Academic​/Instructor Teaching Artists: Dance Teacher​/Choreographer, Music Director Play Group Theatre White

Teaching Artists:
Dance Teacher/Choreographer, Music Director

The Play Group Theatre
White Plains, NY
US

Jill Abusch

The Play Group Theatre (PGT), a Westchester based non-profit educational theatre organization dedicated to providing diverse theatre making experiences and performance opportunities to children and teenagers, is seeking Teaching Artists, Assistant Directors, Music Directors, and Dance Teachers/Choreographers for our upcoming Fall season. PGT provides year-round theatre programming for students pre K - 12. All programs and performances are held in PGT’s state-of-the-art facility in White Plains, NY, easily accessible by Metro North or car.

We are seeking artists who possess imagination, flexibility and the desire to work with children and teenagers of varied ages in a creatively charged and artistically demanding, yet nurturing environment. Our teachers must be prepared to work as a member of a strong creative team, and to help our students achieve quality performances, while still giving focus to the artistic process.

The ideal candidate holds a BFA/BA (/MFA/MA preferred) and can teach a variety of theatre related disciplines to a wide range of ages.

Our classes program ranges from Little Theatre (ages 4-6) through Teens (ages 13+) and cover a broad range of disciplines, including Acting, Musical Theatre, Dance, Improv, Sketch Comedy and more. Performance programs include First Stage (ages 8-12) in our Jonah Mac Theatre and Main Stage (ages 11-18) in our Main Stage Theatre. We seek Teaching Artists who have experience in an educational theatre setting in which they have successfully balanced a sound creative process with a quality product, all while fostering a joyful and supportive creative community environment.

PGT’s after-school and weekend programs take place at The Play Group Theatre’s facility in downtown White Plains, NY on weekday afternoons and evenings, between 4-9pm, Saturdays between 10am and 3pm, and Sunday evenings. The Fall season runs from September through January 2027.

Applicants should possess:

Minimum 3-5 years teaching and/or directing experience

excellent time management skills and the ability to juggle multiple projects at once

grace and a sense of humor under pressure

a sense of playfulness balanced with a fierce work ethic

the qualities necessary to be a positive role model for children and teenagers

the ability to apply the “yes AND” rule of improv to the workplace

experience being bombarded with children and all their stuff and a good deal of noise, and thrive in that setting!

PGT’s Core Values

The Play Group Theatre has a core value of inclusion among students, staff, and audience alike. The Play Group Theatre is committed to building and sustaining an inclusive space where everyone who walks through the PGT doors is, and feels, valued and respected regardless of race, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation. ethnicity, national origin, or ability. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

$45.00 – $55.00 per hour