legislation and regulations
Rate: $20/hr
To apply please send a resume and cover letter to general@otherguise.ca
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