Teaching Artist Job Description 2025-2026 Job at Theatre Puget Sound in Seattle

Overview

Teaching Artist Job Description 2025-2026. Expires: September 28, 2025.

Responsibilities

• Develop live theatre pieces from beginning to end.
• Supervising, guiding and encouraging young performers with a variety of abilities.
• Communicating with after school counselors, parents/guardians, regarding any updates about the students or class.

Requirements / Qualifications

• Teaching Artists are desired to work afterschool throughout the school year.
• We are looking for educators to work roughly 1-3 enrichment classes per week.
• Classes are generally about 1.5-2 hours long and run for 9 or 10 weeks.
• Educators get 5 hours of prep work for musicals and 3 hours for plays for the entire duration of the program.
• Educators must be over 18 years of age and have reliable transportation to and from schools in the Seattle area.
• Most classes are taught by only one lead teaching artist, potentially with an additional educator if the class is particularly large (approx. 14 or more).
• Educators will be expected to work at any of our partner schools, unless specific accommodations are made before-hand.
• Employee agrees to teach all camps and classes scheduled, following the Stone Soup Theatre Standards.
• Teaching Artists should have some experience working with children and either be completing a theatre or education degree, be a theatre or education graduate, or have significant theatre experience.

*Exact pay rates TBD. Historically, enrichment lead instructor rates are higher than SummerStage rates.

Submission Instructions

email resumes to edu@stonesouptheatre.org

High School Diploma, over 18 years of age, Minimum 1-2 years Theatre teaching experience for K-12, 1-2 current references for your theatre teaching

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