Porchlight Music Theatre is Chicago’s home for music theatre, celebrating the past, present and future of this unique American art form for over 25 years. As an Artist In-Residence at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts in Chicago’s Gold Coast, we present our Mainstage and Porchlight Revisits series in this intimate, historic 218-seat venue. Other programs bring us to neighborhoods across the city, and our award-winning productions delight 35,000+ patrons each season. After the pandemic shuttered stages last spring, Porchlight has been an industry leader with virtual programming, offering a wide range of both free and premium programs.
Porchlight seeks a motivated individual looking to join our growing team as a full-time Operations Associate, supporting the administrative, development, and finance departments of the theatre. The ideal candidate is an energetic person desiring a career in the nonprofit arts sector who is eager to learn and build skills in project management, institutional and individual fundraising, special events, database management and finance.
Reporting to the Finance & Administration Director, this position provides critical support to the operational and development functions at Porchlight. The ideal candidate has strong interpersonal skills, an excellent ability to multitask and balance multiple priorities, a close attention to detail, and a passion for Porchlight’s mission.
Responsibilities:
Development (50%)
Finance and Operations (50%)
Qualifications
Compensation/Benefits
Please send cover letter and resume via email to employment-intern@porchlightmusictheatre.org. No phone calls, please. Porchlight Music Theatre is an equal opportunity employer.
https://porchlightmusictheatre.org/about/opportunity/
Porchlight Music Theatre is Chicago’s home for music theatre, celebrating the past, present and future of this unique American art form for almost 30 years.
A nonprofit professional company with an annual budget of approximately $2.5 million, Porchlight is Chicago’s award-winning home for music theatre, celebrating the past, present and future of this unique American art form for nearly 30 years. In residence at the historic, intimate Ruth Page Center for the Arts in Chicago’s Gold Coast, Porchlight Music Theatre delights more than 30,000 patrons each year with a Mainstage season of inventively reimagined classics, recent Broadway hits and new musical finds; the Porchlight Revisits series of rarely seen musicals in limited run with enhanced dramaturgy; the Porchlight in Concert symphonic staged reading series; and the free Broadway in your Backyard neighborhood-park summer concert series, in addition to educational programs for students of all ages through classes and camps, Chicago Public Schools and community partnerships.