Theatre Technical Director

Provide technical direction, instruction, creative input, and academic support for Theatre Department productions and production classes to include sound and stage management. Collaborate with theatre faculty and staff to achieve departmental mission and goals

This is a full time, benefits eligible, salaried position with a hiring range of $63,009-$78,787 per year.

Core Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with other faculty and staff as Technical Director for one Theatre Department production per semester including instructing and supervising students, creating working drawings, budgeting and ordering materials, and ensuring completion of the set.

• Teach students in Theatre Department classes and spaces safe, effective practices in theatrical production (scenic construction, sound, stage management, working at heights, rigging, etc.).

• Work as sound engineer for faculty shows and facilitate and support guest sound designers.

• Advise and provide academic and technical support for Theatre Department classes, and student independent projects.

• Liaise with Facilities Services to ensure maintenance of Theatre Department spaces and equipment.

• Provide Light and Sound support and work with Production Manager on scenic construction for Summer Language School productions in Theatre Department spaces.

• Manage the Theatre Department scenic and properties collection including loans and rentals to other productions.

• Provide production support for Performing Arts Series events in Theatre Department spaces.

Middlebury College is an equal-opportunity employer where diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values. To this end, the College recruits talented and diverse faculty, staff, and students from across the United States and around the world. Middlebury College encourages applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, and members of other protected classes and historically underrepresented communities. The College also invites applications from individuals who demonstrate an ongoing commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.