Summer 2020 Theater & Arts Internship
Springville Center for the Arts (SCA) is a growing multi-arts center located in a rural community in Western New York State. We are seeking college-aged interns for a summer residency program that involves a wide range of disciplines and experiences in theater, media, visual arts, arts administration, and music education.
Participants will:
- Fill all on-and-off stage roles to produce a touring theater program for elementary age children in the local area.
- Teach/direct a variety of workshops for grades K-12. Class topics are based on the skill set of the applicants.
- Produce/direct a larger scale musical production with local high school and college students.
*****The program will now begin mid-June and end mid-August (8 weeks) given the impact of COVID-19. Springville Center for the Arts is still committed to providing a quality internship program for college students this summer.*****
Housing is provided in the parsonage house adjacent to Springville Center for the Arts and will be shared with other interns. A stipend of $150 per week is provided.
Responsibilities vary throughout the program and include performing, teaching, directing, lighting, building/painting sets, and managing a theater space as well as engaging in our various multi-arts center happenings.
Requirements
- Ability to perform for children
- Because of legal requirements, you must be seeking a degree in an arts or education related field: Theater, Technical Theater, Arts Administration, Music Education, Arts Education, Dance, etc.
- Comfortable working with, teaching, and/or leading children in a workshop setting
- Self-initiative. Participants will create unique programs and workshops based on their own skillset and experience.
- A willingness to work with and learn from a team of other talented musicians, actors, and artists each day.
“I guess I’m emailing just to tell you how beneficial last summer was for me – being a ‘tern was a humbling and fun experience that has really set me on track for my college career. Teaching improv helped me hone my skills, and our sometimes rigorous work schedule definitely instilled a discipline in me that I’ve noticed my peers are often lacking.” – Grant 2016
“This program entrusted me with a task I never would have gotten anywhere else. I was given full control of a major production. Nowhere else would my first directing experience be a fully stage and realized musical! But SCA gave me that, and now my resume says that I’ve directed a fully realized production… Not something most young actors or directors could say!” -Julia 2019
For more information about our internship program and detailed descriptions of each internships (musical theater, music education, technical theater, media, arts administration) please visit our website at: http://springvillearts.org/sca/events/childrens-theater-summer-internship-residency-3/