Employment

Traveling Players Ensemble offers robust summer programs for dedicated students (in grades 2-12) to perform classical plays in outdoor amphitheaters.  Selected as a “Summer School in the Arts” by the NEA, Traveling Players’ summer programs provide intensive theatre training to small troupes of actors.  Programs include outdoor rehearsals, classes, & outdoor public performances. Our most advanced program, Shakespeare Troupe, culminates in backpacking trips to perform their show, giving teens and pre-teens the experience of wandering entertainers who carry dinner, tent and props all in their trusty pack.  Traveling Players has performed at The Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage, Wolf Trap’s International Children’s Festival and Colonial Williamsburg.

  • Dates for Residential: June 8 – August 4.
    • Students are with us from June 22 – August 1 (6 weeks).
    • Staff orientation (June 8–21) and strike (August 2–4) are mandatory and paid.
  • Location for Residential: In residence at Christchurch Boarding School in Saluda, VA
    • Food and lodging is included in all contracts for residential staff. There will be one staff dormitory, but some staff will have rooms in camper dorms. Staff do not share rooms with campers.
    • Our staff will live together in community for all 8 weeks. Days off can be spent off-campus.
  • Dates for Day Camp: A combination of 4 weeks of teaching and one week of Orientation.
    • Orientation: May 14-15, June 21 at the Studio plus 2 days at Christchurch Boarding School: June 16 & 17 (for FA & CPR)
      • June 16 & 17 could be negotiable for applicants with current First Aid & CPR certifications.
    • Acting Studio A: June 23-27
    • Acting Studio B: July 14-18
    • Players Studio: August 4-8 & 11-15
  • Location for Day Camp: Our Studio in Tysons Corner Center.
  • Safety: You will be required to get the COVID-19 vaccine, including a booster, and a background check.
    • You will get a COVID test before arriving for orientation.
    • We are following recommendations from the CDC, American Camp Association and Virginia Department of Health to determine our safety practices for the summer.
  • Staff training: Community First Aid, Safe Boundaries for students and staff (taught by a LSW – including appropriate language and touch, comprehensive mandated reporter laws, risk management, and social media), Leave No Trace outdoor ethics, and teaching strategies. Plus we’ll cover pitching tents, fire building, learning styles, low ropes and ensemble building/training.
  • Internships: Artistic Director Jeanne E. Harrison, MA, MFA, has worked at universities and can supervise or liaise with your university for college credit.
  • Traveling Players Ensemble, Inc. does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, or disability in admissions to programs or in the administration of its employment policies.  We comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act and make all reasonable accommodations.

To apply for any position, please:

  1. Email personalized cover letter for this position and resume to jeharrison@travelingplayers.org
  2. Fill out this form.
  3. If applying for a Costume Shop or Scene/Props Shop position, please include your portfolio with your cover letter.

Summer Positions

Assistant Director

Head of Scene & Props Shop

Assistant Head of Scene & Props Shop

Residential Advisor

Camp Office Assistant

Year-Round Positions

Program Manager

Studio

Traveling Players Studio
Tysons Corner Center – D1L
1961 Chain Bridge Road, Tysons, VA 22102

Mailing

P.O. Box 1315
Great Falls, VA 22066

Traveling Players Ensemble is funded in part by ArtsFairfax and the Virginia Commission for the Arts, which receives support from the Virginia General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
Photo Credits Include: Jess Wallach - The Body is Good, Isaiah Brown - Pint Sized Productions, Jillian Skara, Lloyd Wolfe, Eleanor Tucker, and Morgan Shotwell
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