Educational Theater Internships at the Omaha Theater Company

Current Positions

2007 High School Internship
The Omaha Theater Company at The Rose is looking to select four to eight high school seniors for its professional theater internship program. Internships will run the 2007/2008 summer and school year.

The responsibilities include:

Acting, Directing, Playwriting and Design – Interns will assist with directing or writing a Teens ‘N’ Theater production, costume design or lighting for a Teens ‘N’ Theater production or possibly acting in a main stage show.

Teaching – Interns will assist with Creative Drama classes.

Technical Theater – Interns will run the lights, sound or sets for a Teens ‘N’ Theater or youth production.

Marketing – Interns will create and implement a marketing plan for a Teens ‘N’ Theater production.

Training – Interns will participate in workshops for teaching, marketing and technical theater.

High school interns work a minimum of 150 hours during the internship period and gain invaluable experience and training. Small stipends may be available.

Interested seniors-to-be (currently enrolled as high school juniors) should submit a one-page letter stating reasons for wanting to be an intern and areas of interest: technical theater, writing, acting, directing or teaching. Please also submit a resume, which includes theater experience, job experience and school activities. Send to:

The Rose Theater
2001 Farnam Street
Omaha, NE 68102
Attn: Jim Hoggatt
or jimh@rosetheater.org

All resumes must be received by April 2, 2007. Interviews will be held in April with decisions made by the beginning of May.

Questions regarding the high school internship program can be directed to Jim Hoggatt, Director of Youth Productions, at 502-4624 or jimh@rosetheater.org.

Each year the Omaha Theater Company hires between 3-6 college and graduate students into its educational theater internship program. This program is designed to educate young people about careers in theater (specifically educational theater) and to increase their job experience within a professional theater setting. Our former interns are now teaching high school theater, acting on our national tours, working as contract teachers for the Rose, getting their MFA in children’s theater from top graduate schools, and even working full time as teaching artists at the Rose. All interns receive a small stipend

The Omaha Theater Company is an educational theater company. An extremely important part of our mission is using the dramatic arts to educate and enrich young people’s lives. All interns assist with the coordination of classes, lesson planning, class discipline, and modeling of drama activities. The intern will also gain experience through leading activities and writing class syllabi.

Interns will always work with our professional teaching artists in all of their assignments. Closely working with a wide range of professionals at our theater company gives the interns first hand knowledge of both the fullfillment and sacrifices necessary when choosing a career in the arts. The internship includes weekly meetings to further the education and training of the interns. This entire experience is geared to both empower the interns as artists and to help them along on a journey to decide their career path.

College Internships

The college internship is geared toward college students majoring in theater who wish to gain professional theater experience. Each year the Omaha Theater Company hires between 1-3 rising sophomore or junior college students for this program. Each college intern puts in over 200 hours during a summer or a semester. These students gain experience in directing young actors, teaching creative drama, publicity, and productions. These interns will work in our theater camp, help with study guide lay-outs and creation, help run our before and after class drama club, complete a portfolio, and will complete a mock audition with our artistic director.

Advanced College Internships

Each year the Omaha Theater Company also hires 1 to 3 college seniors or graduate students for its advanced college internship program. This program is geared toward students who want to enter educational theater (such as becoming a high school drama teacher, an elementary school drama specialist, or working for a professional children’s theater) as a career. These students work full time during a summer or put in over 400 hours during the school year. The responsibilities for these interns can include helping organize and run our summer girl scout camp or theater camp, helping with study guide lay-outs and content , assisting with the training of high school interns, coordinating the publicity for all the summer youth shows, acting or assistant directing on our mainstage, choreographing or music directing a youth show, and completing an audition with our artistic director. The advanced college internship is geared as a pre-professional experience, and will be specifically tailored to fit the individual students’ needs.

Interested applicants should send a letter of interest and a current resume (with education, experience working with kids, and theater experience) to:

Brian Guehring, Education Director
The Rose, 2001 Farnam St.
Omaha , NE 68102

Interviews start in January each year and offers are made starting in early February until positions are filled.