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The Center currently has the following vacancies Applicants should contact Dr. George via email or on (301) 805-6895
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| The Bowie Center for the Performing Arts is establishing a volunteer program that allows the general public the opportunity to work in all phases of the operation of the Center. Dr. Gerald George, Executive Director of the Center, notes that with the upcoming holiday season, the Center especially needs ushers who are interested in working a wide variety of events. On a typical evening in the Main Hall, an usher will arrive about an hour before curtain and report to the House Manager for that evening. At that point they will be assigned to a duty station for the performance, and to any odd jobs required to open the house (seating area) for audience members. (The house is typically opened at the “half hour,” or thirty minutes before curtain.) During the course of the event, ushers may be required to perform a number of tasks, including seating patrons during events featuring reserved seating, assisting with preparations for the Center before or after an event, assisting latecomers in finding their seats at the appropriate time, restricting access to the house or stage areas at specific times among many others. Ushers at the Center undergo a sixty minute orientation prior to working any events. Ushers are eligable for PGCPS Community Service Hours. |
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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: • 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.
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The Bowie Center for the Performing Arts is operated under a partnership agreement between the Prince George’s County Public Schools,
the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, the City of Bowie, and the Bowie Regional Arts Vision Association, Incorporated.