CALL SHEET FEBRUARY 2023
Our ongoing roundup of jobs, festival deadlines, and other professional opportunities in the immersive field.
Welcome to CALL SHEET, our ongoing roundup of gigs, grants, deadlines, and other professional opportunities in the realms of physical and digital immersive.
LISTING DEADLINE: Every WEDNESDAY at 10AM Pacific Time — callsheet@noproscenium.com and/or the callsheet and jobs-board channels on our Discord. The monthly sheet UPDATES on Thursdays with the latest listings.
Note: while we are happy to receive the full text of a job listing for reference, we only publish summaries with links to full job listings/casting breakdowns. To be considered your listing must be published somewhere else online. We cannot host PDFs, and will not publish full listings so as not to be responsible for errors.
Calls for festival entries, however, are eligible for being published on our newswire. Use the callsheet email, above. (Educational workshops should follow the process for event listings at Everything Immersive.)
Check out previous editions for more listings, scan some of the sites we use to draw selections from below or join our Discord and follow the callsheet and jobs board categories on the Bulletin Board.
- Themed Entertainment Jobs Board
- Blooloop’s Theme Park, Museum and Aquarium Jobs
- Linkedin — Immersive Media
- ZipRecruiter — Immersive Media
- Interactive & Immersive HQ Jobs Board
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CASTING
SAN FRANCISCO
SF Neo-Futurists 2023 Company Member Auditions
SF Neo-Futurists
Term: year
Compensation: $175 per performance weekend, plus reimburse expenses (within reason) for props
Audition Dates: Sunday, April 16 and Wednesday, April 19
Becoming an ensemble member of the San Francisco Neo-Futurists is a serious commitment. You will perform in The Infinite Wrench for 25+ weeks a year, with other gig opportunities as they arise. Our process embraces both solo working conditions as well as collaborative creation amongst the ensemble.
Performing in our weekly show means joining in a highly fulfilling, and rigorous, creative process. Every Friday and Saturday, we attempt to perform 30 short plays within an hour. After Saturday’s performance, we remove between 2–12 of the plays. On Tuesdays, we replace the plays through a proposal process and set to work rehearsing for that weekend’s performances. This means prolific writing, and constant memorization.
San Francisco Neo-Futurists also take on administrative roles to support the company, The Infinite Wrench, and other creative projects we devise. We meet once a month for both business and art discussion, and ensemble members are expected to contribute to both the administrative and creative development of the company.
AUSTIN
Brand Activation
House of Yes
Compensation: $175 (training & preview) — $350 (full day)
Event Dates: March 10–14, 2023 (must be avail all dates)
Deadline: Feb 24th
House of Yes and Yes Etc Creative are working on casting a branded activation for SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST 2023 in Austin, TX from March 10th — 14th.
Seeking:
- Austin Based Talent
- Character Actors
- Women / Femme presenting
- Ages: 21–65
- Height: 5’5–5’9
To Apply, Please submit..
- Current Headshot
- Full Name
- Contact Info
- Social Handles
- Pronouns, Age, Height
Send to CASTING@HOUSEOFYES.ORG by Friday Feb 24th.
NEVADA CITY, CA
Master Of Fun And Games
Camp Augusta
Term: Summer
Compensation: $4.5k and $8k depending on experience and responsibilities All work includes freshly-prepared organic food and housing.
LINK
Additional Info @ Facebook
Camp Augusta takes Fun & Games quite seriously. As such, Masters of Fun & Games (MFG) are needed. This role may be filled by someone with prior summer camp experience who also has a passion for programming, OR someone who has a passion for interactive games with children, LARPing, immersive experiences, or general program management.
There are three MFGs during the summer and together they oversee three main domains:
- Evening Programs (frequently camp-wide games e.g. Capture The Flag)
- Playstations (unique, often silly, camper-choice activities)
- Story Experiences (special bonus experiences for individual cabins)
TORONTO
Stranger Things Experience
Fever/Netflix/Mycotoo
Compensation: Unlisted
Auditions: February 20–23, 2023
Multiple Roles
Actors Access Link (Note that link was down at press time for maintenance, is scheduled to be back on 2/11)
Alt: contact the casting director at STEcasting@mycotoo.com
The Toronto production of the Stranger Things Experience is now casting.
