Werk With SNAFU THIS SUMMER!
We're assembling a kick-ass team of CREATOR/PERFORMERS and ADMINISTRATORS for an outdoor sunset spectacle on lək̓wəŋən territory.
WE'RE HIRING:
4 Canada Summer Jobs Positions (applicants must be 15-30)
9 Performer/Creators
AUDITION to join the performance ensemble or APPLY for a production role.
WE'RE HIRING:
4 Canada Summer Jobs Positions (applicants must be 15-30)
9 Performer/Creators
AUDITION to join the performance ensemble or APPLY for a production role.
AUDITIONS: PERFORMER/CREATORS
Are you a performer who likes to create new work from scratch?
Do you like to ponder what the world will look like in 5000 years?
Are you a clown, a storyteller, stilt walker and acrobat, songwriter or a dancer?
Have you always wanted to create an OUTDOOR FUTURISTIC SUNSET SPECTACLE with SNAFU?
We are casting 9 performers who have experience creating (improvising, clowning, writing, collaborating) NEW WORK and presenting it in an outdoor setting for SNAFU’s NEW EARTH BANDITS 2025.
Location: Macaulay Point Park, Esquimalt & Downtown Victoria
Key Dates:
June 22: Meet your fellow artists and collect your creative inspirations!
July 1: Development & Rehearsals Begin.
EVENINGS – Tuesdays thru Saturdays 5pm - 9pm
(Part time Contract - $500/week)
August 12 & August 13: Invited Dress Rehearsals
August 14 - 17, 21 - 24 (8 Shows)
(Show weeks - $700/week)
To Apply, please email a short audition video to Kathleen Greenfield ([email protected]) by May 10, 2025
We will cast these positions by May 15, 2025
Your audition video should:
Do you like to ponder what the world will look like in 5000 years?
Are you a clown, a storyteller, stilt walker and acrobat, songwriter or a dancer?
Have you always wanted to create an OUTDOOR FUTURISTIC SUNSET SPECTACLE with SNAFU?
We are casting 9 performers who have experience creating (improvising, clowning, writing, collaborating) NEW WORK and presenting it in an outdoor setting for SNAFU’s NEW EARTH BANDITS 2025.
Location: Macaulay Point Park, Esquimalt & Downtown Victoria
Key Dates:
June 22: Meet your fellow artists and collect your creative inspirations!
July 1: Development & Rehearsals Begin.
EVENINGS – Tuesdays thru Saturdays 5pm - 9pm
(Part time Contract - $500/week)
August 12 & August 13: Invited Dress Rehearsals
August 14 - 17, 21 - 24 (8 Shows)
(Show weeks - $700/week)
To Apply, please email a short audition video to Kathleen Greenfield ([email protected]) by May 10, 2025
We will cast these positions by May 15, 2025
Your audition video should:
- Introduce who you are and why you want to work with SNAFU
- What do you think the world will look like in 5000 years?
- Show us what you can do
- Tell a funny story
- Sing a song
- Do some magic tricks
- Model a whacky costume
- Surprise us!
HIRING: PRODUCTION ROLES
Are you age 30 or under?
Want to work with SNAFU this summer as we make outdoor spectacles?
EVENT MARKETING SPECIALIST
June 1 - August 15 (9 Weeks)
$22.50/hour
30 hours/week
EVENT COORDINATOR
July 1 - August 31 (9 Weeks)
$22.50/hour
30 hours/week
OUTDOOR STAGE MANAGER
July 1 - August 31 (9 Weeks)
$22.50/hour
30 hours/week
WORKROOM MANAGER
June 1 - August 31 (12 Weeks)
$22.50/hour
30 hours/week
Canada Summer Jobs Applicants need to:
To Apply, please email your resume and brief cover letter to Kathleen Greenfield ([email protected]) by April 28th, 2025
Interviews will be held in the first week of May.
Questions? Ask us! Contact [email protected]
Want to work with SNAFU this summer as we make outdoor spectacles?
