The Bowie Center for the Performing Arts is accepting applications for the position of temporary, part-time Stage Technician, pay range from $8 to $18 hr. Working under the facility Technical Director or Executive Director, the Stage Technician:
• Installs rigging, lighting, sound equipment, and scenery, and erects stages for theatrical, musical, and other events in the Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.
• Reads stage layout specifications and blueprints and confers with BCPA and other event staff to determine type and location of sets, props, scenery, lighting, and sound equipment required for a specific event.
• Assembles props provided by production company, constructs additional props, scenery, or stages, and attaches braces that support scenery frames in upright position, using carpenter's hand tools and power tools.
• Climbs ladder or scaffolding to ceiling grid, crawls and balances on beams, inserts ends of cables or ropes through ceiling grid, and attaches cables to scenery, curtains, equipment, support pipes, and counterbalance weights
• Positions lighting fixtures on and around stage area, clamps light fixtures to supports, connects electrical wiring from fixtures to power source and control panel.
• Positions sound equipment, such as microphones, speakers, and amplifiers, on and around stage area, and connects electrical lines to power source and mixing console utilizing knowledge of electrical codes and use of electrician's hand tools and power tools.
• Pulls cables that raise and lower scenery, curtains, and equipment and operates lighting and sound equipment during rehearsals and performances, following audio or visual cues.
• Acts as Facility Manager in the absence of the facility Technical Director or Executive Director.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
