Technical Director
Iolanthe production
Valley Light Opera
Starting Sept. 6, 2023
Technical Director needed to supervise set build for Valley Light Opera’s fall production of the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera, Iolanthe.
Duties include:
- Scheduling crew meetings one or twice a week till set is completed.
- Working with set designer to design the set.
- Instructing volunteers on basic carpentry jobs.
- Supervising volunteers as they work on the set.
- Supervising the transportation of the set to the Academy of Music for performance.
- Supervising set strike on November 12.
Schedule:
We rehearse Sunday, Monday and Wednesday eves starting September 6 till dress rehearsal on or about November 1. You do not need to attend rehearsals. You will build the set in a separate rented space during this period. Historically, our tech director scheduled building times on Saturdays, 9:00-3:00 and Tuesday evenings so that cast and crew members could be free to volunteer their building skills.
Performances are November 3, 4, 5, and 10, 11, and 12 at the Academy of Music, Northampton.
Honorarium: There is a modest honorarium of $350 for the period, and of course all materials and rentals are paid by VLO.
If interested: please apply to Jill Franks, Assistant Director.
Phone (with texting): 931-920-0368.
Email: jfranks@umass.edu