Links about Theatre Careers

The rehearsal process

A career guide for theater majors (University of Texas at Austin)
http://login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/login?url=http://www.utexas.edu/cofa/career/media/theatguide.pdf
A very thorough discussion of:

• Skills
• Career Opportunities with descriptions of: Professional Actor/Actress, Playwright, Director, Stage Manager, Dramaturg/Literary Manager, Theatre Educator, Drama Therapist, and Arts Management
• Job Titles
• Some Employers of Theatre Majors
• First Jobs Held by Recent BA Graduates
• A Few Words About Agents
• Earnings
• Common Graduate School Options
• FACS Resources for Theatre Majors
• Online Resources for Theatre Majors

Theatre Jobs
http://www.theatrecrafts.com/glossary/resultscat.php
Click on Theatre Jobs

lists many “jobs” alphabetically. Many of them have descriptions. The list includes:

• A – Armoury, ASM
• C – Casuals, Chief Electrician, Choreographer, Company Manager, Conductor, Costume Designer, Costumer, Critic, CSM
• D – Dance Captain, Dancer, Dayman, Designer, Dialect Coach, Director, Drama Teacher, Dramatist, Dramaturg, Dresser, Education Director,
• F - Financial Backer, Flyman, Front of House Manager
• H - House Manager
• L - Lighting Designer, LX, Lyricist
• M - Master, Master Electrician, MC, Musical Director
• P – PM, Producer, Production Manager, Prompter, Properties Manager, Public Relations/PR, Publicity
• R – Road Manager (Roadie)
• S – Scenographer, Seamstress, Set Builder, Set Designer, Set Dresser, Sound Designer, Sound Operator, Stage Crew, Stage Director, Stage Electrician, Stage Hand, Stage Manager
• T - Tech, Techie, Theatre Critic
• U – Understudy, Ushers
• W – Wigs

From Theatrecrafts

Kathy Stephenson, ASU costume designer. "I enjoy my job because I get to do all the things I love, such as drawing, sewing, painting, dying fabric, making hats and jewelry. Every show I work on is like a big puzzle or a treasure hunt. I have to figure out how to make something I have never made before."

The Art of Theater
http://library.thinkquest.org/21722/Art_of_Theater.html

a Thinkquest site written and designed by a high school class. The “Art of Theater” link presents their descriptions of jobs in lighting. They also describe how to design and build a set and design and run sound. There is a very good link to the New York University Drama Therapy program.

Film Schools and Programs
http://www.artslynx.org/film/schools.htm

Lists 35 colleges and universities with film programs plus 7 commercial-based instructional sites. There is a link to the site of each school listed.