Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre Scenic and Lighting Design
Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre Scenic and Lighting Design
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Wilkes University invites applicants for a oneyear Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre position in Scenic and Lighting Design. This position in the Division of Performing Arts will begin the fall of 2025. The Division of Performing Arts offers a BFA in Musical Theatre a BA in Theatre Arts and a BFA in Theatre Design and Technology as well as minors in Theatre Music and Dance.
The successful candidate will be responsible for: creating scenic and lighting designs for the four annual mainstage theatre productions; creating lighting designs for one dance performance per year; teaching 3 courses per year in scenic design lighting design and other areas within the candidates expertise; growing the Design and Technology BFA including mentoring and recruiting students; overseeing assistants in scenic painting and props for the theatre productions; managing and participating in production processes like strikes technical rehearsals and production work. This position collaborates with and is assisted by a fulltime technical director and an assistant technical director.
Successful candidates will have an MFA with design experience in both professional and university settings and experience teaching design at the university level. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.
To apply visit Please include a cover letter curriculum vitae samples of creative work and three references. Review of applications begins immediately and will continue until the position is filled.
Wilkes University is an independent comprehensive university dedicated to academic excellence in the liberal arts sciences and selected professional programs. The University has approximately 2000 students at the undergraduate level and over 1500 full time equivalent students at the graduate and first professional levels.
Its institutional focus is on developing strong mentoring relationships with each of its students and contributing vitally to economic development of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The University is located in WilkesBarre Pennsylvania a revitalized city that is located on the lovely Susquehanna River and is within two and onehalf hours driving distance of New York City and Philadelphia.
Wilkes University is constantly seeking to become a more diverse community and to enhance its capacity to value and capitalize on the cultural richness that diversity brings. The University strongly encourages applications from persons with diverse backgrounds. Wilkes University does not discriminate in its employment practices or in its educational programs or activities on the basis of race color national or ethnic origin age religion disability pregnancy sex/gender gender identity and/or expression sexual orientation marital or family status military or veteran status or genetic information.
Employment at Wilkes is contingent upon the results of a thorough background screening. PA Act 153 requires that persons working in positions with regular and unsupervised contact with minors complete additional clearances including FBI fingerprinting and PA criminal and child abuse clearances.
Employment Type
Full-Time
