PRODUCTION ASSISTANT (1) PRODUCTION ASSISTANT (2) Production Assistant (1 position available): Reporting to the Artistic Producer, the Production Assistant will work with the Production Manager and Stage Manager for the 2017 summer season of the Classic Theatre Festival, the Ottawa Valley’s only professional theatre company. Specific duties include: setting up playing area during rehearsals and at every performance assisting actors backstage organizing and maintaining costumes during rehearsal and performances cleaning and maintenance of rehearsal space and sections of performance space as needed organizing backstage area, including props assisting stage manager during rehearsals and performances as needed during the remaining weeks of the season, assisting with Front of House duties Qualifications, skills and interests include: interest in theatre and/or performing arts excellent organizational skills excellent people skills attention to detail ability to multi-task and work in relatively high stress situations willingness to train keen sense of responsibility able to work in a team setting punctual at all times able to be self-directed and motivated take instruction and direction well able to attend all rehearsals and performances Wage rate:  $11.40 per hour Preferred Age Range:  16-29 years of age (must be full-time student) Hours:  Full-time with variable hours from June 5 to Aug. 27, 2017 Performance Times:  Tues. to Sun. at 2pm; Wed. and Sat. at 8pm APPLICATION DEADLINE:  May 15, 2017 Email application to:  laurel@classictheatre.ca Production Assistant (1 position available): Reporting to the Artistic Producer, the Technical Assistant will work with the Production Manager and Stage Manager for the 2017 summer season of the Classic Theatre Festival, the Ottawa Valley’s only professional theatre company. Specific duties include: assisting with venue setup, set construction and technical equipment setup trouble-shooting technical issues during performance run assisting with strike for both mainstage shows assisting with Front of House duties as needed assisting Stage Manager with technical requirements as needed Qualifications, skills and interests include: interest in theatre and/or performing arts excellent organizational skills excellent people skills attention to detail ability to multi-task and work in relatively high stress situations willingness to train keen sense of responsibility able to work in a team setting punctual at all times able to be self-directed and motivated take instruction and direction well able to attend all scheduled times during production schedule as well as all performances. Wage rate:  $11.40 per hour Preferred Age Range:  16-29 years of age (must be full-time student) Hours:  Full-time with variable hours from June 5 to August 27, 2017 Performance Times:  Tues. to Sun. at 2pm; Wed. and Sat. at 8pm APPLICATION DEADLINE:  May 15, 2017 Email application to:  laurel@classictheatre.ca Continue reading

Enjoy Summer Theatre Savings Now and Pick Your Dates Later with the Classic Theatre Festival’s Early Bird Sale, on until May 15, 2017 only! Buy one show: 15% off, or $29.50 per ticket Buy two shows: 15% off both, or $59.00 for two tickets Buy three shows: 20% off all, or $84.00 for three tickets Buy any walking play/ghost walk: save 20% ($12 for adults, $6 for children) To order your discounted early bird sale ticket vouchers for the Summer of 2017 (which can be redeemed any time up until the show dates), simply visit ticketsplease.ca or call us toll-free at 1-877-283-1283. (You can also pick your dates and your seats now if you’re ready.) The Classic Theatre Festival’s box office representatives are standing by to take your calls! And what a season we have for you! The 2017 season opens with the most successful Canadian comedy ever staged on Broadway, Bernard Slade’s Same Time, Next Year (June 23 to July 16). Audiences will savour the sights, sounds, and sensations of the post-war “good years,” 1951-1975, in this story about two people, each married to someone else, who meet for an annual weekend getaway. It is celebrated as “genuinely funny and genuinely romantic” (New York Post) and “the funniest comedy to come Broadway’s way in years” (New York Times). George Bernard Shaw’s romantic comedy Candida (July 21 to August 13) will appeal to anyone who remembers the powerful pull of a first love that burns in their soul. Long before the British exported Beatlemania, there was “Candidamania”, a phenomenon inspired by this delightfully warm and witty play in which Candida must choose between her clergyman husband and a passionate young poet. The mainstage season closes with an Alfred Hitchcock-styled psychological thriller, I’ll Be Back before Midnight (August 18 to September 10), Peter Colley’s “gaslighting” tale of a young couple who rent an old, spooky country farmhouse. Is the heroine really seeing and hearing things, or are they the after-effects of her recent nervous breakdown? And just who is that mysterious farmer from down the road? You’ll discover why this is the most widely-produced Canadian play, a hit in over 30 countries worldwide. NEW THIS YEAR! All mainstage shows run Tuesday to Sunday matinees at 2 pm, and Wed. & Sat. evenings at 8 pm. The theatre is wheelchair accessible and air conditioned, with free parking. The Festival’s popular theatrical walking plays return this year with expanded performance times. Perth through the Ages (June 21 to August 27, Wed. to Sun. at 11 am) presents a new, hour-long story that allows visitors to breathe in the stories behind Perth’s award-winning heritage buildings with a play focused on the daily lives, concerns, and conflicts of Perth and area residents at the time of Confederation. The Lonely Ghosts Walk (June 29 to August 25, Thursdays and Friday at 7 pm) will feature a new ghostly story featuring the unsettled spirits of Perth performing an hour-long, family-friendly romp through the town’s mysterious and haunted past. Music,… Continue reading