EVENT MARKETING SPECIALIST
June 1 - August 15 (9 Weeks)
$22.50/hour
30 hours/week
EVENT COORDINATOR
July 1 - August 31 (9 Weeks)
$22.50/hour
30 hours/week
OUTDOOR STAGE MANAGER
July 1 - August 31 (9 Weeks)
$22.50/hour
30 hours/week
WORKROOM MANAGER
June 1 - August 31 (12 Weeks)
$22.50/hour
30 hours/week
Canada Summer Jobs Applicants need to:
- Be aged between 15 and 30 years old on the start date of the job;
- Have a valid Social Insurance Number (SIN); and
- Be a Canadian citizen, OR a permanent resident of Canada, OR or a person who has been granted refugee status in Canada. ( International students / temporary residents of Canada are not eligible.)
- Support the objectives and philosophies of SNAFU’s team of artists to produce an event with a low environmental impact that supports underserved communities
To Apply, please email your resume and brief cover letter to Kathleen Greenfield ([email protected]) by April 28th, 2025
Interviews will be held in the first week of May.
Questions? Ask us! Contact [email protected]
JOB DESCRIPTIONS
EVENT MARKETING SPECIALIST
June 1 - August 15 (9 Weeks)
$22.50/hour
SNAFU is seeking a full-time Event Marketing Specialist for a 9-week position in Esquimalt, BC. This position is ideal for those with a background in the arts and a passion for online marketing who are seeking to build firsthand experience with mentorship in online marketing, community engagement, and audience outreach & support.
June 1 - August 15 (9 Weeks)
$22.50/hour
SNAFU is seeking a full-time Event Marketing Specialist for a 9-week position in Esquimalt, BC. This position is ideal for those with a background in the arts and a passion for online marketing who are seeking to build firsthand experience with mentorship in online marketing, community engagement, and audience outreach & support.
- Receive mentorship from Producers to document the creation process with photo and video and showcase on SNAFU’s existing Social Media Platforms
- Establish a fun and engaging style for SNAFU’s youtube, instagram and TikTok, creating a clear marketing ‘voice’ so that the art created in Victoria trail can be translated to digital audiences all over the world
- Support the Producers to develop and distribute a marketing plan for event including social media, website, newsletter and press releases
- Envision, design and execute a plan for digital audience engagement (polls, games, challenges, ticket giveaways, audience testimonials, fan art)
- Create and edit video shorts throughout the workshop, rehearsal, and performance process
- collect and edit post-show testimonial videos from audience members
- set up an online box office system that is user friendly and accessible for audience members & act as the main point of contact in booking complimentary tickets
- Make connections with local underserved communities to coordinate free and low-cost tickets to ensure the event is accessible to all, provide accessibility materials for these groups & Research crossover audiences in the area (larpers, gamers, geo-chacher groups, walking clubs, Esquimalt neighborhood groups etc)
- Creates a digital site access guide with information provided by the Accessibility Coordinator.
- Collaborate with all artists, community groups, and volunteers involved to engage them on SNAFU’s social media and ensure they feel represented and honored in the digital representations of the show
EVENT COORDINATOR
June 1 - August 15 (9 Weeks)
$22.50/hour
SNAFU is seeking a full-time Event Coordinator with a focus on Outdoor Festival Audience Management for a 9-week position in Esquimalt, BC. This position is ideal for those with a background in the arts and a passion for outdoor events who are seeking to build firsthand experience with mentorship in community engagement, front of house management and audience outreach & support.
June 1 - August 15 (9 Weeks)
$22.50/hour
SNAFU is seeking a full-time Event Coordinator with a focus on Outdoor Festival Audience Management for a 9-week position in Esquimalt, BC. This position is ideal for those with a background in the arts and a passion for outdoor events who are seeking to build firsthand experience with mentorship in community engagement, front of house management and audience outreach & support.
- Act as the main point of contact for audiences coming to events
- Design an outdoor ticket & information booth at the event entrance. This booth will include merchandise and audience safety supplies (including first aid kits and weather-related gear)
- Responsible for sourcing and organizing transport for supplies such as tents, tables, chairs and signage for outdoor ticket & information booths at the event entrance.