SAN DIEGO
Underground: An Immersive Musical Mashup
Blindspot Collective & Coronado Playhouse
Compensation: Transportation & Performance honorarium; non-union
Deadline: February 12
Rehearsals: starting March 30th
Production: July 7th-30th
Requirements: 21+ (due to alcohol sales)
Multiple Roles
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Based entirely on the discography of Ben Folds, this immersive, world-premiere musical blends flashbacks, dance, and complex harmonies to illuminate the histories and inner lives of the regulars down at your local pub. Audiences will be transported to their favorite dive bar, where former bandmates reunite, exes collide, and pasts become present, revealing the hope and heartbreak of the strangers sitting next to us. Part theatre, part concert, and part drinking game, this modern parable is a celebration of community and resilience as we all “learn to live with what we are.”
JOBS
NEW YORK CITY
Great Gotham Challenge — Multiple Positions
Gotham Immersive Laboratories
Compensation: Varies with position; $30–50/hour
Term: Part-Time; year-round
Seeking: Clue Creator, Cluemaster
Clue Creator LINK
Cluemaster LINK
Gotham Immersive Laboratories is a production company specializing in experiences that center immersion, interactivity, and agency. We are the company behind The Great Gotham Challenge, an immersive puzzle adventure based in New York City, as well as other experiences. We use puzzles, technology, immersive theater, history, and a lot of hard work to create unforgettable experiences for participants.
SAN FRANCISCO
Immersive Theatre Director Wanted
Walking Cinema
Compensation & Benefits: Unlisted
Deadline: Feb 15th
Source: Posted in The NoPro Discord
Contact: michael@walkingcinema.org
Walking Cinema just received two grants to create an immersive theater project about a 1950s jazz club in the Fillmore District in San Francisco. We’re looking to hire an immersive theater director, preferably San Francisco based. Send a cover letter and resume to Michael Epstein. michael@walkingcinema.org.
LOS ANGELES
Operations Coordinator — Live Experiences
Netflix
Compensation & Benefits: The overall market range for roles in this area of Netflix is typically $64,000 — $320,000.
We are building world-class live experiences such as The Queens Ball: A Bridgerton Experience, Stranger Things: The Experience, and Stranger Things: The Official Store to help promote our most-popular IP and build them into title brands, or franchises, so they drive long-term value and become part of the zeitgeist for longer periods of time.
The Live Experiences Operations team is responsible for managing the daily operations of our experiences, maintaining show quality, and ensuring a world-class experience for every Guest. As an Operations Coordinator, you will be responsible for organizing, integrating, and coordinating efforts for the Operations team. You will be the “hub” of communication and connection with cross-functional partners and vendors and helping drive new initiatives and projects to push the business forward.
Various Positions, Including Teaching Artists
Heidi Duckler Dance
Compensation & Benefits: varies with position
Positions include: Teaching Artists, Paid Internships, Part- & Full-Time Positions
Open Ended Call
We at Heidi Duckler Dance keep an eye out for those who can help us achieve our mission of creating site-specific performances that transform non-traditional spaces and providing arts-based learning opportunities that engage diverse communities. If you’re interested in job or volunteer opportunities at Heidi Duckler Dance, please complete the form below, and you will receive a notice when opportunities become available. More details about each opportunity is below!
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Arts: Moving Image + Cinema Production
The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts
Tenure Track Position
Deadline: Open Until Filled
The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Emerging Media Arts in moving image or cinema production.
The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, a newly established $57M interdisciplinary center, research facility, and academic degree at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, is re-envisioning the university for the 21st century and how students co-create and learn. Current areas of research interests within the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts include cinematic arts, virtual production + real-time filmmaking; motion capture; interactive + immersive storytelling; experience and speculative design; VR, AR, + XR; games, play + performance; embodied cognition; machine learning + blockchain technologies; sonic arts; IOT; physical computing; and entrepreneurship.
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS
Meow Wolf — Multiple Positions
Compensation & Benefits: Depends on position
Term: Varies, mostly Full Time
Positions include: Operations, Technicians, Retail, Marketing, Security, Accounting. 21 in total at press time.
Meow Wolf is hiring across all departments ahead of the opening of its Grapevine, Texas location near Dallas. Check the site linked above for the current listings and details.
