Scenic Design Fellow & Properties Apprentice

Theater Mu is seeking

• an emerging or early-career designer with a professional interest in scenic design to work with scenic designer Sarah Bahr during the world premiere production Hmong Futures.
  STIPEND: $1,000
• an emerging or early-career artist, designer, or technician with an interest in properties design to work with properties designer Sarah Harris during the world premiere production Hmong Futures.
  STIPEND: $500

Send a resume and cover letter to info (subject: HMONG FUTURES Scenic Design Fellow Application or HMONG FUTURES Properties Design Apprentice Application). Applicants must submit by Dec 28, 2025, but eligible candidates will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Learn more about each position and about the mentor designers /work-with-us.

The Hmong Futures theater project commemorates 50 years of Hmong communities in the Twin Cities and dreams about what it looks like for these communities to thrive in the next 50. Playwright Katie Ka Vang created this with the Hmong community, including interviews, story circles, workshop readings, family-style dinners, and facilitated conversations.

• Pre-Production Meetings:
  January and Onward
• First Rehearsal:
  Mar 11, 2026
• Tech Rehearsals:
  April 1-10, 2026
• Previews:
  April 9-10, 2026
• Opening Night:
  April 11, 2026
• Closing Performance:
  May 3, 2026

Rehearsals will take place at the Theater Mu studio (755 Prior Ave N #107, Saint Paul, MN 55104), and tech and performances will take place at Gremlin Theater (Annex Building, 550 Vandalia St #177, St. Paul, MN 55114).