2023 PAID POSITIONS

STAGE MANAGERS

Number of positions available: Several!
Compensation: $19-23/hr depending on experience
Time Commitment: Stage Managers commit to shows individually, which include tech rehearsals (often scheduled during the day on weekdays) and all performances (evenings/weekends). They also attend a mandatory stage manager training session. Preference will be given to candidates with availability to stage manage several shows.

Cannonball seeks talented and energetic artist/technicians to serve as Stage Managers for the 2023 Fringe Festival. Cannonball 2023 will feature over 500 performances across four venues from September 1st - 30th. Stage Managers are assigned to several productions during Cannonball and assist artists directly with building light, sound and video cues in Qlab, and run the same during performances. They manage the tight set up and tear down schedule of each venue. Stage Managers will help manage time, communicate with artists and coordinate set up and strike between shows on assigned days. The ideal candidates are warm and welcoming, cool, calm and collected, detail oriented, and focused problem solvers.

SEEKING VOLUNTEERS!

We are seeking volunteers with various skills and experience levels for Cannonball Festival, taking place September 1st-30th, 2023 at our venues across Northern Liberties, Kensington, and Fishtown. Volunteers may be asked to assist with the following tasks:

Box Office Assistance: Volunteers will work under guidance of the Box Office Manager to assist audiences in purchasing tickets, navigating the venue, and answering general festival questions.
Production Crew: Volunteers will work under guidance of the festival Stage Managers to assist in the transitions of shows in the MAAS studio and garden. Duties may include lifting and moving props and set pieces, rearranging audience seating, and disinfecting performance spaces.
Marketing: Volunteers will work under guidance of the Festival Producers to assist in distributing print materials and maintaining the Cannonball website and social media. Duties may include curating and publishing Instagram posts, updating Facebook event pages, and writing up blog posts featuring mainstage artist interviews and event highlights.
Daily Festival Operations: Volunteers will work under guidance of the Festival Producers to assist in daily festival operations including venue upkeep, running merchandise tables, and assisting artists and audience members.

For further questions, please contact admin@thealmanac.us

ARTIST HOST HOUSING & IN-KIND OFFERS

We are seeking host housing for several out-of-town Cannonball artists in September. Do you or someone you know have a spare room, office, or couch you can provide, or offer a discounted rental rate on? You can help us make Cannonball accessible to national and international artists, plus make some cool new friends!

Additionally, do you have a business or organization with something to offer the Cannonball community? Cannonball is all about pooling and re-distributing resources with our community, and are always accepting in-kind donations to share with our artists! All donations of goods and services are tax deductible through our fiscal sponsor, The Painted Bride. Everything from food and farm products, to services such as massages, to product samples, industry discounts and whatever other abundance you would like to share with the community is welcome and very appreciated!

COMMUNITY PARTNERS

Do you, or an organization you are a part of, have initiatives focused on community building or advocacy for social or political change? Do your missions relate to themes in the artistic work being presented at our festivals, or do you have advocacy-focused artistic work you’d like to platform? We’d love to uplift your work and collaborate with you on extension programming at Cannonball Festival!