Internships

High School and College Internships
Trinity Rep offers a limited number of short-term and part-time internships for high school and college students. These are unpaid, but may qualify for course credit. For more info contact Caroline Azano at (401) 521-1100 x230 or by email at education@trinityrep.com.

Full-Season Internships
Trinity Repertory Company offers college students and recent college graduates the opportunity to receive intensive professional training in theater production and administration through its internship program. (As these are highly competitive positions, applying early is strongly encouraged).

Internships are unsalaried seasonal full-time positions, and interns are treated as members of the theater staff, with all the same responsibilities and expectations. Trinity Rep provides interns with housing (furnished apartments with basic utilities) as well as a $75/week stipend. There may also be opportunities for interns to earn a small amount of overhire income at the theater.

Throughout the season, Trinity Rep sponsors an informal seminar series for the interns to meet staff members from all departments of the theater. These are opportunities for interns to make valuable contacts and learn more about the diversity of career paths open to them.

Administrative interns (external relations, education, literary, graphic design and theater management) will also be required to complete a certain number of "service hours" per week, which may include working in our box office, in our phone room, being 'on-book' in our rehearsals, working as an usher for our house management staff or sitting at our reception desk among other tasks. These service hours can be completed during the work day, with permission from your supervisor, or in the evenings and weekends.

In addition to these full-season internships, the Education Department at Trinity Rep may offer a limited number of short-term and part-time internships for high school and college students. These are unpaid, but may qualify for course credit.

Trinity Repertory Company is now accepting full-season internship positions for the 2010-2011 season.

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Full Internship Descriptions:

Brown/Trinity MFA Program Internship
The Brown/Trinity MFA Program intern will work under the direct supervision of the Consortium Production Manager to provide support and assistance for all graduate school productions performed in Trinity’s Pell Chafee Performance Center and in the Trinity Rep studios. The desired applicant should have experience and interest in all areas of production, including stage management, carpentry, lighting and electrics. Organizational and administrative skills are a plus. The intern will interact with the Trinity Rep production department, artistic and administrative staff, designers, faculty, and graduate students. (MFA program is based at Trinity Rep where the intern will share an office. Specific tasks:

Work closely with the Production Manager on six full-length MFA productions in Trinity’s Pell Chafee Performance Center, including pre-production meetings, rehearsals and performances.
Organize and support numerous productions in Trinity Rep’s MFA Program Studios, including one-act plays, solo work, recitals and special events.
Serve as Stage Manager, Assistant Stage Manager or Production Assistant,
serve as an assistant director to professional guest directors or graduate student directors.
Assist the Pell Chaffee Tech Director and the Pell Chafee Lighting and Sound Technician with load ins, minor carpentry, light hangs, electrics, working notes on the set, tech rehearsals, operating the board, and strikes.
Support the MFA Program Production Coordinator and the MFA Program Administrator in writing, developing and distributing production schedules, rehearsal reports, and the MFA Program weekly schedule for classes and rehearsals, as well as assisting with the MFA Program's application and audition process for hundreds of candidates in the winter.
Be an active part of the daily life of Trinity Rep.

Costume Internship
The Costume Intern will assist the costume staff in the building of costumes for all mainstage shows. He/she will serve as run crew for book-ins and special events, and will assist the Head Dresser on some mainstage shows. Recent college graduates with costuming and/or sewing experience preferred.

Education Internship (Artistic Management)
The Artistic Management interns contribute to and provide support for a wide range of artistic programs including literary management, new play development, youth education programs, community outreach and other functions managed by the artistic department of Trinity Rep.

Read, review and discuss play scripts under consideration.
Assist or teach classes for Trinity's Young Actors Studio after-school program (student age ranges from 10-18).
Assist with Project Discovery student matinees (over 50 student matinees a year, average attendance for each approx. 500). This includes recruiting and supervising volunteer ushers.
Research, lay-out and co-author teacher study guides for all shows, as well as research plays in development for future production.
Act as liaison between other interns and theater staff, including organizing intern seminars.
moderate and helps to administer post-show discussion.
Support Artistic staff as required on such tasks as casting calls, new play readings, dramaturgy, special events and other functions as needed.
Participate in artistic and education staff meetings to shape and plan future activities.

