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Magik Theatre is committed to the principles of arts education, promoting literacy, and providing quality arts programming for families, and fashions its programs to specifically address the needs of the San Antonio community and the creative education of individual children.

JOB OPENINGS

BOX OFFICE ASSOCIATE

To apply, please send your resume to employment@magiktheatre.org.

SUMMER CAMP EMPLOYMENT

 

Who are Magik Theatre Teaching Artists?

Magik Theatre Teaching Artists are local artists passionate about helping students develop their skills as artists and collaborators. They are background-checked and receive training in alignment with trauma-informed arts integration practices to serve the various needs of students, families, and community programs.

 

Is Magik Theatre accepting applications for new Teaching Artists?

For those interested in the 24-25 Teaching Artist Residency program, please email your resume to employment@magiktheatre.org.

Magik Theatre will be posting applications for Teaching Artists to serve in our 2024 Summer Camp.

 

Camp Manager

  • Attending Camp Training and ensuring that Teaching Artists and Assistants have their assignments and all materials they need for the camp week.
  • Building positive rapport with camp staff, Magik Theatre Staff, campers, and grownups throughout the week. Ensuring that all feel welcome and valued.
  • Ensuring that camp games during snacks and lunch times have been pre-planned by campsite assistants.
  • Addressing the camp during moments of transition to ensure that students understand expectations during break times and session rotations.
  • Leading opening and closing circle. As well as, group sharing with support of Teaching Artists.
  • Ensuring that staff take their scheduled breaks and lunches and provide coverage as needed.
  • The camp manager will check in with staff at the end of the day to ensure that staff has the opportunity to communicate any behavior observations and to prepare for the next day of camp.
  • Greeting campers and grownups at the beginning of the camp day while assigning staff to help with sign-in.
  • Contacting grownups if campers are missing their snacks, lunches, or in the event of an injury.
    • In the event of an emergency, Camp Managers should call 911 and stay with the camper.
  • Camp Managers should check in with grownups at pick-ups to communicate any repetitive behaviors that require multiple redirections to elicit their support to uphold a positive camp environment.
    • Staff should be assigned to support with camper supervision and pickup duties.
    • Camp Managers should contact grownups by phone if their camper has not been picked up within the fifteen-minute grace window.

 

Assistant Camp Manager

  • Attending Camp Training and ensuring that all roles and responsibilities are understood and assigned for the weeks of camp.
  • Ensuring that camp staff assignments for each day are communicated and executed.
  • Assisting Teaching Artists and campers with time checks to ensure that the daily schedule is maintained.
  • Supporting the Camp Manager with any calls to grownups and with documenting correspondence.
  • Building positive rapport with camp staff, Magik Theatre Staff, campers, and grownups throughout the week. Ensuring that all feel welcome and valued.
  • Overseeing that grownups sign campers in and that pick-up cards are checked at the end of the day for sign-out.
  • Adding notes and reminders at the end of day camp staff meeting.

 

Camp Teaching Artists

  • Attending Camp Training and ensuring that all roles and responsibilities are understood and assigned for the weeks of camp.
  • Reviewing and preparing for each camp day and lesson.
    • This includes scaffolding considerations for different ages.
  • Ensuring that a positive camp culture is maintained by utilizing positive engagement strategies.
  • Communicating with Camp Management to relay any needs or behavior redirection to ensure necessary support is provided.
  • Leading each group session by following the curriculum that is built to prepare campers for their camp sharing at the end of the week.
    • As campers devise work, it is imperative that the content is appropriate and in alignment with camp and Magik Theatre Education values.
  • Building positive rapport with camp staff, Magik Theatre Staff, campers, and grownups throughout the week. Ensuring that all feel welcome and valued.

 

Camp Site Assistant

  • Attending Camp Training and ensuring that all roles and responsibilities are understood and assigned for the weeks of camp.
  • Planning break-time theatre games and activities in alignment with the camp day’s focus and curriculum (i.e., if Acting is focused on character, planning a character-related theatre game/activity).
  • Ensuring campers are supervised during snack, lunch, and break time.
  • Maintaining communication with camp management to ensure that coverage is maintained throughout and anything they should be aware of is relayed in real-time.
  • Building positive rapport with camp staff, Magik Theatre Staff, campers, and grownups throughout the week. Ensuring that all feel welcome and valued.
  • Being familiar with the lesson plan to proactively prepare for transitions and supplies that will be needed throughout.
  • Helping keep students engaged and on task. Redirecting any behavior that may be disruptive or distracting to others.
  • Assistant Teaching Artists will participate in exercises and activities to encourage students to participate. They may also offer alternative ways for students to engage to help build trust.

Open call for Directors, Designers, Stage Managers, and Technicians resumes 

All theater artists are invited at this time to submit their resumes and/or portfolios for consideration for future work at the theater. Candidates need not necessarily be local; out-of-town designers will also be considered for positions.

Magik Theatre is a professional children’s theater and all positions are compensated for their work if hired.

Magik is especially looking for resumes for the following areas:

Directors
Choreographers
Music Directors
Scenic Designers
Scenic Artists
Lighting Designers
Costume Designers
Sound Designers
Stage Managers

Please email your resume, digital portfolio, links to a digital portfolio, or other representations of your work to work@magiktheatre.org for consideration. 

Magik Theatre is committed to equity, diversity, inclusion, and justice in our organization and our community, and thus we strongly encourage and welcome applicants who are Black, Indigenous, or People of Color, as well as those who are from other underrepresented communities.

Magik Theatre is committed to the principles of arts education, promoting literacy, and providing quality arts programming for families, and fashions its programs to specifically address the needs of the San Antonio community and the creative education of individual children. Accordingly, we welcome and encourage applications from a diverse range of individuals. Magik Theatre employs without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, or any other attribute not related to superior performance.