- Coordinate and Lead a team of volunteers to set up and remove temporary outdoor ticket and information booth for performances
- Operate the ticket/information booth for all events - facilitating and training volunteers
- In collaboration with the Producers research, design, purchase, display and sell merchandise to audiences from ticket booth
- Responsible in ensuring audience safety – first aid training provided
- Communicate in an effective and timely manner via phone or email with Supervising Marketing Manager
- Attend weekly team meetings with all core staff involved in the event
OUTDOOR STAGE MANAGER
July 1 - August 31 (9 Weeks)
$22.50/hour
SNAFU is seeking 1 full-time Production Assistant for a 9-week position in Victoria & Esquimalt, BC. This position is ideal for those with a background in the arts and a passion for behind-the-scenes work who are seeking to build firsthand experience with mentorship in outdoor festival site management / managing live performance events.
July 1 - August 31 (9 Weeks)
$22.50/hour
SNAFU is seeking 1 full-time Production Assistant for a 9-week position in Victoria & Esquimalt, BC. This position is ideal for those with a background in the arts and a passion for behind-the-scenes work who are seeking to build firsthand experience with mentorship in outdoor festival site management / managing live performance events.
- Collaborate with the Supervising Production Manager to create an efficient, safe and organized transition from Workshop to Outdoor performance.
- Manage lists of purchased materials, partnerships and rentals. Track the wear and tear of borrowed materials during the run of the show. Ensure information can be handed over to the Supervising Production Manager for returns at the end of the project.
- Support makers to ensure that costumes, props, set, etc. are safe and comfortable for actors to use in performance.
- Facilitate costume and props repairs during performance.
- Attend weekly production meetings with Artistic Producers, Marketing Team, Production Manager and Sustainability Coordinator
- Collaborate with Production Manager to facilitate the transition from pre-production to production
- In consultation with Supervising Production Manager and Artistic Producer, develop a plan for daily load-in and load-out at of props, costumes, puppets and gear at various venues
- Track overall environmental impact of the project with guidance and education from Production Manager
- In consultation with the Supervising Production Manager and Artistic Producer, develop plan for communications throughout the event, including:
- Site Walk-through with all staff (highlighting all safety elements)
- Safety Plan
- First Aid & Emergency Procedures
- Use and implementation of Site Safety and supply checklists (prepared in collaboration with the Production Manager)
- Participate in all performances as a Site guide for performers - ensuring that no dangerous items (ex - broken glass) will harm the audience or performers
- Facilitate performer sign-in and out
- Produce a nightly show report noting any changes or safety concerns & distribute daily for performers during show weeks
WORKROOM MANAGER
June 1 - August 31 (12 Weeks)
$22.50/hour
SNAFU is seeking 1 full-time Production Assistant for a 9-week position in Victoria & Esquimalt, BC. This position is ideal for those with a background in the arts and a passion for behind-the-scenes work who are seeking to build firsthand experience with mentorship in outdoor festival production, community engagement, outreach & support. Or someone looking to expand their knowledge and understanding of managing successful live performance events.
June 1 - August 31 (12 Weeks)
$22.50/hour
SNAFU is seeking 1 full-time Production Assistant for a 9-week position in Victoria & Esquimalt, BC. This position is ideal for those with a background in the arts and a passion for behind-the-scenes work who are seeking to build firsthand experience with mentorship in outdoor festival production, community engagement, outreach & support. Or someone looking to expand their knowledge and understanding of managing successful live performance events.
- Support the objectives and philosophies of SNAFU’s team of artists to produce an event with a low environment impact that supports underserved communities
- Collaborate with the Producer - Production Management to create efficient, safe and organized workshop foundations (supplies, tools, space, communication) for the creative artists (builders and performers) involved in SNAFU summer programming
- Collaborate with Professional Makers to source recycled or refurbished supplies for workshop and performance and consult with Sustainability Coordinator to make sure we are making a low environmental impact with our choice of supplies.
- Work with Supervising Production Manager to build community partnerships (Value Village, Salvation Army Thrift Stores and Recycling Facilities) to source ethical materials to repurpose into props, costumes, puppets, and outdoor design installations
- Manage lists of purchased materials, partnerships. Track all borrowed materials; cost; and return date. Ensure this can be handed over to the Supervising Production Manager for returns at the end of the project.
