apprenticeships
apprenticeships
GRSF apprentices learn from and are surrounded by nationally known, professional theater artists. The people you work with every day can be the beginning of your professional network and continue to be important connections throughout your career. Additionally, many apprentices return to GRSF as regular seasonal staff. Most seasons, over a third of our professional company members were former apprentices or students of our professional training program. We believe in the value of our training programs and invest in the education of those that we hire.
Apprenticeships are available for college-age/early career professionals and provide both formal instruction and practical application of skills within production and administrative disciplines. Production apprentices work alongside professional artisans to create, maintain, and operate scenery, costumes, lighting, sound, properties, wigs, make-up, and stage management. Administrative apprentices work under the guidance of GRSF’s professional staff in marketing and education.
Apprentices receive free housing, an hourly wage and overtime. Former GRSF apprentices have gone on to work for major organizations across the country including Manhattan Theatre Club, Yale Rep, Goodman Theater, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Steppenwolf, Glimmerglass Festival, Utah Shakespeare Festival, San Francisco Opera, Milwaukee Rep and Irish Repertory Theater.
PAID APPRENTICESHIPS
Our 2024 Apprenticeship positions are filled for the season. Please check back in the Fall for information about our 2025 opportunities.
professional
training
program
The curriculum and acting opportunities that are part of the Professional Training Program (PTP) are being re-organized. Therefore the Festival will not be engaging any PTP students this season. Understudy and Green Show roles will be hired through the regular audition process. Audition submission information can be found here.