Cornwell’s Dinner Theatre is seeking artists and technical theatre staff for our 2023 season, which includes I Do, I Do!, Sex Please, We’re 60, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Forever Plaid, and Tinsel and Turkey: A Cornwell’s Holiday Extravaganza. CDT is a 150-seat professional theatre located on the property at Turkeyville, USA, and presents over 200 performances each year. We are seeking full-time and part-time theatre artists and technicians to help build and manage our season.
Cornwell’s Dinner Theatre is an equal-opportunity employer that places a high value on diversity, equity and inclusion. We seek artists from all paths and backgrounds, including non-traditional education journeys. Successful team members will thrive as a part of a small, committed staff that values a collaborative, supportive work environment, fair labor practices, and celebrates creative risk-taking.
Visiting CDT artists live on the property at Turkeyville, USA in our company housing, and have full access to the campground amenities, including a swimming pool, gym, and volleyball and basketball courts. Also on the property are an all-turkey restaurant, gift shop, ice-cream parlor, arcade, and over 2 miles of rideable model train track. Visiting artists receive a discount at all amenities across the property. We are centrally located in Southwest Michigan, 20 minutes north of Battle Creek, less than an hour from Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids, and 2 hours from both Detroit and Chicago.
BACKSTAGE JOB OPENINGS
P/T Carpenters: CDT builds a new show every two months, so we are seeking theatre carpenters with flexible schedules who can work 20-30 hours/week for three weeks at a time.
Costume Designers: Similar to LD’s, costumer designers will attend virtual design meetings, and then coordinate builds, rentals, purchasing and fittings with our Resident Costume Shop Manager and the stage manager for the production.
For more information, or to apply for an open position , please email or submit your materials (resume, portfolio, headshot and/or video clips, as appropriate) to: CornwellsCasting@outlook.com.
AUDITIONS
Cornwell’s Dinner Theatre will be attending the Unified Professional Theatre Auditions (UPTA) in Memphis, TN in February of 2023, followed by an open call in NYC a week later. Additional details about dates and locations will be shared as they become available. We are seeking artists of every age, race, ethnicity, gender identity and body type.
LOCAL ACTORS: To be considered for a full-time actor contract, artists must have general availability during the daytime and Saturday evenings for performances. A typical rehearsal week is 40 hours, and a performance week is 5-7 performances.
Understudy contracts are paid a weekly retainer to attend performances regularly and prepare one or more roles, and only perform when a regular cast member is not able to perform.
Videos and/or audio auditions are welcome throughout the year, if accompanied by a picture and resume.
For more information, or to apply for an open position , please email or submit your materials (resume, portfolio, headshot and/or video clips, as appropriate) to: CornwellsCasting@outlook.com.
Or by mail to:
Cornwell’s Dinner Theatre
18935 15 1/2 Mile Rd.
Marshall, MI 49068