FESTIVAL & CONFERENCE DEADLINES
TEMPE, AZ
Call For Proposals — Write Now
TYA/USA Festival & Conference
Award: $1,500 cash award (per team), transportation & lodging (8 days, two team members)
Festival Dates: May 10–12, 2023
Deadline: March 13th at 5pm PST
Calling all Immersive TYA (Theatre for Young Audiences) artists! Do you have an immersive TYA theatre experience that is in the early-to-mid stage of development? Would you like an opportunity to workshop your project and present your idea/concept to the broader TYA community?
Write Now is accepting applications from artists/teams for immersive theatre projects for young audiences ages 2–15. We are seeking projects that have a clear vision and story concept but would benefit from development time and resources. This could be the seeds of an idea or a realized script — we are interested in projects at all stages of development. Two projects will be selected to receive workshop time at Childsplay followed by a presentation of the concept/performance excerpt at the TYA/USA Festival and Conference, May 10–12, 2023.
LOS ANGELES
New Original Works Festival
REDCAT
Benefits: All artistic teams receive an artist fee, rehearsal space, and technical support to develop new work.
Open To: Applicants and/or primary collaborator must be based in the Southern California region for application consideration.
Festival Dates: August 2023
Deadline: April 14, 2023 at 6PM PST.
REDCAT is accepting proposals for original performance works for the stage to be presented in the 20th Annual New Original Works (NOW) Festival, which is designed to support the development and presentation of contemporary performance in the Southern California region. The interdisciplinary program of dance, theater, music, and multi-disciplinary works will take place at REDCAT in August 2023. The festival features a flexible schedule to accommodate shared programs of short works and some longer projects. REDCAT provides development support through technical assistance, access to the theater with its sound and lighting inventory, and an honorarium.
The Festival takes place at REDCAT’s performance space in the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex. Projects are selected through a proposal process, with an emphasis on new projects in development and/or early career artists. The proposals and work samples will be evaluated based on the vitality of the idea proposed, the quality and integrity of the work of the artist/ensemble/collaborators, the appropriateness of the project to a festival of new, contemporary works (and to the festival format), and the artist’s / team’s ability to successfully execute the project.
SIGGRAPH VR Theatre
SIGGRAPH 2023
Deadline: 22 February 2023, 22:00 UTC/GMT
Event Dates: 6–10 August 2023
LINK
The SIGGRAPH VR Theater strives to create memorable experiences in a world of immersive storytelling. Ranging in genres from documentaries and dramas to comedies, mystery and fantasy films, we showcase the very best of the world’s auteurs working in a medium without walls or frames. Through a curated selection of short-form narratives we aim to provide attendees with a fresh perspective into innovative, important and inspiring virtual reality stories.
We wish to elevate pieces that stand out in terms of quality and execution. Selected works will present a mix of experiences from established studios, independent creators as well as cultural and educational institutions. All submissions should be easily accessible; inclusive and welcoming to broad audiences. Submitted content will be reviewed by an expert jury who will evaluate each piece based on thematic fit, how it works in the appropriate space, its order of playback, and whether the theater can respect the viewing format and intended experience.
BERLIN
A.MAZE AWARDS
Prize: 1000€ per award, 2000€ main prize
Multiple awards categories
Submission fee: 50€
Deadline: Feb 12, 2023
Event dates: May 10–13, 2023
Now is the time! Be part of the most colourful international festival for weird, experimental, genre-breaking arthouse games and playful media incl. alternative controllers, installations, interactive performances and theatre.
Since 2012 A MAZE. awards The Most Amazing works. The winner is selected by an interdisciplinary, international and 100% independent jury. We extended and changed awards in the many years since, our categories are now: “Most Amazing Award”, “Human Human Machine Award”, “Long Feature Award”, “Digital Moment Award”, “Explorer Award” and “Audience Award.”
A MAZE./ is looking for works pushing the medium of playful arts — fully finished works, demos, experiments, performances or prototypes are welcomed! Each nominee and honorable mentions will receive news buzz and a spot in our digital and onsite exhibition — Travel and building up booths is optional! For the digital exhibit, works should be presentable either as a publicly available version or video documentation. Besides winning one of the Awards with their attached 1000€ prize money (2000€ for the main prize), every exhibited work at the festival has the chance to additionally win the Audience Award.
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