O’Neill Theater Center Offers Summer Internships

Waterford CT, March 4, 2003 – The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center is seeking interns to assist in the creation of new plays and musicals at its summer programs. Internships run for varying lengths of time between June 2 and August 18 and take place at The O’Neill, on eleven acres of beachfront property overlooking the Long Island Sound. Annual summer conferences include the O’Neill Puppetry Conference, Playwrights Conference, Critics Institute and Music Theater Conference. Hundreds of actors, directors, playwrights and people involved in every aspect of making theater come to The O’Neill during these conferences to share ideas, rehearse and perform new work, and examine what it means to be a writer.

Last year more than 50 musicals, plays and puppet works were performed for the first time in front of an audience at The O’Neill, in the form of staged readings. Writers and puppeteers who have brought their new work to the O’Neill first include Lee Blessing, Kirsten Childs, Kia Corthron, Christopher Durang, John Guare, Phillip Huber, David Lindsay-Abaire, Marsha Norman, Wendy Wasserstein, August Wilson, Maury Yeston and countless others.

Technical and administrative internships are available in the following areas:

Box Office
Carpentry/Crew
Company Management
Electrics
House Management
Operations
Props/Crew
Script Office
Sound
Stage Management

All interns are provided with room, board and a small stipend. Those interested in applying or receiving more information can contact:
Jennifer Huntzinger
Company Manager
O’Neill Theater Center
534 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036
info@oneilltheatercenter.org
Phone: 212-244-7008 Fax 212-967-2957