The deadline for the Neil Munro Intern Directors Project at the Shaw Festival is just one week away. The application deadline for the 2011 Neil Munro Intern Directors Project at the Shaw Festival is June 30, 2010 at 5pm.
Each year, the Shaw Festival hires two Intern Directors for a period of about six months. They look for promising professional directors near the beginning of their careers. Applicants should have a fair bit of professional experience, but probably not in a company as large as the Shaw Festival. The contracts run approximately from mid-March to September, depending on the production schedule for the particular season. These positions are salaried at an apprentice level, which at The Shaw is around $600 per week.
The Intern Directors work under the mentorship of the Directors of the Academy, which is the Shaw Festival's professional development and public education wing. Each intern is assigned to two or three successive shows as an Assistant Director. One of these shows is usually in the Festival Theatre (860 seats) and another in a smaller one (330 seats). For the most part, being an Assistant Director involves observing the senior directors at work in rehearsal, doing research as required, acting as a sounding board as required. (Getting them coffee is not required.) The Interns also assist the company in educating audiences about theatre in general and the Shaw's productions and programmes in particular. The Intern positions usually have free time built into some portions of the season, so that Interns are free to take Academy classes and pursue other theatrical projects that interest them provided they are present for all assigned activities. However it is expected that the intern Directors will spend the majority of their internships in Niagara-on-the-Lake with the Shaw company.
More information about the Neil Munro Intern Directors Project at the Shaw Festival can be found on the Theatre Ontario website.
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