Education and Engagement Producer

Education and Engagement Producer

Steppenwolf Theatre Company is seeking candidates for the full-time position of Education and Engagement Producer. This role is responsible for curating, creating, and producing Steppenwolf’s Field Trip Series, and Production Study Guides, providing Chicagoland teens access to Steppenwolf productions and resources. Production of this series includes collaborating with the Artistic Team to support the company’s vision for intergenerational programming and season planning, project managing and creating content for intergenerational study guides, supporting Associate Director of Education with curriculum building, and serving as the lead liaison and project manager for all student-centered performances. As Education and Engagement programs may expand over the years, this position requires an innovative and strategic mindset that can envision, build, and pilot programmatic growth.

Areas of Responsibility:

• Produce Student-Centered Field Trip Series: Serve as lead producer for all student matinee performances. This involves collaboration with multiple departments for student-centered field trips including: contracting and invoicing schools and teachers, supporting casts and creative teams for student engagement, training and facilitating post-show discussions, serving as the Education liaison with Artistic and Production departments. Serve as lead producer for our Maker Workshops, collaborating with the Associate Director of Education to create, design, produce, and facilitate curriculum for non-performance-based field trips and on-site/off-site workshops. Build and foster relationships with non-residency schools providing a pathway for deeper education and engagement with Steppenwolf.

• Project Manage Production Study Guides: Build and project manage multiple study guides throughout the season by devising specific lesson plans, interviewing artists, resourcing dramaturgical materials, collaborating with teens to incorporate teen/YAC perspective, and engaging the Artistic and Marketing departments for additive educational and engagement materials.

• Collaborate with Artistic Department on Season Programming: Read plays in consideration for Steppenwolf season programming, attend weekly Artistic meetings to discuss plays and their viability for student matinees, and collaborate with Artistic, Production, Marketing, and Audience Services departments develop strategies for school and teen access and engagement.

• Support In-School Residencies as Teaching Artist: Teach in-school residencies as a Steppenwolf Teaching Artist with a minimum of 1-2 schools per season, support curriculum ideation by participating in professional development workshops.

• Innovate, create, and pilot programmatic growth: As Education and Engagement programs may expand, this position requires an innovative and strategic mindset that can build and pilot programmatic growth.

Desired Qualifications:

• At least 3 years of experience in curriculum development and arts administration.
• Experience working as a teaching artist in CPS classrooms.
• Experience reading plays, play analysis, and producing theatre with high school teens in mind.
• Knowledge of and experience working with the Chicago Public School system is a plus.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a variety of different constituencies (artists, administrators, and classroom teachers.)
• Experience working with Tessitura or other data management software highly encouraged.
• Problem-solving instincts, flexibility, generosity and a desire to learn existing systems and innovate new ones. 
• Comfort working on teams with shared decision-making structures and working independently.
• Attention to detail.

Compensation:

This is a Full-Time position with a salary range of $62,763- $63,500 per year with excellent benefits package, medical, dental, vision insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, vacation pay, paid sick time, personal days, Ventra transit benefit program, employee assistance program and 401(k) matching retirement program. 

How to apply:

Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, resume and three references.

About Steppenwolf:

Steppenwolf Theatre Company is the nation’s premier Ensemble Theater with 49 members who are among the top actors, playwrights and directors in the field. Thrilling, powerful, groundbreaking productions — from Balm in Gilead and Grapes of Wrath to August: Osage County, Downstate and The Brother/Sister Plays — have made this theatre legendary. Founded in 1976, Steppenwolf started as a group of teens performing in the basement of a church. Today, the company's artistic force remains rooted in the original vision of its founders: an artist-driven theatre, whose vitality is defined by its appetite for bold and innovative work. Every aspect of Steppenwolf is rooted in its Ensemble ethos, from the intergenerational artistic programming to the multi-genre performance series LookOut, to the nationally recognized work of Steppenwolf Education and Engagement which serves nearly 15,000 teens annually. While grounded in the Chicago community, more than 40 original Steppenwolf productions have enjoyed success nationally and internationally, including Broadway, Off-Broadway, London, Sydney, Galway and Dublin. Steppenwolf also holds accolades that include the National Medal of Arts, 14 Tony Awards, two Pulitzer Prize-winning commissions and more.  Led by Artistic Directors Glenn Davis and Audrey Francis, Executive Director Brooke Flanagan and Board of Trustees Chair, Keating Crown — Steppenwolf continually redefines the landscape of acting and performance.  

Steppenwolf Mission:

Steppenwolf strives to create thrilling, courageous and provocative art in a thoughtful and inclusive environment. We succeed when we disrupt your routine with experiences that spark curiosity, empathy and joy. We invite you to join our ensemble as we navigate, together, our complex world. steppenwolf.org, facebook.com/steppenwolftheatre, twitter.com/steppenwolfthtr and instagram.com/steppenwolfthtr. 

Steppenwolf Core Values: Ensemble; Innovation; Cultural Citizenship

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