2025/26 SEASON PROFESSIONAL APPRENTICE PROGRAM

Lantern Theater Company is now accepting applications for our 2025/26 Season Professional Apprentice Program, which provides in-depth and hands-on experience with theater operations and management. The application deadline is March 1, 2025.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM:
The Lantern's professional apprentice program provides training in professional, not-for-profit theater operations and management. The apprenticeship may include rotations in artistic, administrative, and technical functions, including box office, house management, run crew, stage management, technical production, and theater building maintenance. Ours is not an acting apprentice program, but theater artists with performance aspirations are encouraged to apply and may have opportunities to understudy and/or audition for roles.

Ideal candidates may have recently completed an undergraduate theater program and/or have some relevant theater experience in administrative, artistic, and/or technical areas. Apprentices work full-time schedules (40 hours per week) throughout the season and must be available for evening and weekend performances for most rotations, including rotations around major holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, etc.). The professional apprentice program is a full-time commitment, and we are unable to accommodate candidates with significant outside obligations. Candidates without existing conflicts will be given preference.

We encourage applicants with stage management and specialized technical experience to apply as we may offer focused apprenticeship tracks for stage management, costumes, and production.

The program offers a salary of $630 per week, plus paid time off, complimentary tickets to Lantern and other select theater productions, and participation in special theater outings. The Lantern's professional apprentice program will begin approximately August 1, 2025, and end approximately July 1, 2026.