- Support makers to ensure that costumes, props, set, etc. can be completed on time and are safe and comfortable for actors to use in performance.
- Attend weekly production meetings with Artistic Producers, Marketing Team, Production Manager and Sustainability Coordinator
- Supervise and tidy the workshop spaces so that they are accessible to everyone
- Collaborate with Production Manager to facilitate the transition from pre-production to production
- In consultation with Supervising Production Manager and Artistic Producer, develop a plan for daily load-in and load-out at of props, costumes, puppets and gear at various venues
- Track overall environmental impact of the project with guidance and education from Production Manager
- In consultation with the Supervising Production Manager and Artistic Producer, develop plan for communications throughout the event, including:
- Site Walk-through with all staff (highlighting all safety elements)
- Safety Plan
- First Aid & Emergency Procedures
- Use and implementation of Site Safety and supply checklists (prepared in collaboration with the Production Manager)
- Participate in all performances as a Site guide for performers - ensuring that no dangerous items (ex - broken glass) will harm the audience or performers
- Facilitate performer sign-in and out
- Produce a nightly show report noting any changes or safety concerns & distribute daily for performers during show weeks
WHO IS SNAFU?
SNAFU is a Nonprofit Performing Arts company led by Co-Artistic Producers Ingrid Hansen and Kathleen Greenfield, who live and create art as uninvited guests on the lək̓wəŋən, Sc'ianew and the WSÁNEĆ territory. SNAFU supports passionate artists from all backgrounds to collaborate, experiment, and develop their skills and voices in creating bold live performances.
SNAFU serves:
SNAFU has been an innovator in Victoria’s arts community since its inception in 2006. We create unexpected spectacles in unusual spaces, including bike trails, public washrooms, fields, heritage sites, parking lots, and prison hockey gyms. To date, SNAFU has created 22 original full-length shows, 7 site-specific shorts, 41 tours, 6 sign-language performances.
SNAFU serves:
- professional artists with a passion for creating renegade theatre
- incarcerated artists and artists on parole
- professional artist/facilitators collaborating with underserved communities
- BC audiences of all ages, who enjoy dynamic physical/visual storytelling and bold spectacles
SNAFU has been an innovator in Victoria’s arts community since its inception in 2006. We create unexpected spectacles in unusual spaces, including bike trails, public washrooms, fields, heritage sites, parking lots, and prison hockey gyms. To date, SNAFU has created 22 original full-length shows, 7 site-specific shorts, 41 tours, 6 sign-language performances.
SNAFU's SUMMER EVENTS YOU'D BE WORKING ON
'New Earth Bandits', under the guidance of SNAFU's Co-Artistic Producer Kathleen Greenfield, will launch 10 immersive outdoor theatrical performances from August 14 until August 24, 2025, featuring worlds envisioned by artists with disabilities, artists on parole, and Latin American musicians. These are community groups SNAFU artists have been working with for a while, but separately. This project brings them all together to answer the same question: “What might our world be like 5,000 years in the future?”
SNAFU hires Investigators who have connections to each community group to guide participants through 30 hours of workshops, where they ENVISION possible futures.
9 Performer/Creators & 3 Musicians and 4 Builders take what they’ve gathered from community investigators and begin devising, crafting, and staging the show - using recycled materials.
New Earth Bandits emerges as an original 90-minute choose-your-own-adventure event. We invite the public to roam the historic battlement site called Macaulay Point Park in Esquimalt, BC.
SNAFU hires Investigators who have connections to each community group to guide participants through 30 hours of workshops, where they ENVISION possible futures.
9 Performer/Creators & 3 Musicians and 4 Builders take what they’ve gathered from community investigators and begin devising, crafting, and staging the show - using recycled materials.
New Earth Bandits emerges as an original 90-minute choose-your-own-adventure event. We invite the public to roam the historic battlement site called Macaulay Point Park in Esquimalt, BC.
Photos from New Earth Bandits (2023) by Helene Cyr
