Winter Theater Director - part-time, effective immediately
Stoneleigh-Burnham School, an independent girls’ boarding and day school for grades 7-12, seeks a part-time Winter Theater Director, effective immediately.
Located in the Pioneer Valley, a short drive from the Five College Consortium (UMass Amherst, Smith, Mount Holyoke, Hampshire, and Amherst College), Stoneleigh-Burnham School is the only girls’ school in New England to offer the IB Diploma Programme and attracts students from the local area and around the world. Our mission centers around helping our students discover and use their authentic voices. Employees who thrive at SBS are collaborative and dynamic colleagues excited by professional growth, are deeply passionate about education, and are committed to fostering an inclusive community.
The hours for the Winter Theater Director are Monday - Friday, 3:30 - 6 pm, November 2026 - March 2027. We are seeking a dynamic, creative, and student-centered Theatre Director to lead our drama program. The ideal candidate will foster an inclusive environment where students develop skills in acting, stagecraft, technical theater, and teamwork. This role involves directing the annual production, overseeing the theater budget, and mentoring students through all aspects of one live performance.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Select and direct winter production
- Manage auditions, casting, and rehearsals while keeping student growth and safety in mind
- Create a collaborative environment for all
- Oversee set design, lighting, sound, costumes, props, and stage crew
- Ensure stage safety protocols and enforce proper equipment use in auditorium
- Maintain theatre department’s inventory, costumes, and tech equipment
- Promotion and playbill production
Qualifications:
- Experience in Theater, Theatre Education, Performing Arts or a related field
- Working knowledge of stage lighting, audio engineering, set construction and stage rigging safety
- Strong organizational skills, student communication and leadership skills
- Pay Range: $1800.00 - $2200.00
Applications:
Please send cover letter, resume, and references to:
Bett Alter, Interim Head of School
balter@sbschool.org
In order to achieve our mission of preparing students to actively engage a diverse and inclusive world we must first emulate the values we hope to instill in our students. Stoneleigh-Burnham is committed to increasing the diversity — in backgrounds and in experiences — of our faculty, staff, and student community.
Stoneleigh-Burnham strives to hire and support an inclusive community of employees; candidates from communities that are statistically and systemically underrepresented in independent schools are encouraged to apply.
Stoneleigh-Burnham School is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Salary is commensurate with experience.
Our Mission:
Stoneleigh-Burnham School is an academic community that fosters an international perspective. We inspire girls to pursue meaningful lives based on honor, respect, and intellectual curiosity. Each student is challenged to discover her best self and graduate with confidence to think independently and act ethically, secure in the knowledge that her voice will be heard.
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