Teaching Artist & Program Manager - TYA Engagement

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Full Time Professional Denver, CO, US

6 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.

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.

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.

The Teaching Artist and Education Program Manager - TYA School Engagement works with the Education and Community Engagement team, Teaching Artists, Program Managers and department Directors to develop and deliver high quality theatre education for students of all ages, teachers, schools, school administration, corporations, community, and theatre professionals. Programming happens on site and off site in schools and community centers across the Denver Metro Area and occasionally statewide.

This position works specifically to manage TYA school engagement and post-show workshops for Theatre for Young Audiences productions.

• 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 program initiatives including act as a primary teaching artist for the Book Stars program- preschool and kinder literacy, Bobby G High School Musical adjudication and workshops, arts integration deliverables, play writing 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
• Schedule, plan, and manage all aspects of post-show workshops for the annual Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA) production including – but not limited to:
  • Partner with Group Sales staff to track details of schools attending TYA production and participating in post-show workshops including transportation details, number of students, number of chaperones,…