Production Assistant
Trickster Theatre
Opportunity: Eight-week position until late August 2026
Trickster Theatre is seeking a highly organized and hands-on production assistant to support our summer overhaul and preparation period. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys a mix of technical theatre work, organization, and behind-the-scenes production support in a fast-paced touring environment.
The successful candidate will assist with equipment maintenance, inventory systems, costume and prop management, puppet care, digital updates, and support for training and documentation resources.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the maintenance, testing, repair, and organization of lighting, sound, video and staging equipment.
- Assist with digital upgrades for computers, software and audio libraries.
- Inventory, clean, repair, and organize costumes, props and large-scale puppets.
- Support updates to procedural manuals and training materials for staff and educators.
- Assist with organizing touring rigs, storage systems and production inventories.
- Contribute to resource development for artist training programs and educational materials.
Qualifications
- Experience or interest in technical theatre production or backstage operations.
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Comfortable handling equipment, inventory systems and physical tasks.
- Experience with Google Workspace considered an asset.
- Interest in theatre education, touring productions and arts organizations.
Ideal Candidate
This position is suited to someone who enjoys practical production work, organization and supporting creative touring theatre environments.
To apply, please submit a resume and a brief cover letter outlining relevant experience to admin@trickstertheatre.com.
This is an eight-week position ending in late August 2026.
