Trickster Theatre – Call for Artists

Trickster Theatre Artist-in-Residence Internship

Overview

Trickster Theatre is seeking artists to join their roster for the Artist-in-Residency Program which runs on an ongoing basis through the school year (Sep.-June). Trickster Theatre typically books up to 35 residencies a year, with a team of 3-8 artists per residency, throughout Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge and rural Alberta.
Trickster is a company of physical theatre, which simply means that the physical component of the performance is developed before the dialogue--and plays a more important part.
We developed our unique Artist-in-Schools-Residency Program as a result of our experience in creating audience interactive theatre works, and our background and training in a variety of performance styles.
More info about our company can be found at www.trickstertheatre.com
We are looking for new artists to join our residency program roster for 2012/2013 season. We invite professional artists with backgrounds in at least 2 of our core styles: clowning, physical theatre, improvisation, and dance to apply for our upcoming internship.

Process

The hiring process for new artists is as follow:
-Interested applicants submit cover letter and CV to Trickster via jenny@trickstertheatre.com;
-successful applicants will be asked to attend a group audition on Feb. 27Th at St. Sylvester School, 7318 Silver Springs Blvd NW.
-successful applicants should also plan to see a Trickster production before committing to the internship on March 2nd or 16th.
-potential candidates will be asked to commit to a two week internship (20 hours for the first week, 40 hours for the second week.
Weeks do not have to be consecutively scheduled). A small honorarium will be offered for the internship. Dates are listed below.

Upon successful completion of the internship, artists will be added to the roster and proceed with their training as part of the regular residency team.

The next audition/internship cycle will occur as per the following details:

-Application Deadline/CV and Letter Due Date: Wed, February 15th. Email jenny@trickstertheatre.com
-Auditions: Monday, February 27th 9:30-3:30, St. Sylvester School, 7318 Silver Springs Blvd NW
-Internship Week*: Mar. 12-16, 2012 Sam Livingstone School - Calgary
-Internship Week*: April 9-13th, 2012 Colonel Walker School - Calgary
-Internship Week*: May 7-11, 2012 Father Whelihan School - Calgary
-Internship Week*: May 28 – June 1, 2012 Rideau Park School, Calgary
-Internship Week*: June 18-22, 2012, Ramsey School, Calgary

*Artists should select two weeks to intern out of the four available internship weeks. Weeks do not have to be consecutive.

Artists based outside of Calgary are invited to apply but all accommodation and travel arrangements should be made by the artist for the duration of the Internship. Internships may be offered in Edmonton in Fall 2012 or Winter/Spring 2013 pending residency bookings for next year.

For more information on internship/training procedures, please contact Residency Program Liaison Jenny Peters at 403.460.7550 or via jenny@trickstertheatre.com.