Electrics Internship
The Electrics Intern is the fifth member of the Electrics Department. He/she will assist in the preparation of equipment, will be involved in all hang and focus calls, and occasionally act as Board Operator. The position requires an ability to work at heights and on ladders. Recent college graduates with experience in electrics and lighting design are preferred.

External Relations Internship
This person will support the External Relations department in marketing, sales, and fundraising efforts. S/he must be able to efficiently handle a variety of tasks, take direction well, and be flexible to the shifting of priorities. The External Relations Intern will be responsible for the following:

Maintain college audience development strategies & lead College Marketing program.
Assist the Donor Services Manager in providing benefits to donors.
Responsible for the ticket donation program, and coordination of open-dress rehearsals for non-profit organizations.
Represent Trinity Rep at College Nights and university fairs for marketing of current and upcoming shows.Maintain both the e-marketing campaign and group sales databases.
Maintain donor records, and assist with updating the Raiser's Edge database.
Author small grants, and gather support materials for submission with grant applications.
Support general annual fund activities.
Occasional reporting to major foundations and corporations.
Attend all special events and provide staffing assistance.
Perform marketing research as needed.
Coordination of development and marketing bulk mailings.
Take minutes at departmental meetings.
Provide general administrative support.\Assist with event coordination.
Candidate should have outstanding customer service over the phone and in person, strong presentation and internet research skills, as well as excellent communication skills.

Graphic Design Internship
Under the direction of the Graphic Designer and Publicist, This position supports the Marketing Department in the following ways:

Graphic design and layout: flyers, promotional material & advertisements
collection and creation of program and website content
creation and layout of show programs
website content management
take minutes for departmental meetings
various administrative tasks in support of the department.
The candidate must have excellent communication skills (both oral and written) and be computer literate.
Knowledge of Photoshop necessary. InDesign, Quark and HTML Web design experience a plus.

Literary Internship (Artistic Management)
The Artistic Management interns contribute to and provide support for a wide range of artistic programs including literary management, new play development, youth education programs, community outreach and other functions managed by the artistic department of Trinity Rep.

Read, review and discuss play scripts under consideration.
Provide administrative support to literary functions including correspondence, database management, volunteer recruitment and supervision, organization of play readings and workshops, and other tasks associated with the literary department.
Assist or teach classes for Trinity's Young Actors Studio after-school program (student age ranges from 10-18).
Research, lay-out and co-author teacher study guides for all shows, as well as research plays in development for future production.
moderate and helps to administer post-show discussion.
Support Artistic staff as required on such tasks as casting calls, new play readings, dramaturgy, special events and other functions as needed.
Participate in artistic and education staff meetings to shape and plan future activities.

Sound Internship
The Sound Intern will work with the Sound Engineer on the set-up and run of mainstage shows. Recent college graduates with experience in sound design, editing, or recording are preferred.

Stage Management Internship
The Stage Management Interns assist the stage managers in the rehearsal and production process (90% of time), and assist the production office with special projects (10% of time). Recent college graduates with experience in stage management are preferred.

Theater Management Internship
Under the direction of the Director of Finance and the Associate Director of Finance, the Theater Management Intern supports the Business Office in the general management of the organization.

Assists the Director of Finance with accounting tasks including daily cash tracking, month-end reconciliation and daily deposits.
Prepares agenda for and takes minutes at weekly managers meetings; attends Finance Committee, Board and other meetings as required.
Handles author royalty payments for each production.
Prepare Director contracts.
Perform various research and analysis tasks as needed.
Maintains the General Management Office files.
Identifies and works independently upon his/her own project during the second half of the internship.
Assists director of finance as needed.
In addition to performing the primary responsibilities, the Administrative Intern would be allowed to attend finance, and other board level meetings as an observer at the discretion of the General Manager.
An intern in this position would receive a broad overview of the organization and how it functions as a whole.
This position requires a Bachelor's degree with some business.
The person in this position should possess basic knowledge of accounting principles and practices, facility with Microsoft system computers including Windows and Excel, as well as refined standards of organization and attention to detail, and other fundamental administrative skills.

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