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Costume & Prop Design Teaching Artist

The Young Shakespeareans

Location: Los Angeles
Position type: Part-time

The Young Shakespeareans seeks a creative, collaborative Costume & Prop Design Teaching Artist to help young people bring Shakespeare’s stories to life through hands-on design and making.

This role blends theatre design with arts education. You’ll introduce students to costume and prop design, guide them from initial ideas to finished pieces, and help them discover how visual choices reveal character, support storytelling, and spark an audience’s imagination.

What you’ll do

• Plan and lead engaging, age-appropriate lessons in costume and prop design for students ages [age range].
• Teach practical skills such as sketching, hand sewing, working with found materials, and constructing and decorating props.
• Help students explore Shakespeare’s characters and worlds while developing their own creative interpretations.
• Collaborate with the directing and teaching team to support rehearsals and performances.
• Balance student ownership with production needs, timelines, and available resources.
• Manage materials and maintain a safe, organized workspace, teaching appropriate use of tools and supplies.
• Create a welcoming learning environment where students with different abilities, backgrounds, and levels of experience can participate meaningfully.

What you’ll bring

• Experience in costume design, prop design, theatre production, or a related creative field.
• Experience teaching or facilitating creative work with children or young people.
• A resourceful approach to making with modest budgets, reused materials, and imaginative solutions.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and organizational skills.
• Patience, flexibility, and enthusiasm for helping young artists build confidence.
• A commitment to inclusive teaching and young people’s safety and well-being.

Familiarity with Shakespeare, youth theatre, sewing, or accessible approaches to design instruction is welcome. We value relevant professional, community, and lived experience; a specific degree is welcomed but not required.

How to apply

Please send a résumé or summary of relevant experience, a brief statement about your teaching approach, and a few examples of your costume, prop, or related creative work to [email address] with the subject line “Costume & Prop Design Teaching Artist.” Examples may include photographs, a portfolio link, or descriptions of projects.

Application deadline: [Date]

[Any required background checks or safeguarding training.]

The Young Shakespeareans welcomes applicants from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. To request an accommodation during the application process, contact [email address].

Job Types: Part-time, Temporary

Pay: $60.00 per hour

Expected hours: 4.0 per week

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Teaching Children & Youth: 3 years (Required)
• familiarity with Shakespearean text: 1 year (Required)
• Costume Design & Fabrication: 3 years (Required)

Language:

• Spanish (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Los Angeles, CA 90007 (Required)

Work Location: In person