Opportunities

We are currently interested in meeting with individuals who are interested in:

• Marketing (part-time)
• Board Service (see below)
• Props Design (project-based)

For general information on artist opportunities, which are hired on a per project basis, please see below.

Have you ever considered that your experience and passions might be just what a non-profit theater arts-organization is looking for? Crowded Fire Theater (CFT) seeks Board Members. We are seeking volunteer changemakers as Board members to advance and uphold the mission of the organization, through collective guidance and governance.

What qualities might you bring? 

• A deep care for others and community (long-term relationship building).
• Strong communication skills with intuitive awareness.
• A strong balance of respect, humbleness, and badassery.
• Strong consensus building with the ability to motivate people and assemble strong teams.
• Ability to work both independently and in a collaborative or collective-based environment.
• Strategic thinking and analytical skills, with the ability to look ahead. A radical futurist who pushes the organization and field forward.
• Deep appreciation for the arts as a pathway for social change.
• Self-reflection and leadership through learning.
• Some negotiation skills.
• A solution-oriented mindset.
• Sense of humor and a love of theater.

Let us know you are interested!

Please email a resume and a letter of interest (or resume with a video submission expressing why you are interested in this service role with our organization), along with the names and contact information for one or two references to opportunities[AT]crowdedfire.org, subject line: Board Interest.

Please make sure that references are from current and/or former supervisors and/or board colleagues and that information includes names, phone numbers, and the name of the organization where you worked with each person. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the existing roles will remain open until filled. No phone calls or packets by regular mail, please.

We hire on a project-by-project basis and are eager to connect with local artists in our field. Check out ways to let us know about you and your work in order to be considered for upcoming projects.

Actors

Please email headshots/resumes. Project-specific auditions are by invitation only; however, we also hold general auditions once a year. In your email, let us know if you are also interested in our Audition Intensive, aimed at demystifying and making you comfortable with the audition process. This initiative has a $0 minimum fee: No One Turned Away for Lack of Funds and seeks to increase representation on our Bay Area stages, and was conceived of and led by CFT Resident Artists.

Designers, Stage Managers, and Technicians

Please send your resumes, with cover letter, to opportunities[AT]crowdedfire.org, subject line: [Your Field, ie. Lighting Design]. Stage Managers, in your cover letter, please specify what color spike tape you would be and why. Along with professional technicians and designers, Crowded Fire is interested in current theater students and other qualified individuals to assistant stage-manage, production-assist, volunteer, or shadow the Production Manager at a technical rehearsal.

Dramaturgs

Resumes and cover letters can be sent to the literary office.

Playwrights

We receive a high volume of scripts from literary agents and new play development companies, including Playwrights Foundation and PlayGround locally, Playwrights’ Center (MN), and New Dramatists. We are particularly interested in meeting new and emerging writers of color whose work aligns with our mission, and who are radically challenging theatrical conventions — writers whose work is experimental, abstract, interrogative, and iconoclastic.  Unagented playwrights are welcome to submit their scripts to our literary office. (Please note that due to the number of script submissions we receive and our limited capacity, response times for unsolicited scripts may be longer than usual.)

We love volunteers! CFT is a nonprofit theater, and a donation of your time is a deeply meaningful way to give. If you are interested in operating concessions, assisting with administrative tasks, or are handy behind the scenes, we’d love to hear from you. We’ll shower you with love and complimentary admission to our shows! Email with your interest and availability.

For individuals at any stage of their career, in any area of theater, Crowded Fire offers customized one-to-one mentorship programs within our Resident Artist community. We are not currently soliciting applicants, but please email us if you’d like to learn more.

Crowded Fire Theater provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all who work for and/or apply to work for Crowded Fire, without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, creed, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military and veteran status, or disability (mental & physical).

Crowded Fire Theater is committed to a diversity of voices on and off the stage, and we seek to remove any of the structural barriers that prevent a broad landscape of candidates making it through the door. We present clear and flexible criteria for our job postings, to reduce applicant self-censoring, and we avoid the creation of unnecessary barriers that may otherwise preclude candidates from reaching us with their interest in working with Crowded Fire.

Since 2013, Crowded Fire Theater has worked to right-size the financial stability of the organization, setting aggressive and intentional goals to raise staff salaries and artist fees. While we navigate these financial waters, we believe transparency in our staff salary ranges and in our hourly artist rates is critical in order to build trust and engage with our community of artists, with as much clarity as possible around the compensation we offer.

Artist compensation is currently set at a minimum of $21 per hour. Year-round, part-time staff are compensated between $25-$27 per hour, except for specific grant-funded positions and specialized expert roles (e.g., Lead Electrician or Technical Director) that are hired as needed at a higher rate. Co-Executive Director compensation is set to the minimum rate required by law to qualify as salaried non-exempt ($70,304 annually).