Teaching Artist & Program Manager - Playwriting

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Full Time Professional Denver, CO, US

2 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $60,000.00 To $65,500.00 Annually

The application window for this position has an anticipated end date of 08/20/2026.

Company Overview

The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) is one of the largest non-profit theatre organizations in the nation, presenting Broadway tours and producing theatre, cabaret, musicals, and innovative, immersive experiences. Through these experiences and alongside our robust Education program, we engage hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.

The DCPA’s workforce includes more than 300 employed team members in non-union and union positions (in partnership with seven unions). In addition, we employ hundreds of artists and contractors annually. We have a strong volunteer program which includes more than 300 volunteers.

Our Mission: “We engage and inspire through the transformative power of live theatre.”

Culture Statement

For more than 40 years, creativity and community have been the foundation of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ success. As a leading cultural organization in the Rocky Mountain West, we are actively participating in a cultural evolution of belonging and anti-racism. Our commitment to reflect the diversity and priorities of our community — in our workplace, audience and programming — has never been more present.

We believe that the theater can transform us — and be transformed by us. We invite you to be part of our Team.

Job Purpose

The Teaching Artist & Education Program Manager – Playwriting works with the Education and Community Engagement team, teaching artists, program managers and department directors to develop and deliver high quality theatre education for children, teen and adult students, teachers, schools, school administration, corporations and theatre professionals. Programming happens on-site and off-site in schools and communities across the Denver Metro Area and occasionally in schools and communities statewide.

This position works specifically to manage the Regional Middle School and High School Playwriting Program.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Teach theatre-based curriculum to students ages three through adult
• Teach arts-integrated curriculum to students Pre-K through 12 th grades
• Develop new curriculum for the breadth of DCPA Education offerings and teaching responsibilities:
  • Development of curriculum is a combination of personal artistry/experience in collaboration with Executive Director and Director of Education and Curriculum Development and the DCPA Teaching Team.
• Collaboration with full-time faculty and part-time teaching artist team across all programs including opportunities for co-facilitation in supporting, bolstering, and advancing the mission of the DCPA, including the support of the breadth of programming for Education and Community Engagement initiatives.
• Coach students within one-on-one sessions to support private acting coaching programming.
• Design and deliver Saturday on-site classes, multi-week summer programming, and other workshops – onsite, in schools and communities.
• Support all EDUC&CE programs including Bobby G High School Musical Theatre adjudication and workshops, arts integration deliverables, playwriting workshops and play readings, preshow workshops for the Theatre Company season, talkbacks, community workshops, DPS Shakespeare Festival workshops, and Drama Day facilitation
• Partner with organization mission driven work groups to support cross-departmental collaboration
• Partner with the Director of Education and Curriculum Development on annual Denver Public Schools Shakespeare Festival to support program facilitation, scheduling with schools, educators, and teaching artists. Lead DPS Shakespeare workshop deliverables and school support
• Schedule, plan, and manage all aspects of the annual Regional Middle School and High School Playwriting Workshops and Competition including – but not limited to:
• Serving as point of contact for all…