Director Of CRLS Theatrical Play

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Produces and directs a play or musical for school and public performances, adhering to safety guidelines and creating the production calendar in collaboration with the school and VPA department.
• Applies a social‑justice approach and equity lens in all aspects of casting and process.
• Designs and conducts recruitment/outreach programs to attract theater participants.
• Teaches acting principles and techniques to students.
• Teaches enunciation, diction, and voice development using voice exercises, speech drills, explanations, lectures, and improvisation.
• Discusses and demonstrates vocal and body expression to teach acting styles, character development, and personality projection.
• Auditions students to select cast and assign parts, employing an equity lens.
• Rehearses and drills students to ensure mastery of their parts.
• Coordinates with the VPA department for necessary support staff such as choreographers, design teams, and tech teams.
• Adheres to formal processes before any work may begin.
• Works with tech and costume teams to assign non‑performing students to backstage production tasks, including constructing, painting, moving scenery; managing properties and costuming; operating stage lighting and sound equipment; and operating the stage counter‑weight system.
• Selects the script for production and coordinates with the VPA department to ensure royalties, rental fees, and other production‑related bills are submitted on time and paid.
• Maintains an accurate record of all expenses and receipts.
• Presents the budget to the VPA department.
• Secures and reserves rehearsal and performance facilities with building administration.
• Oversees proper organization and storage of stock theatrical units, props, and school‑owned equipment and material on the school stage, in the auditorium, and in the theater classroom.
• Organizes, plans, and directs the respective play.
• Ensures processes for costume and properties rental and purchase, and collaborates with staff for lighting and sound design, as well as set design and construction.
• Develops a rehearsal schedule.
• Performs any other duty necessary to the success of a production.

Minimum Requirements

• Valid Massachusetts Theater Education certification.
• Current district staff member (preferred).
• Demonstrates expertise in knowledge and teaching of dramatics.
• Any equivalent combination of experience and training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

Pay

Flat Rate: $5,700.00

Schedule

Contract period: September 1, 2025 through December 12, 2025.