Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube SHOWS & EVENTS PROGRAMS & INITIATIVES VISIT SUPPORT ABOUT WORK & LEARN DONATE BUY Jonathan Payne and Whitney White in Rehearsal, 2019, Photo by Joseph O'Malley WORK & LEARN Williamstown Theatre Festival is in the process of planning its 2022 summer season and determining which programs it will be able to offer. At-will, seasonal employment and training opportunities will be posted in early 2022. In the meantime, you can learn more below about our programs and opportunities from the summer of 2021, as well as descriptions for each department at the Festival. THE RESOUNDING DEMAND FOR RACIAL EQUITY AND INCLUSION in the American theatre has re-affirmed Williamstown Theatre Festival’s (WTF) commitment to providing meaningful work experience and increased opportunities for early career theatre-makers who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) in its 66-year-old training program. WTF has refashioned its training program with an emphasis on structured learning that presents outstanding opportunities for early career theatre-makers. As part of an extensive EDI initiative launched in 2019, this year the full-time, year-round staff of WTF participated in training led by artEquity and completed an analysis, through an anti-racism lens, of extant decades-old practices and customs at the Festival; further inspired by the demands of the We See You, White American Theatre, the staff reflected on the current culture of the Festival. Across departments, immediately and in a phased manner ahead, changes will be implemented to continue WTF’s commitment to being an inclusive, equitable, and anti-racist organization. It is imperative that the Festival focus its efforts on being an equitable, diverse, and inclusive cultural organization, particularly in our Professional Training Program. The work begins now. Substantive changes to our Professional Training Program and workplace will begin in 2021, and will continue in subsequent years. On this page is an overview of the Professional Training Program and employment opportunities we aim to offer in 2021, if we are able to produce a summer season in light of federal, state, and local guidance around COVID-19. WTF RECOMMITS TO BEING A WELCOMING, DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE 1. WTF has implemented new best practices for recruitment and hiring through an anti-racism lens and commits to greater transparency around logistics, compensation, and scope of work for all employment and training opportunities. 2. WTF has grown its Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion training for the year-round team, seasonal staff, and Trustees. 3. With guidance from artEquity, WTF has formed an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion working group among the year-round staff, which will meet regularly and inform our operations in perpetuity. 4. WTF will invest in human resources by engaging a seasonal Conflict Resolution Manager to keep the Festival accountable. 5. All personnel and Professional Training Program participants will have access to identity-based affinity groups. Taken together, these actions represent the first piece of a new approach that seeks to foster, at an increased level, a just and anti-racist Professional Training Program and workplace. WTF is committed to building back better and more equitably in 2021 and beyond. Williamstown Theatre Festival is committed to creating a safe, positive, welcoming place for all. Our staff, board, artists, audiences, community partners, and volunteers practice respect and a commitment to inclusion. We lead with kindness, and we treat one another with dignity. We foster a culture of collaboration, diverse perspectives, and the open exchange of ideas; we endeavor to listen to and learn from one another. EMPLOYMENT Tony Award-winning Williamstown Theatre Festival’s summer season offers a variety of career opportunities for theatre professionals at all levels of experience. Ranging from supervisory to assistantship positions, WTF staff members engage with some of the top professionals in American theatre. Summer employment opportunities run from June through August. LEARN MORE AND APPLY EARLY CAREER BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR THEATRE-MAKERS PROGRAM In partnership, Black Theatre United (BTU) and WTF will run the Early Career BIPOC Theatre-Makers Program, a newly co-conceived and co-executed “work & learn” experience. With the support of a visionary lead gift from the Tiger Baron Foundation, BTU and WTF have built a program that provides each participant with room, board, and a stipend of $2,500. Applicants must be at least 18 years of age and currently enrolled in an educational institution. LEARN MORE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM Each summer, WTF names recipients of the Bill Foeller, J. Michael Friedman, and Boris Sagal Fellowships. Williamstown Theatre Festival Fellowships engage artists in a creative track that deepens the Festival’s relationship with them and highlights their work and accomplishments. For decades, the WTF Fellowship program has served as a formative experience and launching pad for the next generation of emerging theatre artists. Past fellowship recipients include May Adrales, Oliver Butler, Evan Cabnet, Carolyn Cantor, Tatyana-Marie Carlo, Davis McCallum, Patricia McGregor, Lila Neugebauer, and Moritz von Stuelpnagel. In 2021, each Fellowship will be awarded to an early-career artist, whom the Festival will engage as assistant director on one of our three summer productions. Learn more about our live 2021 season here. LEARN MORE AND SUBMIT YOUR MATERIALS ACTING OPPORTUNITIES - NON-EQUITY ROLES AEA’s Equity Membership Candidate Program (EMC) permits actors and stage managers in training to credit theatrical work in certain Equity theatres, including Williamstown Theatre Festival, toward eventual membership in Equity. (For more information about EMC, click here.) Each summer, in accordance with the EMC Program, WTF invites the participation of non-professional (“non-Equity”) performers in the professional work produced at the Festival. In 2021, WTF invites the participation of non-Equity performers in its world premiere production of ALIEN/NATION, an immersive theatrical experience from Tony Award-nominated director Michael Arden and the company of The Forest of Arden that takes audiences on a journey throughout Williamstown, revealing unexpected surprises around and within them. Devised by The Forest of Arden in collaboration with writers Jen Silverman and Eric Berryman and featuring members of WTF’s COMMUNITY WORKS program, ALIEN/NATION engages all of the senses for a theatre experience unlike any other. Materials will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis, but we strongly encourage you to submit them by Thursday, 4/22. LEARN MORE AND SUBMIT YOUR MATERIALS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM Williamstown Theatre Festival is suspending its internship program for the summer 2021 season. All candidates who applied to internships for the 2021 season will be considered for other positions in the departments that they applied in. OPPORTUNITIES FOR GENERATIVE ARTISTS From the L. Arnold Weissberger New Play Award to residencies and readings, WTF offers several opportunities for playwrights, composers, and directors to connect with the Festival, by invitation. WTF does not accept unsolicited submissions; only agents may submit scripts. If you are not represented, you may send information about upcoming readings, workshops, or productions to submissions@wtfestival.org. APPRENTICE PROGRAM In 2021, WTF will suspend its Apprentice Program and continue to work to reimagine it for the future. FIND US By Phone: 413.458.3200 By Email: wtfinfo@wtfestival.org By Snail Mail: PO Box 517 Williamstown, MA 01267 LEAD FUNDING PROVIDED BY BUSINESS PARTNERS LOCAL SUPPORT WILLIAMSTOWN OFFICE PO Box 517 | Williamstown, MA 01267 Call: 413.458.3200 | Fax: 413.458.3147 Email: wtfinfo@wtfestival.org WTF Privacy Policy WTF Terms of Service WTF Audited Financials NYC OFFICE 420 W 45th St, 2nd Floor | New York, NY 10036 Mail: c/o 321 Theatrical Management | Call: 212.395.9090 | Fax: 212.395.9099 Email: wtfinfo@wtfestival.org BOX OFFICE 413.458.3253 © Williamstown Theatre Festival 2021 Design & Development by Ligature Creative