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Employment Opportunities at Barter Theatre

Current Available Positions

Development Assistant

Barter Theatre (founded 1933) – a full-time, year-round LORT – AEA resident repertory company located in the mountains of Southwestern Virginia, is seeking a Development Assistant for full-time employment beginning immediately. The Development Assistant works in tandem with the Director of Development and Associate Director of Development on the day-to-day business of maintaining a current donor database and processing daily donations.

Duties include: Processing all charitable donations as well as classifying donations for the Business Office. Balancing accounts accurately daily, weekly and monthly. Maintaining accurate listings of donor levels for recognition in the Souvenir Program. Coordinating monthly renewals as well as special event mailings. Performing prospect research as needed. Completing general clerical duties. The successful candidate must possess the ability to work independently without close oversight, but also a team player who will productively engage with others at varying levels inside and outside the organization. The successful candidate will also be a successful communicator, proficient in Microsoft Office Suite including Excel, Word, PowerPoint as well as using mail merge.

Historic Barter Theatre offers a wide variety of productions including world premieres, developing new works, musicals, and classics in two newly renovated theatre spaces. We value a collaborative work environment.

Competitive Salary; Benefits include paid vacations, health insurance and 401K plan. Qualified applicants should submit a cover letter, resume and references to Diana Haynes, Human Resource Director, Barter Theatre, PO Box 867, Abingdon, VA 24212. Deadline to be considered for Development Assistant is Thursday, May 8, 2008. Email: hrdirector@bartertheatre.com. Barter Theatre is an equal opportunity employer.

Apprenticeships and Internships

For information on internships and apprenticeships, you may contact:
Acting • Katy Brown • barterplayers@bartertheatre.com
Technical • Cheri Prough DeVol • resdesign@bartertheatre.com
Administration • Diana Haynes • hrdirector@bartertheatre.com
Marketing • Courtney Bledsoe • communication@bartertheatre.com
Development • Mary Anne Holbrook • dirofdevelopment@bartertheatre.com

Volunteers

Theatre Volunteers

Those wishing to volunteer their time to Barter's Ushering Service or Gift Shop, please contact Barter's House Manager, Tom Childress, at 276/619-5404.

The Barter Players

Barter's theatre for young audiences needs help with anything and everything—house management, technical projects, set construction, making costumes, town criers, and more. For more information and to volunteer contact Katy Brown at 276/619-3327.

Marketing

Volunteers are needed to help with data entry, surveys, brochure distribution, general office work and errands. Work when your schedule allows. Earn complimentary tickets for volunteering. Contact Barter's Associate Director of Marketing, Courtney Bledsoe, at 276/619-3343.

Development

Volunteers are needed to help with projects relative to fundraising. Help in research, data entry, filing, and general office activity. Great opportunity to learn about behind the scenes at Barter. Earn complimentary tickets for your volunteered time. Contact Barter's Director of Development, Mary Anne Holbrook, at dirofdevelopment@bartertheatre.com or 276/619-3303.

Upcoming Auditions

Auditions at Barter Theatre

For boys who look like they are between the ages of 6 and 10.

Saturday, May 10 from 10:00 a. m. – NOON

Barter Theatre is holding auditions for the role of CHIP in the upcoming musical Beauty and the Beast and the role RALPHIE of in the upcoming play The Desperate Hours both of which are slated to perform at Barter’s Mainstage this fall.

Interested? Here’s what you should do -

Before The Audition

Get your parent’s permission.

Prepare a monologue no longer than one minute and a song no longer than thirty seconds for the audition. If you want to be considered for the role of RALPHIE only, then you need only to do the monologue and not the song.

For the Audition

Arrive early and be prepared to stay the entire time. The audition is Saturday, May 10, 10 a. m. – NOON. Please plan to arrive by 9:45am.

If you are singing, bring your sheet music with you to the audition.

Your monologue should be a short memorized piece that helps us see your ability to communicate and project your voice in the theatre.

Beauty and the Beast and Desperate Hours rehearsals begin late this summer. The shows open mid September and early October and run until mid-November. For the exact time of every performance, visit our website, www.bartertheatre.com We plan to double cast both roles so you would not be expected to be in every performance.

For more information about this audition or upcoming Barter workshops, please e-mail Katy Brown at barterplayers@bartertheatre.combarterplayers@bartertheatre.com.

For updates about auditions, please check our audition hotline at 276-619-3338.