Production assistants
The Ground Floor Summer Residency Lab production assistants help facilitate a generative environment for Ground Floor artists during their time at Berkeley Rep. The production assistant position offers highly motivated, responsible individuals the opportunity to gain experience working for a new play development process at a major regional theatre.
Production assistants will serve as liaisons between visiting artists, Berkeley Rep’s year-round staff, and the Berkeley community. They will foster a welcoming environment that is conducive to artists developing new work, including assisting with artist arrival, ground transportation, and prepping project workspaces. Additionally, this position assists with the preparation of the communal, catered dinner in which all Summer Residency Lab participants (production assistants, artists, and staff) partake each evening.
The Summer Residency Lab is a hectic, fast-paced, changeable environment — responding to the artists’ processes keeps us all on our toes — and the program is designed around our belief that responsiveness, creativity, and flexibility are paramount to creating good art. Berkeley Rep prioritizes the creation of inclusive spaces, so an ideal candidate will welcome the chance to work alongside individuals with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.
Production assistants are integral to providing a welcoming, fun space for the creation of new work. In addition to developing and honing new skills, production assistants will have many opportunities to interact with Berkeley Rep staff and guest artists, including participating in meet-and-greets, attending Q&A sessions, observing readings and presentations, and simply chatting over dinner.
Questions?
Email us at [email protected].
What artists say about the Summer Residency Lab
“The lab gave [the Universes, Tanya Palmer, and me] all the resources, time, and space we needed to create the work and to have deeper conversations.”
“I really loved the community aspect of Ground Floor and how organically it felt like it was being created. The staff and fellows are all really so lovely and it was a pleasure to be around everyone.”
“You guys went way above and beyond the call for supporting this project. We had a wonderful, wonderful team and will forever be grateful.”
Special thanks
Lead support for The Ground Floor has been provided by Bank of America, Frances Hellman & Warren Breslau, The John Logan Foundation, The Maurer Family Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust.