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Building Operations Coordinator
OVERVIEW
The Fisher Center Building Operations Coordinator is responsible for overseeing and implementing the daily functions of the Fisher Center’s physical environment and acting as a liaison between the occupants and the Facilities Operations and Safety Manager.
This is a full-time position starting February 1, 2026, non-exempt, paid hourly at a rate range of $25–$28 per hour, depending on experience, 40 hours per week, with the possibility of overtime, especially during the peak summer season. Most Building Operations Coordinators’ scheduled shifts occur in the evenings and on weekends, during rehearsals and performances, which are off-peak business hours for the college Buildings & Grounds department. During scheduled shifts, the Facilities Operations and Safety Manager may need to interact with and, in the case of an emergency, direct Fisher Center Audience and Member Services (AMS) staff. The Building Operations Coordinator will also need to coordinate as needed with Bard College’s Safety and Security team, Bard College’s Environmental Services team, and/or Emergency Medical Services (EMS). They serve as the initial and independent point of contact for any facilities or safety concerns during their shift, including support for students, staff, artists, and public guests. They are responsible for ongoing assessment of building activity and facilities and escalating issues if necessary.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead initial response to any on-site emergency, including medical, alarm, or other, including coordinating with and handing off to Bard Security and/or emergency services if they attend the scene.
- Provide appropriate crisis intervention and de-escalation tactics without hesitation for a diverse community of students, staff, faculty, and audience.
- Write and contribute to various reports, e.g., building activity, parking, equipment notes, etc.
- Write and submit or report maintenance requests, including plumbing, electrical, HVAC, fire systems, and general building issues, to the Fisher Center Facilities Operations and Safety Manager and/or Buildings & Grounds Staff.
- Depending on the shift schedule, open and/or close the Fisher Center building in coordination with Environmental Services, including arming or disarming the intrusion alarm.
- Throughout each shift, open and close the Fisher Center doors and windows, as needed/requested.
- Throughout each shift, do a periodic walkthrough of the building, depending on occupancy and activity level.
- Assist with deliveries and materials movement, e.g., folding tables, chairs, etc., as needed by building occupants.
- Support and coordinate with Environmental Services staff.
- Monitor radio traffic and respond to or facilitate requests for building support.
- Supervise the Fire Panel Watch staff member when on site.
- Other duties as assigned by Facilities Management.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE
- Some experience working in facilities, security, emergency services, or a similar field.
- Only candidates with a valid driver’s license for more than 12 months can be considered due to the requirements of Bard’s Transportation department.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Must possess general knowledge of fire systems, plumbing, electrical, and HVAC.
- Must be able to operate various equipment, i.e., basic computer skills, 2-way radios, telephone, and motor vehicles, including golf carts.
- Must have the ability to think quickly and act decisively in emergency situations.
- Attention to detail, accuracy, ability to work under pressure, multi-tasking, and strong follow-up skills.
- Open-minded and flexible responses to diverse behaviors and actions.
- Ability to use discretion with sensitive and confidential matters.
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Preferred QUALIFICATIONS
- 2+ years of security experience; college or university campus security.
- Security Guard Training via New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, Bureau for Municipal Police, Security Guard Division.
- Forklift Certification.
- High school diploma or GED.
WORKING CONDITIONS
- Position requires mental alertness, emotional stability, and a minimum level of physical fitness to deal with emergencies.
- Position requires good health, especially in hearing and eyesight, good hygiene, and dependability.
- Must be able to occasionally lift up to 50 lbs.
- Must be able to walk up several flights of stairs.
LOCATION
Bard’s beautiful 1,000-acre campus is situated on the east bank of the Hudson River in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Community life is defined by numerous cultural and recreational opportunities in the surrounding historic Hudson River Valley and by proximity to New York City. Nearby towns and villages include Rhinebeck, Tivoli, and Red Hook, New York.
TO APPLY
Applications for this position will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
For any access-related requests, questions, or issues with the application form, please contact [email protected].
Bard College is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from those who contribute to our diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, mental or physical disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, familial status, veteran status, or genetic information. Bard is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for all individuals in employment practices, services, programs, and activities.
ABOUT THE FISHER CENTER
The Fisher Center is a premier professional performing arts center and a hub for research and education that demonstrates Bard College’s commitment to the performing arts as a cultural and educational necessity. To support artists, students, and audiences in the examination of artistic ideas, the Fisher Center develops, produces, and presents performing arts across disciplines through new productions and context-rich programs that challenge and inspire.
Home is the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, designed by Frank Gehry and located on the campus of Bard College in New York’s Hudson Valley. This world-class theater building will be complemented by a new studio building designed by Maya Lin, scheduled to open in 2026. More than 200 events and 50,000 visitors are hosted at the Fisher Center each year, and over 300 professional artists are employed annually. As a powerful catalyst of art-making regionally, nationally, and worldwide, the Fisher Center produces 8 to 10 major new works in various disciplines every year. The Fisher Center offers outstanding programs to many communities, including the students and faculty of Bard College, and audiences in the Hudson Valley, New York City, across the country, and around the world. Building on a 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders.
The Fisher Center was born from the Bard Music Festival, founded in 1990, which, for the first 13 years of its existence, occupied several spaces on campus, including a large tent. Each summer, the Music Festival focuses on the life, work, and influences of one composer, promoting new ways of understanding and presenting the history of music to a contemporary audience. When the Fisher Center and its two theaters opened in 2003, the summer festival expanded to include a fully staged opera, as well as theater and dance performances. The highly acclaimed opera program brings unjustly neglected works to the stage in major productions—often making their US debuts.
Through Fisher Center LAB, the Center’s acclaimed residency and commissioning program, artists are provided with custom-made support toward their innovative projects and their work has been seen in over 100 communities around the world. Resident choreographer Pam Tanowitz’s 2018 Four Quartets was recognized as “the greatest creation of dance theater so far this century” by The New York Times. In 2019, the Fisher Center won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical for Daniel Fish’s production of Oklahoma!, which began life in 2007 as an undergraduate production at Bard and was produced professionally by the Fisher Center in 2015 before transferring to New York City. Illinoise, a 2023 Fisher Center world premiere from artists Sufjan Stevens, Justin Peck, and Jackie Sibblies Drury, was recognized with a Tony Award for Best Choreography following its tour and transfer to Broadway.
The Fisher Center is home to several of Bard’s academic programs in the performing arts. Year-round, it hosts performances by the undergraduate Dance Program and Theater and Performance Program; the US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music; The Orchestra Now (TŌN), a Bard graduate program that is training the next generation of classical-music ambassadors; and students at the Bard Conservatory, the first (and so far only) conservatory to require all its students to pursue a bachelor of arts degree in a field other than music in addition to their specialized music studies. As a hybrid institution, the Fisher Center brings together professional and academic art-making of the highest caliber, where student and professional artists work side by side, learning from each other and informing one another’s practices.
ABOUT BARD COLLEGE
Founded in 1860, Bard College is a four-year residential college of the liberal arts and sciences located 90 miles north of New York City. With the addition of the Montgomery Place estate, Bard’s campus consists of nearly 1,000 park-like acres in the Hudson River Valley. It offers bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of music degrees, with majors in nearly 40 academic programs, graduate degrees in 11 programs, nine early colleges, and numerous dual-degree programs nationally and internationally. Building on its 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard College has expanded its mission as a private institution acting in the public interest across the country and around the world to meet broader student needs and increase access to liberal education. The undergraduate program at our main campus in upstate New York has a reputation for scholarly excellence, a focus on the arts, and civic engagement. Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders. For more information about Bard College, visit bard.edu.
Development Operations Manager
OVERVIEW
The Fisher Center is seeking a detail-oriented Development Operations Manager to oversee and contribute to efficient and evolving systems that enhance the Development department’s fundraising efforts. This position will carry out tasks related to data management & hygiene, internal reporting, general fundraising operations and administration, financial reconciliation, and will provide on-site event support as needed. The Manager will possess a high level of proficiency in navigating technology and CRM software, specifically Tessitura; curiosity about learning and improving systems; commitment to maintaining high-quality data integrity; in addition to strong analytic, organizational, and collaboration skills to ensure data-driven, efficient fundraising strategies and functional reporting.
The Development Operations Manager will integrate information between the Development, Finance & Administration, and Audience & Member Services departments of the Fisher Center, as well as Bard College’s Office of Development and Alumni/ae Affairs, to ensure clarity, consistency, and efficiency in planning, communicating, and executing gift recording, record keeping, and data analysis to ensure future success. The role requires excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including discretion and respect for confidentiality, as well as the ability to translate detailed and technical data into an effective narrative for the department’s use.
This is a full-time, exempt position, paid at a salary range of $64,000 to $68,000, depending on experience. Hours will average 35 hours/week, with longer hours required during busy seasonal activities to support the SummerScape festival.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Development Database Management
- Oversee the development department’s use of Tessitura, the organization’s customer relationship management software, inclusive of gift processing, donor and prospect list management, data hygiene, campaign configuration, and reporting functions below.
- Serve as the primary user of Tessitura list management tools for campaign and prospect data analysis, special event and appeal mailings, and other development purposes
- Manage all data imports and exports. Generate data sets for timely and accurate donor recognition efforts (program listings, wall listings, and boilerplate funder credits).
- Provide data analysis and work in collaboration with other departments to define queries, manipulate, merge, and mine large and complex data sets
- Enforce and encourage data entry standards and best practices to promote optimal data integrity. Manage annual campaign configuration. Lead routine data audits as needed, including audits on duplicate entries, salutations, contributions, relationships and households, constituencies, and constituent Interests. Train and oversee other employees on correct data entry within Tessitura.
- Be up to date on all current and future Tessitura database functionality, including periodic software upgrades, and implement solutions to software limitations
- Initiate and manage data integration projects between Tessitura and Bard College’s database of record
- Gift Processing and Recording
- Handle the receiving, backup, and notification of all donations, cross-check gift entry reports to ensure consistency between Tessitura and the database of record at Bard College.
- Oversee and refine the acknowledgement process of all gifts across all revenue lines to guarantee regular and prompt recognition of all donations.
- Refine and manage the pledge payment process.
- Track monthly contributed revenue, reconcile quarterly contributed income, and provide regular reports to internal stakeholders, in accordance with the annual Development plan and in coordination with the Fisher Center’s Finance & Administration team
- Partner with Finance team members to create new project codes, manage monthly reconciliation, facilitate wire transfers, and provide documentation and reporting during the annual audit.
- Serve as the organization’s primary liaison with Bard College’s Gift Recording Team
- Donor & Prospect Management
- Strategize with the Associate Director of Development on annual fund and membership solicitations, supporting growth in contributions/memberships and the number of donors/members, and in using data to inform fundraising operations
- Deploy custom reports about attendance, contributions, research, moves management, and finance as needed to guide development strategy and practices
- Maintain moves management plans in Tessitura and ensure the development staff’s portfolios of donors and prospects remain up to date
- Handle outgoing research requests and input incoming data sets in collaboration with Bard’s Office of Prospect Research
- Provide ad hoc research on event guests and potential prospects
- Administrative Support
- Prepare and distribute meeting agendas and materials for development prospecting meetings, including for Bi-Weekly Prospects and Plans Meetings, Monthly Gift Recorder Check-Ins, and Quarterly Institutional Prospects Meetings
- Maintain budget records for the development department, and process invoices and check requests
- Participate in institutional fundraising efforts by overseeing grant-making calendars, assisting with the compilation of materials for grant applications, scheduling meetings between the development department and Bard’s Office of Institutional Support, and collecting data from other departments as needed
- Identify and implement opportunities for process automation and workflow improvements, develop strategies for improving and expanding the use of new technologies in development operations, and take an analytical, creative, and innovative approach to solving problems
- Maintain, fulfill, and store office inventories, including supplies, archival materials, and merchandise, and membership premiums
- Staff select performances and special events
- Perform other roles as needed
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE
- Experience with database software and/or customer relationship management (CRM) programs preferred; experience with Tessitura strongly preferred
- Proficiency with Google Suite (Sheets, Docs, shared Drives) and Microsoft Office (specifically, Word and Excel), plus collaborative task management platforms and software, such as Trello, AirTable, and Confluence
- Experience in fundraising work; experience and/or familiarity with fundraising in the arts is a plus
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Excellent organization skills, communication skills, and superior attention to detail
- Collaborative with other team members, while also being able to work independently on particular projects and tasks
- Ability to remain flexible in planning, particularly as logistics and plans develop
- Creative thinker and solution finder, particularly in helping solve logistical problems
- Ability to collect, sort, analyze, and interpret data points to inform fundraising initiatives
WORKING CONDITIONS
- While some duties may be performed remotely, this position will require on-site and physical presence at the Fisher Center
- Some evenings and weekends for special events, as discussed and planned
- Ability to sit and stand for long periods
- Ability to move and lift objects up to 30 lbs
LOCATION
Bard’s beautiful 1,000-acre campus is situated on the east bank of the Hudson River in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Community life is defined by numerous cultural and recreational opportunities in the surrounding historic Hudson River Valley and by proximity to New York City. Nearby towns and villages include Rhinebeck, Tivoli, and Red Hook, New York.
TO APPLY
Applications for this position will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
For any access-related requests, questions, or issues with the application form, please contact [email protected].
Bard College is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from those who contribute to our diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, mental or physical disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, familial status, veteran status, or genetic information. Bard is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for all individuals in employment practices, services, programs, and activities.
ABOUT THE FISHER CENTER
The Fisher Center is a premier professional performing arts center and a hub for research and education that demonstrates Bard College’s commitment to the performing arts as a cultural and educational necessity. To support artists, students, and audiences in the examination of artistic ideas, the Fisher Center develops, produces, and presents performing arts across disciplines through new productions and context-rich programs that challenge and inspire.
Home is the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, designed by Frank Gehry and located on the campus of Bard College in New York’s Hudson Valley. This world-class theater building will be complemented by a new studio building designed by Maya Lin, scheduled to open in 2026. More than 200 events and 50,000 visitors are hosted at the Fisher Center each year, and over 300 professional artists are employed annually. As a powerful catalyst of art-making regionally, nationally, and worldwide, the Fisher Center produces 8 to 10 major new works in various disciplines every year. The Fisher Center offers outstanding programs to many communities, including the students and faculty of Bard College, and audiences in the Hudson Valley, New York City, across the country, and around the world. Building on a 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders.
The Fisher Center was born from the Bard Music Festival, founded in 1990, which, for the first 13 years of its existence, occupied several spaces on campus, including a large tent. Each summer, the Music Festival focuses on the life, work, and influences of one composer, promoting new ways of understanding and presenting the history of music to a contemporary audience. When the Fisher Center and its two theaters opened in 2003, the summer festival expanded to include a fully staged opera, as well as theater and dance performances. The highly acclaimed opera program brings unjustly neglected works to the stage in major productions—often making their US debuts.
Through Fisher Center LAB, the Center’s acclaimed residency and commissioning program, artists are provided with custom-made support toward their innovative projects and their work has been seen in over 100 communities around the world. Resident choreographer Pam Tanowitz’s 2018 Four Quartets was recognized as “the greatest creation of dance theater so far this century” by The New York Times. In 2019, the Fisher Center won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical for Daniel Fish’s production of Oklahoma!, which began life in 2007 as an undergraduate production at Bard and was produced professionally by the Fisher Center in 2015 before transferring to New York City. Illinoise, a 2023 Fisher Center world premiere from artists Sufjan Stevens, Justin Peck, and Jackie Sibblies Drury, was recognized with a Tony Award for Best Choreography following its tour and transfer to Broadway.
The Fisher Center is home to several of Bard’s academic programs in the performing arts. Year-round, it hosts performances by the undergraduate Dance Program and Theater and Performance Program; the US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music; The Orchestra Now (TŌN), a Bard graduate program that is training the next generation of classical-music ambassadors; and students at the Bard Conservatory, the first (and so far only) conservatory to require all its students to pursue a bachelor of arts degree in a field other than music in addition to their specialized music studies. As a hybrid institution, the Fisher Center brings together professional and academic art-making of the highest caliber, where student and professional artists work side by side, learning from each other and informing one another’s practices.
ABOUT BARD COLLEGE
Founded in 1860, Bard College is a four-year residential college of the liberal arts and sciences located 90 miles north of New York City. With the addition of the Montgomery Place estate, Bard’s campus consists of nearly 1,000 park-like acres in the Hudson River Valley. It offers bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of music degrees, with majors in nearly 40 academic programs, graduate degrees in 11 programs, nine early colleges, and numerous dual-degree programs nationally and internationally. Building on its 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard College has expanded its mission as a private institution acting in the public interest across the country and around the world to meet broader student needs and increase access to liberal education. The undergraduate program at our main campus in upstate New York has a reputation for scholarly excellence, a focus on the arts, and civic engagement. Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders. For more information about Bard College, visit bard.edu.
Performing Arts Lab Associate Production Manager
OVERVIEW
The Performing Arts Lab Associate Production Manager’s (PAL APM) primary responsibility is the day-to-day management of all productions and projects taking place in the Performing Arts Lab (PAL) as assigned by the Director of Production, which may include work produced by the undergraduate Theater & Performance Program, the Dance Program and the Music Program as well as Fisher Center Presents, Live Arts Bard and SummerScape. The PAL building is newly completed and will have the Spring 2026 semester for shakeout before it goes into fully scheduled operations in the Fall 2026 semester.
The PAL APM’s primary responsibility during the SummerScape Festival is the Spiegeltent (SPT) venue. SPT is a cabaret-style venue with a morning load-in and evening performance schedule. Performances include all styles of music, comedy, dance, and periodic theatrical readings.
While this position collaborates with all production departments, the primary support systems in both venues are audio, followed by lighting, and some projections/video.
The PAL APM reports directly to the Director of Production and works closely with the other members of the Fisher Center Production Department, the Fisher Center Producing Department, and the faculty and students of the Theater & Performance, Dance Programs, and Music Programs to deliver an excellent standard of support that furthers the mission of the Center and Bard College.
This is a full-time, exempt position eligible for Bard College’s group benefits package and compensated at an annual salary range of $62,500 – $67,500, depending on experience. This position will require working some nights and weekends.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Oversee the planning and execution of all production elements of each assigned production, including but not limited to leading production meetings and designer check-ins, supporting all load-ins and strikes, creating and distributing tech schedules, and coordinating with professional designers and students about how best to execute their design/piece.
- Assist with the process of getting to know the new PAL and its operational needs. Learn and train on all production elements within the building. Assist in the process of building out the PAL’s systems and
- When working with academic shows or projects, work with students and their faculty advisors to lay out concrete timelines and expectations, and schedule meetings as needed to discuss and implement the production elements of their piece.
- Assist the Director of Production with planning and advancing production needs for FC Presents and Fisher Center LAB programming and residencies as needed.
- Day-to-day production management of FC programming and residencies, rental events, and one-off productions, both professional and academic, as needed.
- Assist the Director of Production with the planning and implementation of assigned production elements for the SummerScape Festival, with a focus on Spiegeltent.
- Collaborate with the Spiegeltent team, including producer, stage manager, site supervisor, artist services, and FOH services, to advance, plan, tech, and support all productions.
- Lead administrative tasks for the production team (along with the production administrator), including purchasing and budget tracking, timesheets, and onboarding of new hires (both student and non-exempt employees).
- Provide leadership, support, coordination, organization, problem-solving, and guidance to Production Department colleagues and partner constituents.
- Participate in the development of production safety practices.
- Maintain a safe, healthy, and inclusive workplace at all times.
- Attend weekly production meetings and staff meetings, and represent the Director of Production in meetings when required.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE
- Previous theatrical or live event production management experience; at least two years of professional experience preferred.
- Experience collaborating with all production departments.
- Hands-on experience with theatrical audio and lighting equipment.
- General experience working with students in educational settings. Comfortable working with and guiding students who are brand new to the process of creating theater.
- Experience managing budgets, schedules, and calendars.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Basic knowledge of the practices and procedures of all theatrical departments.
- Knowledge and ability to instruct others on current industry-standard safety practices and procedures.
- Working knowledge of Google Workspace.
- Strong with paperwork, especially creating new paperwork to track unique organizational challenges.
- Capable of working and multitasking, with patience, on Broadway-bound premieres, non-theatrical college lectures, and varying styles in between.
- Comfortable moving projects forward even when there are uncertainties or outstanding questions.
- Creative thinker and solution finder, particularly in helping solve logistical problems.
- Ability to meet colleagues at their communication styles.
- Ability to work evenings and weekends, as determined by production schedules.
- Successful candidates possess strong communication skills and keen attention to detail. They are collaborative, self-motivated, and bring a positive, can-do attitude!
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience opening or working in a newly opened facility.
- Experience working with bands, musicians, and other, less theatrically oriented, performance genres.
- Previous work in a multidisciplinary performing arts environment.
WORKING CONDITIONS
- Occasionally ascending/descending stairs and ladders.
- Occasionally moving through work areas that include heights.
- Frequently working around loud and sudden sounds
- Occasionally lifting up to 40 pounds.
- Occasionally working outdoors on grassy terrain.
- Ability to work late nights and weekend hours
LOCATION
Bard’s beautiful 1,000-acre campus is situated on the east bank of the Hudson River in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Community life is defined by numerous cultural and recreational opportunities in the surrounding historic Hudson River Valley and by proximity to New York City. Nearby towns and villages include Rhinebeck, Tivoli, and Red Hook, New York.
TO APPLY
Applications for this position will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
For any access-related requests, questions, or issues with the application form, please contact [email protected].
Bard College is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from those who contribute to our diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, mental or physical disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, familial status, veteran status, or genetic information. Bard is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for all individuals in employment practices, services, programs, and activities.
ABOUT THE FISHER CENTER
The Fisher Center is a premier professional performing arts center and a hub for research and education that demonstrates Bard College’s commitment to the performing arts as a cultural and educational necessity. To support artists, students, and audiences in the examination of artistic ideas, the Fisher Center develops, produces, and presents performing arts across disciplines through new productions and context-rich programs that challenge and inspire.
Home is the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, designed by Frank Gehry and located on the campus of Bard College in New York’s Hudson Valley. This world-class theater building will be complemented by a new studio building designed by Maya Lin, scheduled to open in 2026. More than 200 events and 50,000 visitors are hosted at the Fisher Center each year, and over 300 professional artists are employed annually. As a powerful catalyst of art-making regionally, nationally, and worldwide, the Fisher Center produces 8 to 10 major new works in various disciplines every year. The Fisher Center offers outstanding programs to many communities, including the students and faculty of Bard College, and audiences in the Hudson Valley, New York City, across the country, and around the world. Building on a 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders.
The Fisher Center was born from the Bard Music Festival, founded in 1990, which, for the first 13 years of its existence, occupied several spaces on campus, including a large tent. Each summer, the Music Festival focuses on the life, work, and influences of one composer, promoting new ways of understanding and presenting the history of music to a contemporary audience. When the Fisher Center and its two theaters opened in 2003, the summer festival expanded to include a fully staged opera, as well as theater and dance performances. The highly acclaimed opera program brings unjustly neglected works to the stage in major productions—often making their US debuts.
Through Fisher Center LAB, the Center’s acclaimed residency and commissioning program, artists are provided with custom-made support toward their innovative projects and their work has been seen in over 100 communities around the world. Resident choreographer Pam Tanowitz’s 2018 Four Quartets was recognized as “the greatest creation of dance theater so far this century” by The New York Times. In 2019, the Fisher Center won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical for Daniel Fish’s production of Oklahoma!, which began life in 2007 as an undergraduate production at Bard and was produced professionally by the Fisher Center in 2015 before transferring to New York City. Illinoise, a 2023 Fisher Center world premiere from artists Sufjan Stevens, Justin Peck, and Jackie Sibblies Drury, was recognized with a Tony Award for Best Choreography following its tour and transfer to Broadway.
The Fisher Center is home to several of Bard’s academic programs in the performing arts. Year-round, it hosts performances by the undergraduate Dance Program and Theater and Performance Program; the US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music; The Orchestra Now (TŌN), a Bard graduate program that is training the next generation of classical-music ambassadors; and students at the Bard Conservatory, the first (and so far only) conservatory to require all its students to pursue a bachelor of arts degree in a field other than music in addition to their specialized music studies. As a hybrid institution, the Fisher Center brings together professional and academic art-making of the highest caliber, where student and professional artists work side by side, learning from each other and informing one another’s practices.
ABOUT BARD COLLEGE
Founded in 1860, Bard College is a four-year residential college of the liberal arts and sciences located 90 miles north of New York City. With the addition of the Montgomery Place estate, Bard’s campus consists of nearly 1,000 park-like acres in the Hudson River Valley. It offers bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of music degrees, with majors in nearly 40 academic programs, graduate degrees in 11 programs, nine early colleges, and numerous dual-degree programs nationally and internationally. Building on its 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard College has expanded its mission as a private institution acting in the public interest across the country and around the world to meet broader student needs and increase access to liberal education. The undergraduate program at our main campus in upstate New York has a reputation for scholarly excellence, a focus on the arts, and civic engagement. Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders. For more information about Bard College, visit bard.edu.
Production Overhire
OVERVIEW
The Fisher Center does not currently have any production positions available; however, we’re always looking to connect with individuals for overhire opportunities for the following Production departments:
- Audio
- Costume & Wardrobe
- Lighting/Electrics
- Scenic
- Stage Management
- Video
Resumes are kept on file, and qualified individuals are contacted as needed.
This is an in-person, part-time, non-exempt position, paid hourly at a rate range of $20–25 per hour, depending on experience. Hours will fluctuate depending on production activity.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Responsibilities will vary depending on the nature of the work that is available. Possible responsibilities within different departments are provided here. Further details regarding responsibilities will be provided when positions become available.
- Maintain a safe, healthy, and inclusive workplace at all times
- Audio responsibilities may include, but are not limited to: Assist the Audio Engineers in the preparation, installation, operation, and maintenance of all audio aspects (including backline, recordings, backstage communication, rehearsal support, and production intercom) of all productions and special events; Actively participate in all audio work calls as assigned; Create audio paperwork as needed; Assist the Audio Supervisor in maintaining all audio equipment, including rental gear; Attend and work all technical rehearsals and performances for productions as assigned; Provide audio support for all rehearsals and concerts as assigned; Assist the FC Video Department and outside vendors in the planning, installation, maintenance, and operation of streaming systems
- Costume & Wardrobe responsibilities may include, but are not limited to: Assist in fitting, stitching, or other assigned costume duties; Sew, either by machine or hand, the costumes assigned by Costume Supervisor; Manage time efficiently on each sewing project; Maintain personal work area, including sewing machinery as necessary to keep work moving effectively; Communicate with other team members concerning problems and their possible solutions; Perform other duties as assigned by Costume Supervisor; Assist in the preparation and maintenance of all wardrobe facilities, including dressing rooms; Assist performers in the maintenance and use of their costumes, including choreographing and implementing quick changes and making small repairs as needed; Participate in pre-show and post-show checks and duties; Maintain up-to-date paperwork; Assist on matters of specific rigging or actor comfort; As assigned, attend and work technical rehearsals and performances as a member of the wardrobe run crew; Maintain a calm, professional demeanor towards performers;
- Lighting responsibilities may include, but are not limited to: Assist the Lighting Supervisor and/or Head Electrician with the installation and maintenance of all lighting aspects of all productions and special events; Actively participate in all lighting work calls as assigned; Assist the Lighting Supervisor and/or Head Electrician in the build and installation of production-specific lighting practicals; Assist the Lighting Supervisor and/or Head Electrician in the daily maintenance of all theatrical lighting equipment and lighting systems, including rental gear; Other duties, as assigned by the Lighting Supervisor and/or Head Electrician
- Scenic responsibilities may include, but are not limited to: Construct and assemble scenic pieces; Support scenic load-in; Perform various tasks/cues during live productions, as needed; Assist with moving scenic set pieces; Assist with handling ropes, wires, or other rigging; Support productions and special events as assigned by the Technical Director or Assistant Technical Director
- Stage Management responsibilities may include, but are not limited to: Stage management for orchestra, theater, dance, and opera.
- Video responsibilities may include, but are not limited to: Assist the Video team in the preparation, installation, operation, and maintenance of all video aspects of all productions and special events; Actively participate in all video work calls, rehearsals, and performances; Act as backstage video crew for performances under the direction of the Video Supervisor and/or Video Engineer; Act as a camera operator for recordings of rehearsals and performances; Update and create video paperwork; Participate in technical rehearsals and performances; Respond to video notes during rehearsals, performances, and work calls; Monitor livestreams as needed; Facilitate recordings of rehearsals and performances; Edit video content for livestreams and recordings of performances and rehearsals
QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE
- Professional theatrical experience
- Audio: Basic knowledge of audio equipment, cabling, and backstage protocol
- Costume & Wardrobe: Demonstrated experience in machine and hand-sewing techniques and/or Basic sewing skills as they relate to repairs and quick change rigging
- Lighting: Knowledge and experience working with theatrical lighting equipment and systems, including, but not limited to, conventional and automated fixtures, dimming systems, lighting consoles, and atmospheric effects
- Scenic: Experience working with hand and power tools; Knowledge of general woodworking and construction techniques
- Stage Management: Previous experience running a rehearsal room and calling performances in orchestra, theater, dance, and/or opera.
- Video: Professional experience in video playback and camera operation is preferred; Experience with Photoshop/Premiere Pro/After Effects; Experience with live streaming
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Knowledge of general theatrical production processes & theatrical safety practices
- Successful candidates possess strong communication skills and keen attention to detail, are collaborative and self-motivated, and bring a positive, can-do attitude
- Audio: General troubleshooting skills for audio systems; Strong knowledge of digital audio consoles, the Google App suite, QLab, Shure Wireless Workbench, and Clear-Com Freespeak systems; Knowledge of electrical safety practices and theatrical rigging systems; Ability to climb stairs and ladders; Ability to move and lift objects up to 50 lbs.; Ability to frequently walk and stand; Ability to work nights, weekends, and holidays, as set by the production schedule; Ability to push, pull, hang, reach, lean, and balance
- Costume & Wardrobe: Strong communication and interpersonal skills; Ability to sit and stand for long periods; Ability to move and lift objects up to 50 lbs.; Ability to work nights, weekends, and holidays, as set by production schedule; Ability to remain calm during high-pressure, quick-change situations; Ability to maintain professionalism and decorum while assisting performers in quick changes; Ability to climb stairs
- Lighting: Knowledge of both general theatrical production processes as well as lighting-specific practices; Ability to read and understand lighting plots and paperwork; Ability to climb stairs and ladders; Ability to move and lift objects up to 50 lbs.; Ability to frequently walk and stand; Ability to work nights, weekends, and holidays, as set by production schedule; Ability to push, pull, hang, reach, lean, and balance
- Scenic: Ability to work in an organized, self-directed, and detailed manner; Ability to communicate clearly and effectively; Ability to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as determined by the production schedule; Ability to climb stairs and ladders; Ability to move and lift up to 50 lbs.; Ability to safely use hand and power tools; Ability to push, pull, hang, reach, lean, and balance; Ability to stand or sit for extended periods of time; Ability to remain calm during high-pressure backstage situations; Ability to work while wearing appropriate PPE for the task at hand
- Stage Management: Strong communication and interpersonal skills; Ability to sit and stand for long periods; Ability to move and lift objects up to 50 lbs.; Ability to work nights, weekends, and holidays, as set by production schedule; Ability to remain calm & maintain professionalism and decorum during high-pressure situations.
- Video: Working knowledge of a variety of video signaling, camera, and display technologies; Working knowledge of video playback; Proficiency with general camera operation and backstage monitoring is essential, but training will be offered on specific equipment in use during productions; Strong attention to detail, general troubleshooting, and video engineering skills; Ability to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as determined by the production schedule; Ability to climb stairs and ladders; Ability to move and lift up to 50 lbs.; Ability to push, pull, hang, reach, lean, and balance; Ability to stand or sit for extended periods
Working Conditions
- Working conditions will vary depending on the nature of the work that is available
- Audio: Frequently works at heights above 6 feet; Regularly exposed to vibrations, noises, and electrical connections
- Costume & Wardrobe: Extended periods of standing and sitting; May handle dyes, natural and synthetic fibers, and materials, including but not limited to feathers, furs, leather, and more; Frequently works in dimly lit space,s assisting with quick changes
- Lighting: Frequently works at heights above 6 feet; Regularly exposed to electrical connections; Regularly works in dimly lit areas; Regularly works in areas with atmospheric effects, including but not limited to haze and strobes
- Scenic: Regularly exposed to vibrations and noises from machinery; Frequently works at heights above 6 feet; Frequently works in show conditions with theatrical and atmospheric elements, including but not limited to haze, strobes, dim lights, loud sounds, dry ice, and more
- Stage Management: Extended periods of standing and sitting
- Video: Frequently works at heights above 6 feet; Frequently exposed to vibrations, noises, and electrical connections; Frequently works in show conditions with theatrical and atmospheric elements, including but not limited to haze, strobes, dim lights, loud sounds, dry ice, and more
LOCATION
Bard’s beautiful 1,000-acre campus is situated on the east bank of the Hudson River in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Community life is defined by numerous cultural and recreational opportunities in the surrounding historic Hudson River Valley and by proximity to New York City. Nearby towns and villages include Rhinebeck, Tivoli, and Red Hook, New York.
To Apply
Apply NowApplications for this position will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
For any access-related requests, questions, or issues with the application form, please contact [email protected].
Bard College is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from those who contribute to our diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, mental or physical disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, familial status, veteran status, or genetic information. Bard is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for all individuals in employment practices, services, programs, and activities.
About the Fisher Center
The Fisher Center is a premier professional performing arts center and a hub for research and education that demonstrates Bard College’s commitment to the performing arts as a cultural and educational necessity. To support artists, students, and audiences in the examination of artistic ideas, the Fisher Center develops, produces, and presents performing arts across disciplines through new productions and context-rich programs that challenge and inspire.
Home is the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, designed by Frank Gehry and located on the campus of Bard College in New York’s Hudson Valley. This world-class theater building will be complemented by a new studio building designed by Maya Lin, scheduled to open in 2026. More than 200 events and 50,000 visitors are hosted at the Fisher Center each year, and over 300 professional artists are employed annually. As a powerful catalyst of art-making regionally, nationally, and worldwide, the Fisher Center produces 8 to 10 major new works in various disciplines every year. The Fisher Center offers outstanding programs to many communities, including the students and faculty of Bard College, and audiences in the Hudson Valley, New York City, across the country, and around the world. Building on a 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders.
The Fisher Center was born from the Bard Music Festival, founded in 1990, which, for the first 13 years of its existence, occupied several spaces on campus, including a large tent. Each summer, the Music Festival focuses on the life, work, and influences of one composer, promoting new ways of understanding and presenting the history of music to a contemporary audience. When the Fisher Center and its two theaters opened in 2003, the summer festival expanded to include a fully staged opera, as well as theater and dance performances. The highly acclaimed opera program brings unjustly neglected works to the stage in major productions—often making their US debuts.
Through Fisher Center LAB, the Center’s acclaimed residency and commissioning program, artists are provided with custom-made support toward their innovative projects and their work has been seen in over 100 communities around the world. Resident choreographer Pam Tanowitz’s 2018 Four Quartets was recognized as “the greatest creation of dance theater so far this century” by The New York Times. In 2019, the Fisher Center won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical for Daniel Fish’s production of Oklahoma!, which began life in 2007 as an undergraduate production at Bard and was produced professionally by the Fisher Center in 2015 before transferring to New York City. Illinoise, a 2023 Fisher Center world premiere from artists Sufjan Stevens, Justin Peck, and Jackie Sibblies Drury, was recognized with a Tony Award for Best Choreography following its tour and transfer to Broadway.
The Fisher Center is home to several of Bard’s academic programs in the performing arts. Year-round, it hosts performances by the undergraduate Dance Program and Theater and Performance Program; the US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music; The Orchestra Now (TŌN), a Bard graduate program that is training the next generation of classical-music ambassadors; and students at the Bard Conservatory, the first (and so far only) conservatory to require all its students to pursue a bachelor of arts degree in a field other than music in addition to their specialized music studies. As a hybrid institution, the Fisher Center brings together professional and academic art-making of the highest caliber, where student and professional artists work side by side, learning from each other and informing one another’s practices.
About Bard College
Founded in 1860, Bard College is a four-year residential college of the liberal arts and sciences located 90 miles north of New York City. With the addition of the Montgomery Place estate, Bard’s campus consists of nearly 1,000 park-like acres in the Hudson River Valley. It offers bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of music degrees, with majors in nearly 40 academic programs, graduate degrees in 11 programs, nine early colleges, and numerous dual-degree programs nationally and internationally. Building on its 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard College has expanded its mission as a private institution acting in the public interest across the country and around the world to meet broader student needs and increase access to liberal education. The undergraduate program at our main campus in upstate New York has a reputation for scholarly excellence, a focus on the arts, and civic engagement. Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders. For more information about Bard College, visit bard.edu.
Seasonal Positions
Assistant Video Engineer
OVERVIEW
This summer (June–August 2026), Bard SummerScape returns with a vibrant season of dance, theater, opera, music, and the beloved Spiegeltent. Presented by the Fisher Center at Bard, this celebrated multi-arts festival takes place in person on Bard’s idyllic 1,000-acre campus, featuring performances in the stunning Frank Gehry-designed performing arts center.
The Assistant Video Engineer is part of the Video Team in the Production Department and will support the execution of video elements and needs for Bard SummerScape and the Bard Music Festival. They report to the Video Supervisor, working closely under the Festival Video Engineer and with other production team members and video/projection designers.
The Video Team at the Fisher Center is responsible for backstage video monitoring, on-stage projections, live streaming, and video recording for all performances. During show runs, the Assistant Video Engineer will serve as a camera operator, a video playback operator, a video deck crew, or a video editor as needed. Outside of the show run, they will participate in the installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and strike of all video equipment under the direction of the Video Supervisor or Video Engineer.
This is a seasonal position from May 26 through August 19, non-exempt, paid hourly at a rate range of $18–20 per hour, depending on experience. Hours will average 35-40 hours/week, with the potential for overtime.
This position requires local residence during the dates listed above. Housing is provided as needed, beginning one day prior to the employment start date and ending at 10 am on the day after the employment end date, and includes a single bedroom and shared amenities. Employees will have access to three (3) meals per weekday and two (2) meals per weekend day on campus during the residency period. Should campus dining agreements or options change from the time of the agreement, an equivalent per diem will be provided.
Please note that room and board arrangements may differ for current Bard College students.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintain a safe, healthy, and inclusive workplace at all times
- Assist the video team in the preparation, installation, operation, and maintenance of all video aspects of all productions and special events under the supervision of the Video Engineer and Video Supervisor
- Act as the backstage video crew for performances as needed
- Assist in training video crew members
- Update and create video paperwork as needed
- Participate in technical rehearsals, performances, and production meetings as needed
- Respond to video notes during rehearsals, performances, and work calls
- Provide support for all live streams of SummerScape and Bard Music Festival performances
- Record rehearsals and performances as needed
- Edit video content for livestreams and recordings of performances and rehearsals
QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE
- Minimum of 1 year of professional experience with video playback and/or camera operation
- Experience with Photoshop/Premiere Pro/After Effects
- Experience with general camera operation and backstage monitoring is essential, but training will be offered on specific equipment in use during SummerScape
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Working knowledge of a variety of video signaling, camera, and display technologies
- Basic knowledge of general theatrical production practices
- Strong attention to detail, general troubleshooting, and video engineering skills
- Ability to read and understand scenic and construction drawings
- Ability to understand schematic drawings of video systems and update them as necessary
- Ability to work in an organized, self-directed, and detailed manner
- Ability to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as determined by the production schedule
- Ability to climb stairs and ladders
- Ability to move and lift up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to push, pull, hang, reach, lean, and balance
- Ability to stand or sit for extended periods
- Successful candidates possess strong communication skills and keen attention to detail, are collaborative and self-motivated, and bring a positive, can-do attitude
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with playback or programming in WATCHOUT, Isadora, or QLab
- Experience in a leadership role
WORKING CONDITIONS
- Frequently works at heights above 6 feet
- Frequently exposed to vibrations, noises, and electrical connections
- Frequently works in show conditions with theatrical and atmospheric elements, including but not limited to haze, strobes, dim lights, loud sounds, dry ice, and more
LOCATION
Bard’s beautiful 1,000-acre campus is situated on the east bank of the Hudson River in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Community life is defined by numerous cultural and recreational opportunities in the surrounding historic Hudson River Valley and by proximity to New York City. Nearby towns and villages include Rhinebeck, Tivoli, and Red Hook, New York.
TO APPLY
Apply NowApplications for this position will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
For any access-related requests, questions, or issues with the application form, please contact [email protected].
Bard College is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from those who contribute to our diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, mental or physical disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, familial status, veteran status, or genetic information. Bard is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for all individuals in employment practices, services, programs, and activities.
ABOUT THE FISHER CENTER
The Fisher Center is a premier professional performing arts center and a hub for research and education that demonstrates Bard College’s commitment to the performing arts as a cultural and educational necessity. To support artists, students, and audiences in the examination of artistic ideas, the Fisher Center develops, produces, and presents performing arts across disciplines through new productions and context-rich programs that challenge and inspire.
Home is the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, designed by Frank Gehry and located on the campus of Bard College in New York’s Hudson Valley. This world-class theater building will be complemented by a new studio building designed by Maya Lin, scheduled to open in 2026. More than 200 events and 50,000 visitors are hosted at the Fisher Center each year, and over 300 professional artists are employed annually. As a powerful catalyst of art-making regionally, nationally, and worldwide, the Fisher Center produces 8 to 10 major new works in various disciplines every year. The Fisher Center offers outstanding programs to many communities, including the students and faculty of Bard College, and audiences in the Hudson Valley, New York City, across the country, and around the world. Building on a 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders.
The Fisher Center was born from the Bard Music Festival, founded in 1990, which, for the first 13 years of its existence, occupied several spaces on campus, including a large tent. Each summer, the Music Festival focuses on the life, work, and influences of one composer, promoting new ways of understanding and presenting the history of music to a contemporary audience. When the Fisher Center and its two theaters opened in 2003, the summer festival expanded to include a fully staged opera, as well as theater and dance performances. The highly acclaimed opera program brings unjustly neglected works to the stage in major productions—often making their US debuts.
Through Fisher Center LAB, the Center’s acclaimed residency and commissioning program, artists are provided with custom-made support toward their innovative projects and their work has been seen in over 100 communities around the world. Resident choreographer Pam Tanowitz’s 2018 Four Quartets was recognized as “the greatest creation of dance theater so far this century” by The New York Times. In 2019, the Fisher Center won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical for Daniel Fish’s production of Oklahoma!, which began life in 2007 as an undergraduate production at Bard and was produced professionally by the Fisher Center in 2015 before transferring to New York City. Illinoise, a 2023 Fisher Center world premiere from artists Sufjan Stevens, Justin Peck, and Jackie Sibblies Drury, was recognized with a Tony Award for Best Choreography following its tour and transfer to Broadway.
The Fisher Center is home to several of Bard’s academic programs in the performing arts. Year-round, it hosts performances by the undergraduate Dance Program and Theater and Performance Program; the US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music; The Orchestra Now (TŌN), a Bard graduate program that is training the next generation of classical-music ambassadors; and students at the Bard Conservatory, the first (and so far only) conservatory to require all its students to pursue a bachelor of arts degree in a field other than music in addition to their specialized music studies. As a hybrid institution, the Fisher Center brings together professional and academic art-making of the highest caliber, where student and professional artists work side by side, learning from each other and informing one another’s practices.
ABOUT BARD COLLEGE
Founded in 1860, Bard College is a four-year residential college of the liberal arts and sciences located 90 miles north of New York City. With the addition of the Montgomery Place estate, Bard’s campus consists of nearly 1,000 park-like acres in the Hudson River Valley. It offers bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of music degrees, with majors in nearly 40 academic programs, graduate degrees in 11 programs, nine early colleges, and numerous dual-degree programs nationally and internationally. Building on its 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard College has expanded its mission as a private institution acting in the public interest across the country and around the world to meet broader student needs and increase access to liberal education. The undergraduate program at our main campus in upstate New York has a reputation for scholarly excellence, a focus on the arts, and civic engagement. Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders. For more information about Bard College, visit bard.edu.
Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor
OVERVIEW
This summer (June–August 2026), Bard SummerScape returns with a vibrant season of dance, theater, opera, music, and the beloved Spiegeltent. Presented by the Fisher Center at Bard, this celebrated multi-arts festival takes place in person on Bard’s idyllic 1,000-acre campus, featuring performances in the stunning Frank Gehry-designed performing arts center.
The Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor is part of the Wardrobe team in the Production Department and supports the execution of costuming elements and needs for the SummerScape Opera. They report to the Costume Supervisor and assist the Wardrobe Supervisor, in addition to working closely with other production team members and costume designers.
This is a seasonal position from June 1 through August 14, non-exempt, paid hourly at a rate range of $23–26 per hour, depending on experience. Hours will average 35–40 hours/week, with the potential for overtime.
This position requires local residence during the dates listed above. Housing is provided as needed, beginning one day prior to the employment start date and ending at 10 am on the day after the employment end date, and includes a single bedroom and shared amenities. Employees will have access to three (3) meals per weekday and two (2) meals per weekend day on campus during the residency period. Should campus dining agreements or options change from the time of the agreement, an equivalent per diem will be provided.
Please note that room and board arrangements may differ for current Bard College students.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintain a safe, healthy, and inclusive workplace at all times.
- Supervise the wardrobe run crew.
- Assist the Wardrobe Supervisor in the coordination, care, management, and organization of finished costumes with dressers and costume shops.
- Maintain wardrobe paperwork, including, but not limited to, costume change and dresser plots.
- Assist in the preparation of dressing lists and costume check-in sheets.
- Attend studio rehearsals and run-throughs as necessary.
- Attend and work all opera technical rehearsals and performances.
- Assist in any alterations necessary during the dress rehearsal period.
- Assist in the costume strike, including, but not limited to: laundry, dry cleaning, and rental returns.
- Set up and organize dressing rooms
- Performs other duties as assigned by the Costume Supervisor.
QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- Experience working on a wardrobe run crew.
- Demonstrated experience in costume construction and maintenance.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Strong knowledge in costume construction and maintenance.
- Basic knowledge of costume and fashion history.
- Knowledge of and experience in basic laundry and fabric cleaning techniques and supplies.
- Demonstrated managerial skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Good organizational skills.
- Ability to sit and stand for long periods of time.
- Ability to remain calm during high-pressure, quick-change situations.
- Ability to move and lift objects up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to climb stairs.
- Ability to work nights, weekends, and holidays, as set by production schedule.
- Ability to maintain professionalism and decorum while assisting performers in quick changes.
- Successful candidates possess strong communication skills and a keen attention to detail. They are collaborative, self-motivated, and bring a positive, can-do attitude!
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with supervising an opera or similar shows with a large number of performers.
WORKING CONDITIONS
- Lifting, pushing, and packing materials up to 30lbs.
- Extended periods of standing and sitting.
- Frequently works in dimly lit spaces, assisting with quick changes.
- May handle dyes, natural and synthetic fibers, and materials, including but not limited to feathers, furs, leather, and more.
LOCATION
Bard’s beautiful 1,000-acre campus is situated on the east bank of the Hudson River in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Community life is defined by numerous cultural and recreational opportunities in the surrounding historic Hudson River Valley and by proximity to New York City. Nearby towns and villages include Rhinebeck, Tivoli, and Red Hook, New York.
TO APPLY
Apply NowApplications for this position will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
For any access-related requests, questions, or issues with the application form, please contact [email protected].
Bard College is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from those who contribute to our diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, mental or physical disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, familial status, veteran status, or genetic information. Bard is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for all individuals in employment practices, services, programs, and activities.
ABOUT THE FISHER CENTER
The Fisher Center is a premier professional performing arts center and a hub for research and education that demonstrates Bard College’s commitment to the performing arts as a cultural and educational necessity. To support artists, students, and audiences in the examination of artistic ideas, the Fisher Center develops, produces, and presents performing arts across disciplines through new productions and context-rich programs that challenge and inspire.
Home is the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, designed by Frank Gehry and located on the campus of Bard College in New York’s Hudson Valley. This world-class theater building will be complemented by a new studio building designed by Maya Lin, scheduled to open in 2026. More than 200 events and 50,000 visitors are hosted at the Fisher Center each year, and over 300 professional artists are employed annually. As a powerful catalyst of art-making regionally, nationally, and worldwide, the Fisher Center produces 8 to 10 major new works in various disciplines every year. The Fisher Center offers outstanding programs to many communities, including the students and faculty of Bard College, and audiences in the Hudson Valley, New York City, across the country, and around the world. Building on a 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders.
The Fisher Center was born from the Bard Music Festival, founded in 1990, which, for the first 13 years of its existence, occupied several spaces on campus, including a large tent. Each summer, the Music Festival focuses on the life, work, and influences of one composer, promoting new ways of understanding and presenting the history of music to a contemporary audience. When the Fisher Center and its two theaters opened in 2003, the summer festival expanded to include a fully staged opera, as well as theater and dance performances. The highly acclaimed opera program brings unjustly neglected works to the stage in major productions—often making their US debuts.
Through Fisher Center LAB, the Center’s acclaimed residency and commissioning program, artists are provided with custom-made support toward their innovative projects and their work has been seen in over 100 communities around the world. Resident choreographer Pam Tanowitz’s 2018 Four Quartets was recognized as “the greatest creation of dance theater so far this century” by The New York Times. In 2019, the Fisher Center won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical for Daniel Fish’s production of Oklahoma!, which began life in 2007 as an undergraduate production at Bard and was produced professionally by the Fisher Center in 2015 before transferring to New York City. Illinoise, a 2023 Fisher Center world premiere from artists Sufjan Stevens, Justin Peck, and Jackie Sibblies Drury, was recognized with a Tony Award for Best Choreography following its tour and transfer to Broadway.
The Fisher Center is home to several of Bard’s academic programs in the performing arts. Year-round, it hosts performances by the undergraduate Dance Program and Theater and Performance Program; the US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music; The Orchestra Now (TŌN), a Bard graduate program that is training the next generation of classical-music ambassadors; and students at the Bard Conservatory, the first (and so far only) conservatory to require all its students to pursue a bachelor of arts degree in a field other than music in addition to their specialized music studies. As a hybrid institution, the Fisher Center brings together professional and academic art-making of the highest caliber, where student and professional artists work side by side, learning from each other and informing one another’s practices.
ABOUT BARD COLLEGE
Founded in 1860, Bard College is a four-year residential college of the liberal arts and sciences located 90 miles north of New York City. With the addition of the Montgomery Place estate, Bard’s campus consists of nearly 1,000 park-like acres in the Hudson River Valley. It offers bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of music degrees, with majors in nearly 40 academic programs, graduate degrees in 11 programs, nine early colleges, and numerous dual-degree programs nationally and internationally. Building on its 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard College has expanded its mission as a private institution acting in the public interest across the country and around the world to meet broader student needs and increase access to liberal education. The undergraduate program at our main campus in upstate New York has a reputation for scholarly excellence, a focus on the arts, and civic engagement. Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders. For more information about Bard College, visit bard.edu.
Company Management Assistant
OVERVIEW
This summer (June–August 2026), Bard SummerScape returns with a vibrant season of dance, theater, opera, music, and the beloved Spiegeltent. Presented by the Fisher Center at Bard, this celebrated multi-arts festival takes place in person on Bard’s idyllic 1,000-acre campus, featuring performances in the stunning Frank Gehry-designed performing arts center.
The Company Management team works as the key artist, staff, and crew services representatives to provide accommodations and services to over 600 SummerScape and Bard Music Festival visiting artists and seasonal staff, specifically in the realms of transportation, housing, and hospitality. The team strives to create a people-centered, hospitality-minded environment for all participants.
Company Management Assistants report to the Company Managers and work closely with artists, production staff, project producers, and administrative staff.
While prior experience is helpful, we are accepting applications from entry-level candidates, including current and/or recently-graduated students who are eager team players and are willing to receive training on specific tasks related to being a Company Management Assistant.
This is a seasonal position from May 21 through August 21, non-exempt, paid hourly at a rate of $16 per hour. Hours will average 35–40 hours/week, including evenings and weekends.
This position requires local residence during the dates listed above. Housing is provided as needed, beginning one day prior to the employment start date and ending at 10 am on the day after the employment end date, and includes a single bedroom and shared amenities. Employees will have access to three (3) meals per weekday and two (2) meals per weekend day on campus during the residency period. Should campus dining agreements or options change from the time of the agreement, an equivalent per diem will be provided.
Please note that room and board arrangements may differ for current Bard College students.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Supporting the day-to-day facilitation of room setup, turnover, amenities, and other housing needs (e.g., making beds, moving fans/lamps, key distribution, etc.)
- Staffing the festival reception desk to assist with company member check-in/check-out, general orientation, and questions
- Creating a welcoming environment as the first person many artists and staff will meet
- Providing thorough and accurate campus information to artists and staff, including directions and space usage
- Providing accurate information to artists and staff about SummerScape events, performance and rehearsal spaces, and the Bard campus upon request
- Collaborating with the company management team, escalating questions, requests, and issues as needed to ensure artists and staff receive an accurate and complete response
- Facilitating catering, green room hospitality, and other meals/dining needs for festival artists and staff (collecting meal tickets, restocking snack tables, making coffee, etc.)
- Driving company vehicles to provide local ground transportation for artist pickups, drop-offs, shopping runs, and other needs in collaboration with company management drivers
- Collaborating on the creation of a weekly calendar of on-campus and local events to be distributed to staff and artists
- Setting up and taking down campus housing for staff, which includes making beds and setting up amenities.
- Supporting the department and company manager area leads as directed, including Hospitality, Transportation, Housing, Opera, and Spiegeltent
- Maintaining the company management amenity inventory
- Have a “no task is too small” mentality
- Other duties as assigned
QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE
- This is an entry-level position
Preferred QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE
- Experience in hospitality, retail, or customer service roles
- A valid driver’s license for more than 12 months, due to the requirements of Bard’s Transportation department
- A satisfactory driving record
- Candidates should be comfortable and will be expected to drive in and around the Hudson Valley (Rural Highways), Interstate Highways, within New York City, and the Albany area
- Candidates must be comfortable driving passengers, including artists and staff
- Van-driving experience is a plus
- Interest or background in the performing arts is highly encouraged, with work experience and/or studies in the performing arts
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Proficiency with Google Suite (Calendar, Sheets, Docs, shared Drives)
- Experience with Airtable is a plus
WORKING CONDITIONS
- This position requires hours during some evenings/weekends, reflective of the dynamic schedule of a performing arts festival
- Ability to lift up to 45 pounds
LOCATION
Bard’s beautiful 1,000-acre campus is situated on the east bank of the Hudson River in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Community life is defined by numerous cultural and recreational opportunities in the surrounding historic Hudson River Valley and by proximity to New York City. Nearby towns and villages include Rhinebeck, Tivoli, and Red Hook, New York.
TO APPLY
Apply NowApplications for this position are due on February 1, 2026.
For any access-related requests, questions, or issues with the application form, please contact [email protected].
Bard College is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from those who contribute to our diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, mental or physical disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, familial status, veteran status, or genetic information. Bard is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for all individuals in employment practices, services, programs, and activities.
ABOUT THE FISHER CENTER
The Fisher Center is a premier professional performing arts center and a hub for research and education that demonstrates Bard College’s commitment to the performing arts as a cultural and educational necessity. To support artists, students, and audiences in the examination of artistic ideas, the Fisher Center develops, produces, and presents performing arts across disciplines through new productions and context-rich programs that challenge and inspire.
Home is the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, designed by Frank Gehry and located on the campus of Bard College in New York’s Hudson Valley. This world-class theater building will be complemented by a new studio building designed by Maya Lin, scheduled to open in 2026. More than 200 events and 50,000 visitors are hosted at the Fisher Center each year, and over 300 professional artists are employed annually. As a powerful catalyst of art-making regionally, nationally, and worldwide, the Fisher Center produces 8 to 10 major new works in various disciplines every year. The Fisher Center offers outstanding programs to many communities, including the students and faculty of Bard College, and audiences in the Hudson Valley, New York City, across the country, and around the world. Building on a 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders.
The Fisher Center was born from the Bard Music Festival, founded in 1990, which, for the first 13 years of its existence, occupied several spaces on campus, including a large tent. Each summer, the Music Festival focuses on the life, work, and influences of one composer, promoting new ways of understanding and presenting the history of music to a contemporary audience. When the Fisher Center and its two theaters opened in 2003, the summer festival expanded to include a fully staged opera, as well as theater and dance performances. The highly acclaimed opera program brings unjustly neglected works to the stage in major productions—often making their US debuts.
Through Fisher Center LAB, the Center’s acclaimed residency and commissioning program, artists are provided with custom-made support toward their innovative projects and their work has been seen in over 100 communities around the world. Resident choreographer Pam Tanowitz’s 2018 Four Quartets was recognized as “the greatest creation of dance theater so far this century” by The New York Times. In 2019, the Fisher Center won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical for Daniel Fish’s production of Oklahoma!, which began life in 2007 as an undergraduate production at Bard and was produced professionally by the Fisher Center in 2015 before transferring to New York City. Illinoise, a 2023 Fisher Center world premiere from artists Sufjan Stevens, Justin Peck, and Jackie Sibblies Drury, was recognized with a Tony Award for Best Choreography following its tour and transfer to Broadway.
The Fisher Center is home to several of Bard’s academic programs in the performing arts. Year-round, it hosts performances by the undergraduate Dance Program and Theater and Performance Program; the US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music; The Orchestra Now (TŌN), a Bard graduate program that is training the next generation of classical-music ambassadors; and students at the Bard Conservatory, the first (and so far only) conservatory to require all its students to pursue a bachelor of arts degree in a field other than music in addition to their specialized music studies. As a hybrid institution, the Fisher Center brings together professional and academic art-making of the highest caliber, where student and professional artists work side by side, learning from each other and informing one another’s practices.
ABOUT BARD COLLEGE
Founded in 1860, Bard College is a four-year residential college of the liberal arts and sciences located 90 miles north of New York City. With the addition of the Montgomery Place estate, Bard’s campus consists of nearly 1,000 park-like acres in the Hudson River Valley. It offers bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of music degrees, with majors in nearly 40 academic programs, graduate degrees in 11 programs, nine early colleges, and numerous dual-degree programs nationally and internationally. Building on its 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard College has expanded its mission as a private institution acting in the public interest across the country and around the world to meet broader student needs and increase access to liberal education. The undergraduate program at our main campus in upstate New York has a reputation for scholarly excellence, a focus on the arts, and civic engagement. Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders. For more information about Bard College, visit bard.edu.
Dresser
OVERVIEW
This summer (June–August 2026), Bard SummerScape returns with a vibrant season of dance, theater, opera, music, and the beloved Spiegeltent. Presented by the Fisher Center at Bard, this celebrated multi-arts festival takes place in person on Bard’s idyllic 1,000-acre campus, featuring performances in the stunning Frank Gehry-designed performing arts center.
Dressers are part of the Wardrobe team in the Production Department and support the execution of costuming elements and needs for the SummerScape opera. They report to the Wardrobe Supervisor and work closely with other production team members and costume designers.
While backstage costume experience is helpful, we are accepting applications from entry-level candidates, including current and/or recently graduated students who possess sewing skills and are willing to receive training on specific tasks related to being a Dresser.
This is a seasonal position from June 1 through August 14 (with some available positions ending July 24),non-exempt, paid hourly at a rate range of $16–19 per hour, depending on experience. Hours will average 35–40 hours/week, with the potential for overtime.
This position requires local residence during the dates listed above. Housing is provided as needed, beginning one day prior to the employment start date and ending at 10 am on the day after the employment end date, and includes a single bedroom and shared amenities. Employees will have access to three (3) meals per weekday and two (2) meals per weekend day on campus during the residency period. Should campus dining agreements or options change from the time of the agreement, an equivalent per diem will be provided.
Please note that room and board arrangements may differ for current Bard College students.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintain a safe, healthy, and inclusive workplace at all times
- Assist the Wardrobe Supervisor in the preparation and maintenance of all wardrobe facilities, including dressing rooms
- Assist performers in the maintenance and use of their costumes, including choreographing and implementing quick changes and making small repairs as needed
- Participate in pre-show and post-show checks and duties as assigned by the Wardrobe Supervisor
- With the assistance of the Wardrobe Supervisor, maintain up-to-date paperwork
- Assist the Wardrobe Supervisor on matters of specific rigging or actor comfort
- Attend and work all opera technical rehearsals and performances as a member of the wardrobe run crew
- Maintain a calm, professional demeanor towards the actors to whom they are assigned by the Wardrobe Supervisor
- Performs other duties as assigned by your team leader or the Wardrobe Supervisor
QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE
- Basic sewing skills as they relate to repairs and quick-change rigging
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to sit and stand for long periods
- Ability to remain calm during high-pressure, quick-change situations
- Ability to move and lift objects up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to climb stairs
- Ability to work nights, weekends, and holidays, as set by production schedule
- Ability to maintain professionalism and decorum while assisting performers in quick changes
- Successful candidates possess strong communication skills and keen attention to detail, are collaborative and self-motivated, and bring a positive, can-do attitude
Preferred QUALIFICATIONS
- Prior backstage costume-related experience
- Prior wardrobe experience, especially in a performing arts center environment
WORKING CONDITIONS
- Extended periods of standing and sitting
- Frequently works in dimly lit spaces, assisting with quick changes
- May handle dyes, natural and synthetic fibers, and materials, including but not limited to feathers, furs, leather, and more
LOCATION
Bard’s beautiful 1,000-acre campus is situated on the east bank of the Hudson River in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Community life is defined by numerous cultural and recreational opportunities in the surrounding historic Hudson River Valley and by proximity to New York City. Nearby towns and villages include Rhinebeck, Tivoli, and Red Hook, New York.
TO APPLY
Apply NowApplications for this position will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
For any access-related requests, questions, or issues with the application form, please contact [email protected].
Bard College is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from those who contribute to our diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, mental or physical disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, familial status, veteran status, or genetic information. Bard is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for all individuals in employment practices, services, programs, and activities.
ABOUT THE FISHER CENTER
The Fisher Center is a premier professional performing arts center and a hub for research and education that demonstrates Bard College’s commitment to the performing arts as a cultural and educational necessity. To support artists, students, and audiences in the examination of artistic ideas, the Fisher Center develops, produces, and presents performing arts across disciplines through new productions and context-rich programs that challenge and inspire.
Home is the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, designed by Frank Gehry and located on the campus of Bard College in New York’s Hudson Valley. This world-class theater building will be complemented by a new studio building designed by Maya Lin, scheduled to open in 2026. More than 200 events and 50,000 visitors are hosted at the Fisher Center each year, and over 300 professional artists are employed annually. As a powerful catalyst of art-making regionally, nationally, and worldwide, the Fisher Center produces 8 to 10 major new works in various disciplines every year. The Fisher Center offers outstanding programs to many communities, including the students and faculty of Bard College, and audiences in the Hudson Valley, New York City, across the country, and around the world. Building on a 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders.
The Fisher Center was born from the Bard Music Festival, founded in 1990, which, for the first 13 years of its existence, occupied several spaces on campus, including a large tent. Each summer, the Music Festival focuses on the life, work, and influences of one composer, promoting new ways of understanding and presenting the history of music to a contemporary audience. When the Fisher Center and its two theaters opened in 2003, the summer festival expanded to include a fully staged opera, as well as theater and dance performances. The highly acclaimed opera program brings unjustly neglected works to the stage in major productions—often making their US debuts.
Through Fisher Center LAB, the Center’s acclaimed residency and commissioning program, artists are provided with custom-made support toward their innovative projects and their work has been seen in over 100 communities around the world. Resident choreographer Pam Tanowitz’s 2018 Four Quartets was recognized as “the greatest creation of dance theater so far this century” by The New York Times. In 2019, the Fisher Center won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical for Daniel Fish’s production of Oklahoma!, which began life in 2007 as an undergraduate production at Bard and was produced professionally by the Fisher Center in 2015 before transferring to New York City. Illinoise, a 2023 Fisher Center world premiere from artists Sufjan Stevens, Justin Peck, and Jackie Sibblies Drury, was recognized with a Tony Award for Best Choreography following its tour and transfer to Broadway.
The Fisher Center is home to several of Bard’s academic programs in the performing arts. Year-round, it hosts performances by the undergraduate Dance Program and Theater and Performance Program; the US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music; The Orchestra Now (TŌN), a Bard graduate program that is training the next generation of classical-music ambassadors; and students at the Bard Conservatory, the first (and so far only) conservatory to require all its students to pursue a bachelor of arts degree in a field other than music in addition to their specialized music studies. As a hybrid institution, the Fisher Center brings together professional and academic art-making of the highest caliber, where student and professional artists work side by side, learning from each other and informing one another’s practices.
ABOUT BARD COLLEGE
Founded in 1860, Bard College is a four-year residential college of the liberal arts and sciences located 90 miles north of New York City. With the addition of the Montgomery Place estate, Bard’s campus consists of nearly 1,000 park-like acres in the Hudson River Valley. It offers bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of music degrees, with majors in nearly 40 academic programs, graduate degrees in 11 programs, nine early colleges, and numerous dual-degree programs nationally and internationally. Building on its 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard College has expanded its mission as a private institution acting in the public interest across the country and around the world to meet broader student needs and increase access to liberal education. The undergraduate program at our main campus in upstate New York has a reputation for scholarly excellence, a focus on the arts, and civic engagement. Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders. For more information about Bard College, visit bard.edu.
Festival Finance Assistant
OVERVIEW
This summer (June–August 2026), Bard SummerScape returns with a vibrant season of dance, theater, opera, music, and the beloved Spiegeltent. Presented by the Fisher Center at Bard, this celebrated multi-arts festival takes place in person on Bard’s idyllic 1,000-acre campus, featuring performances in the stunning Frank Gehry-designed performing arts center.
The Festival Finance Assistant’s (FFA) primary responsibilities are to support the day-to-day activities of the financial and administrative functions of the Fisher Center (FC) during SummerScape 2026. The FFA will report to the Director of Finance and Administration (F&A), will support the Finance and Administration Associate, and will work closely with the Company Management team.
This is a seasonal position from June 1 to August 19, non-exempt (overtime eligible), paid hourly at a rate range of $22 to $25 depending on experience. Hours will average 35 hours/week, with the potential for overtime. During April and May, there is the possibility of in-person or remote work averaging 10–12 hours per week, should the selected candidate be interested and have availability.
This position requires local residence during the dates listed above. Housing is provided as needed, beginning one day prior to the employment start date and ending at 10am on the day after the employment end date, and includes a single bedroom and shared amenities. Employees will have access to three (3) meals per weekday and two (2) meals per weekend day on campus during the residency period. Should campus dining agreements or options change from the time of the agreement, an equivalent per diem will be provided.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Collect and file financial documentation, such as receipts and invoices
- Assist the F&A Associate with corporate credit card expense allocations and monthly credit card reconciliations
- Help oversee purchasing and expense tracking processes and day-to-day workflow
- Generate check requests for multiple departments
- Assist with organizing accounts payable, including mailing checks to artists and vendors on a weekly basis
- Coordinate domestic and international shipping (FedEx, USPS, etc.)
- Support festival staff in purchasing activities and enforce purchasing policies
- Communicate with the F&A and Company Management teams in scheduled check-in meetings and when issues arise
- Other projects as assigned
QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE
- Some professional administrative experience
- Data entry and data management
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Financial literacy, familiarity with expense tracking, and reading invoices
- Familiarity with Google Sheets, Drive, and Documents
- Communication skills and attention to detail
- Ability to work well independently and closely with other team members
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in a financial or administrative support position in a college or performing arts center
- Previous bookkeeping or accounting experience
- Interest or background in the performing arts is highly encouraged, with an undergraduate or equivalent experience in arts administration preferred, but not required.
WORKING CONDITIONS
- Ability to sit and stand for long periods
- Ability to move and lift objects up to 30 lbs
LOCATION
Bard’s beautiful 1,000-acre campus is situated on the east bank of the Hudson River in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Community life is defined by numerous cultural and recreational opportunities in the surrounding historic Hudson River Valley and by proximity to New York City. Nearby towns and villages include Rhinebeck, Tivoli, and Red Hook, New York.
TO APPLY
Apply NowApplications for this position will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
For any access-related requests, questions, or issues with the application form, please contact [email protected].
Bard College is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from those who contribute to our diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, mental or physical disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, familial status, veteran status, or genetic information. Bard is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for all individuals in employment practices, services, programs, and activities.
ABOUT THE FISHER CENTER
The Fisher Center is a premier professional performing arts center and a hub for research and education that demonstrates Bard College’s commitment to the performing arts as a cultural and educational necessity. To support artists, students, and audiences in the examination of artistic ideas, the Fisher Center develops, produces, and presents performing arts across disciplines through new productions and context-rich programs that challenge and inspire.
Home is the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, designed by Frank Gehry and located on the campus of Bard College in New York’s Hudson Valley. This world-class theater building will be complemented by a new studio building designed by Maya Lin, scheduled to open in 2026. More than 200 events and 50,000 visitors are hosted at the Fisher Center each year, and over 300 professional artists are employed annually. As a powerful catalyst of art-making regionally, nationally, and worldwide, the Fisher Center produces 8 to 10 major new works in various disciplines every year. The Fisher Center offers outstanding programs to many communities, including the students and faculty of Bard College, and audiences in the Hudson Valley, New York City, across the country, and around the world. Building on a 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders.
The Fisher Center was born from the Bard Music Festival, founded in 1990, which, for the first 13 years of its existence, occupied several spaces on campus, including a large tent. Each summer, the Music Festival focuses on the life, work, and influences of one composer, promoting new ways of understanding and presenting the history of music to a contemporary audience. When the Fisher Center and its two theaters opened in 2003, the summer festival expanded to include a fully staged opera, as well as theater and dance performances. The highly acclaimed opera program brings unjustly neglected works to the stage in major productions—often making their US debuts.
Through Fisher Center LAB, the Center’s acclaimed residency and commissioning program, artists are provided with custom-made support toward their innovative projects and their work has been seen in over 100 communities around the world. Resident choreographer Pam Tanowitz’s 2018 Four Quartets was recognized as “the greatest creation of dance theater so far this century” by The New York Times. In 2019, the Fisher Center won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical for Daniel Fish’s production of Oklahoma!, which began life in 2007 as an undergraduate production at Bard and was produced professionally by the Fisher Center in 2015 before transferring to New York City. Illinoise, a 2023 Fisher Center world premiere from artists Sufjan Stevens, Justin Peck, and Jackie Sibblies Drury, was recognized with a Tony Award for Best Choreography following its tour and transfer to Broadway.
The Fisher Center is home to several of Bard’s academic programs in the performing arts. Year-round, it hosts performances by the undergraduate Dance Program and Theater and Performance Program; the US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music; The Orchestra Now (TŌN), a Bard graduate program that is training the next generation of classical-music ambassadors; and students at the Bard Conservatory, the first (and so far only) conservatory to require all its students to pursue a bachelor of arts degree in a field other than music in addition to their specialized music studies. As a hybrid institution, the Fisher Center brings together professional and academic art-making of the highest caliber, where student and professional artists work side by side, learning from each other and informing one another’s practices.
ABOUT BARD COLLEGE
Founded in 1860, Bard College is a four-year residential college of the liberal arts and sciences located 90 miles north of New York City. With the addition of the Montgomery Place estate, Bard’s campus consists of nearly 1,000 park-like acres in the Hudson River Valley. It offers bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of music degrees, with majors in nearly 40 academic programs, graduate degrees in 11 programs, nine early colleges, and numerous dual-degree programs nationally and internationally. Building on its 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard College has expanded its mission as a private institution acting in the public interest across the country and around the world to meet broader student needs and increase access to liberal education. The undergraduate program at our main campus in upstate New York has a reputation for scholarly excellence, a focus on the arts, and civic engagement. Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders. For more information about Bard College, visit bard.edu.
Hair and/or Makeup Artist
OVERVIEW
This summer (June–August 2026), Bard SummerScape returns with a vibrant season of dance, theater, opera, music, and the beloved Spiegeltent. Presented by the Fisher Center at Bard, this celebrated multi-arts festival takes place in person on Bard’s idyllic 1,000-acre campus, featuring performances in the stunning Frank Gehry-designed performing arts center.
The Hair and Makeup (H&MU) Crew will support the execution of hair and makeup elements and needs for the SummerScape Opera production. They will report to the Hair and Makeup Supervisor and work closely with the designers.
This is a seasonal position, non-exempt, paid hourly at a rate range of $20–25 per hour, depending on experience. Hours will average 35-40 hours/week, with the potential for overtime. There are two date ranges available for this position: June 1 through July 22 and July 6 through August 4.
This position requires local residence during the dates listed above. Housing is provided as needed, beginning one day prior to the employment start date and ending at 10 am on the day after the employment end date, and includes a single bedroom and shared amenities. Employees will have access to three (3) meals per weekday and two (2) meals per weekend day on campus during the residency period. Should campus dining agreements or options change from the time of the agreement, an equivalent per diem will be provided.
Please note that room and board arrangements may differ for current Bard College students.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assistance in makeup & hair styling
- Teaching performers how to do their makeup, leading makeup tutorials
- Assist in the care, styling, and upkeep of wigs and hair for the run of the production
- Show tracking, set up makeup stations, and assist in quick changes
- Ensure that the H&MU operations of technical rehearsals and performances run smoothly
- Ensure that BIPOC performers are provided with the necessary and appropriate hair and makeup support
QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE
- At least two years of experience in theatrical, opera, and/or film/television wigs and makeup, including on a H&MU run crew
- Experience with styling BIPOC performer hair and makeup
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Knowledge of and experience in wig-making, styling, and maintenance
- Familiarity with a variety of period styles
- Proficiency in the proper care and maintenance of BIPOC hair, as well as makeup techniques and applications for BIPOC skin tones
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent organizational skills with keen attention to detail
- Maintaining calm, professionalism, and etiquette while assisting performers in preparations and quick changes.
- This position requires flexible work hours and evenings/days reflective of the dynamic schedule of a performing arts festival.
- Ability to be collaborative, self-motivated, and bring a positive, can-do attitude!
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Cosmetology license
WORKING CONDITIONS
- Lifting, pushing, and packing materials up to 30 lbs.
- Extended periods of standing, sitting, and climbing stairs.
- Frequently works in dimly lit spaces, assisting with quick changes.
- May handle dyes, natural and synthetic fibers, and materials, including but not limited to hair, feathers, powders, and more.
LOCATION
Bard’s beautiful 1,000-acre campus is situated on the east bank of the Hudson River in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Community life is defined by numerous cultural and recreational opportunities in the surrounding historic Hudson River Valley and by proximity to New York City. Nearby towns and villages include Rhinebeck, Tivoli, and Red Hook, New York.
TO APPLY
Apply NowApplications for this position will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
For any access-related requests, questions, or issues with the application form, please contact [email protected].
Bard College is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from those who contribute to our diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, mental or physical disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, familial status, veteran status, or genetic information. Bard is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for all individuals in employment practices, services, programs, and activities.
ABOUT THE FISHER CENTER
The Fisher Center is a premier professional performing arts center and a hub for research and education that demonstrates Bard College’s commitment to the performing arts as a cultural and educational necessity. To support artists, students, and audiences in the examination of artistic ideas, the Fisher Center develops, produces, and presents performing arts across disciplines through new productions and context-rich programs that challenge and inspire.
Home is the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, designed by Frank Gehry and located on the campus of Bard College in New York’s Hudson Valley. This world-class theater building will be complemented by a new studio building designed by Maya Lin, scheduled to open in 2026. More than 200 events and 50,000 visitors are hosted at the Fisher Center each year, and over 300 professional artists are employed annually. As a powerful catalyst of art-making regionally, nationally, and worldwide, the Fisher Center produces 8 to 10 major new works in various disciplines every year. The Fisher Center offers outstanding programs to many communities, including the students and faculty of Bard College, and audiences in the Hudson Valley, New York City, across the country, and around the world. Building on a 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders.
The Fisher Center was born from the Bard Music Festival, founded in 1990, which, for the first 13 years of its existence, occupied several spaces on campus, including a large tent. Each summer, the Music Festival focuses on the life, work, and influences of one composer, promoting new ways of understanding and presenting the history of music to a contemporary audience. When the Fisher Center and its two theaters opened in 2003, the summer festival expanded to include a fully staged opera, as well as theater and dance performances. The highly acclaimed opera program brings unjustly neglected works to the stage in major productions—often making their US debuts.
Through Fisher Center LAB, the Center’s acclaimed residency and commissioning program, artists are provided with custom-made support toward their innovative projects and their work has been seen in over 100 communities around the world. Resident choreographer Pam Tanowitz’s 2018 Four Quartets was recognized as “the greatest creation of dance theater so far this century” by The New York Times. In 2019, the Fisher Center won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical for Daniel Fish’s production of Oklahoma!, which began life in 2007 as an undergraduate production at Bard and was produced professionally by the Fisher Center in 2015 before transferring to New York City. Illinoise, a 2023 Fisher Center world premiere from artists Sufjan Stevens, Justin Peck, and Jackie Sibblies Drury, was recognized with a Tony Award for Best Choreography following its tour and transfer to Broadway.
The Fisher Center is home to several of Bard’s academic programs in the performing arts. Year-round, it hosts performances by the undergraduate Dance Program and Theater and Performance Program; the US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music; The Orchestra Now (TŌN), a Bard graduate program that is training the next generation of classical-music ambassadors; and students at the Bard Conservatory, the first (and so far only) conservatory to require all its students to pursue a bachelor of arts degree in a field other than music in addition to their specialized music studies. As a hybrid institution, the Fisher Center brings together professional and academic art-making of the highest caliber, where student and professional artists work side by side, learning from each other and informing one another’s practices.
ABOUT BARD COLLEGE
Founded in 1860, Bard College is a four-year residential college of the liberal arts and sciences located 90 miles north of New York City. With the addition of the Montgomery Place estate, Bard’s campus consists of nearly 1,000 park-like acres in the Hudson River Valley. It offers bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of music degrees, with majors in nearly 40 academic programs, graduate degrees in 11 programs, nine early colleges, and numerous dual-degree programs nationally and internationally. Building on its 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard College has expanded its mission as a private institution acting in the public interest across the country and around the world to meet broader student needs and increase access to liberal education. The undergraduate program at our main campus in upstate New York has a reputation for scholarly excellence, a focus on the arts, and civic engagement. Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders. For more information about Bard College, visit bard.edu.
Parking Coordinator
OVERVIEW
As a key member of the House Management team, the Parking Coordinator directly oversees the operational efficacy, accessibility, and security of the Fisher Center parking strategy, which includes parking lots at Fisher Center and, at times, across the Bard campus. In this capacity, the Parking Coordinator supervises a team of approximately 25 staff (Parking Attendants and Golf Cart Drivers). This role is instrumental to the Fisher Center’s audience experience and the overall safety and operational success of our Front of House protocols. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in parking operations, grounds management, large event operations, customer service, and familiarity with security protocols.
Working in close collaboration with the Audience and Member Services Manager, House Manager, General Manager, and Director of Facilities, the Parking Coordinator will further strategize a parking plan that places accessibility at its core, ensuring that all visitors (guests, as well as artists and staff) have the parking and transportation services required to remain safe and comfortable during their visit.
The Parking Coordinator is a Fisher Center Audience & Member Services department member and reports directly to the House Manager. This position works closely with the following Fisher Center departments: Front of House, Building Operations, General/Company Management, Box Office, Development, and Marketing teams, as well as the Bard College Departments of Transportation and Security.
This is a full-time position, start date as soon as possible, and going through May 31, 2026, non-exempt (overtime-eligible), and paid $23/hour. Hours will average approximately 15–20 hours per week—possibility to renew the contract for summer 2026.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Devise and implement a parking strategy for a predetermined set of parking lots near the Fisher Center and across the Bard College campus
- In collaboration with the House Manager, design staffing strategies and staffing assignments to manage the various parking and transportation needs
- In collaboration with Front of House and Development, help to plan out VIP parking, as well as ensuring accessible parking runs smoothly and safely for all visitors with accessibility needs
- Work with other members of the Audience & Member Services and General Management teams to identify and address barriers to access at the Fisher Center’s venues
- Coordinate with General Management regarding additional staff/artist parking and transportation as needed
- Directly oversee and manage the parking flow for all shows at the Fisher Center’s Sosnoff Theater and LUMA Theaters, as well as for performances at any off-site locations.
- Serve as a resource and send out regular and timely communications to parking staff
- Manage hours for outdoor staff, reporting back to the House Manager for payroll purposes
- Attend regularly scheduled meetings as needed
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE
- Experience with fast-paced environments and the ability to handle fast communication and logistics
- Ability to multitask and oversee many overlapping happenings and events simultaneously
- Current driver’s license and reliable transportation
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Ability to oversee complex strategies and planning tools
- The ideal candidate will be flexible and have an all-hands-on-deck attitude
- Familiarity with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and its applications to non-profit organizations is a strong plus
- Excellent organizational skills, communication skills, and superior attention to detail
- Proficiency with Google Suite (Sheets, Docs, shared Drives)
preferred QUALIFICATIONS
- Security Certification, as well as CPR and First Aid
- A passion for the performing arts is preferred
Working Conditions
- Must be able to work nights and weekend hours
- Must be comfortable working outdoors for several hours at a time
- Ability to stand on your feet for several hours
- Some handling of light to moderate equipment weighing up to 30 pounds
Location
Bard’s beautiful 1,000-acre campus is situated on the east bank of the Hudson River in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Community life is defined by numerous cultural and recreational opportunities in the surrounding historic Hudson River Valley and by proximity to New York City. Nearby towns and villages include Rhinebeck, Tivoli, and Red Hook, New York.
To Apply
Applications for this position will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
For any access-related requests, questions, or issues with the application form, please contact [email protected].
Bard College is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from those who contribute to our diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, mental or physical disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, familial status, veteran status, or genetic information. Bard is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for all individuals in employment practices, services, programs, and activities.
About the fisher center
The Fisher Center is a premier professional performing arts center and a hub for research and education that demonstrates Bard College’s commitment to the performing arts as a cultural and educational necessity. To support artists, students, and audiences in the examination of artistic ideas, the Fisher Center develops, produces, and presents performing arts across disciplines through new productions and context-rich programs that challenge and inspire.
Home is the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, designed by Frank Gehry and located on the campus of Bard College in New York’s Hudson Valley. This world-class theater building will be complemented by a new studio building designed by Maya Lin, scheduled to open in 2026. More than 200 events and 50,000 visitors are hosted at the Fisher Center each year, and over 300 professional artists are employed annually. As a powerful catalyst of art-making regionally, nationally, and worldwide, the Fisher Center produces 8 to 10 major new works in various disciplines every year. The Fisher Center offers outstanding programs to many communities, including the students and faculty of Bard College, and audiences in the Hudson Valley, New York City, across the country, and around the world. Building on a 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders.
The Fisher Center was born from the Bard Music Festival, founded in 1990, which, for the first 13 years of its existence, occupied several spaces on campus, including a large tent. Each summer, the Music Festival focuses on the life, work, and influences of one composer, promoting new ways of understanding and presenting the history of music to a contemporary audience. When the Fisher Center and its two theaters opened in 2003, the summer festival expanded to include a fully staged opera, as well as theater and dance performances. The highly acclaimed opera program brings unjustly neglected works to the stage in major productions—often making their US debuts.
Through Fisher Center LAB, the Center’s acclaimed residency and commissioning program, artists are provided with custom-made support toward their innovative projects and their work has been seen in over 100 communities around the world. Resident choreographer Pam Tanowitz’s 2018 Four Quartets was recognized as “the greatest creation of dance theater so far this century” by The New York Times. In 2019, the Fisher Center won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical for Daniel Fish’s production of Oklahoma!, which began life in 2007 as an undergraduate production at Bard and was produced professionally by the Fisher Center in 2015 before transferring to New York City. Illinoise, a 2023 Fisher Center world premiere from artists Sufjan Stevens, Justin Peck, and Jackie Sibblies Drury, was recognized with a Tony Award for Best Choreography following its tour and transfer to Broadway.
The Fisher Center is home to several of Bard’s academic programs in the performing arts. Year-round, it hosts performances by the undergraduate Dance Program and Theater and Performance Program; the US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music; The Orchestra Now (TŌN), a Bard graduate program that is training the next generation of classical-music ambassadors; and students at the Bard Conservatory, the first (and so far only) conservatory to require all its students to pursue a bachelor of arts degree in a field other than music in addition to their specialized music studies. As a hybrid institution, the Fisher Center brings together professional and academic art-making of the highest caliber, where student and professional artists work side by side, learning from each other and informing one another’s practices.
About Bard College
Founded in 1860, Bard College is a four-year residential college of the liberal arts and sciences located 90 miles north of New York City. With the addition of the Montgomery Place estate, Bard’s campus consists of nearly 1,000 park-like acres in the Hudson River Valley. It offers bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of music degrees, with majors in nearly 40 academic programs, graduate degrees in 11 programs, nine early colleges, and numerous dual-degree programs nationally and internationally. Building on its 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard College has expanded its mission as a private institution acting in the public interest across the country and around the world to meet broader student needs and increase access to liberal education. The undergraduate program at our main campus in upstate New York has a reputation for scholarly excellence, a focus on the arts, and civic engagement. Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders. For more information about Bard College, visit bard.edu.
Seasonal Video Supervisor
OVERVIEW
The Seasonal Video Supervisor is responsible for the planning and execution of all video elements for all productions, residencies, concerts, and special events (including live streams) produced by Live Arts Bard, Bard’s Theater & Performance and Dance Programs, and Bard SummerScape. Additionally, this position supports in-person performances at the Fisher Center featuring The Orchestra Now, Bard College Conservatory of Music, and rental/partnership programs.
Reporting directly to the Fisher Center’s Director of Production and working closely with the other members of the Fisher Center Production Department, the Seasonal Video Supervisor directs the Center’s video facilities, professional and student labor force, and resources to deliver an excellent standard of support that furthers the mission of the Center and Bard College.
This position’s term will ideally start in mid-March, so there is time to cross-train with the current Supervisor. This may include starting remotely, but the exact date is flexible. The end date will be August 21. The position requires up to 40 hours/week during non-production weeks and up to 60 hours/week during production weeks. This is a non-exempt position, paid hourly at a rate of $32 per hour.
Access to a personal vehicle is necessary. This position requires local residence during the employment period. Housing is provided as needed and includes a single bedroom and shared amenities. From June 1 until August 21, access to three (3) meals per weekday and two (2) meals per weekend day on campus will be provided. Should campus dining agreements or options change from the time of the agreement, an equivalent per diem will be provided.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Video Department and Project Management
- Oversee all video aspects of show development, budgeting, prep, load-in, run, and strike for all events in or produced by one of the Center’s programs, including UPSTREAMING the Fisher Center’s Virtual Stage.
- Oversee and execute in-house video production and editing for the Center, including the development of archival content and new content for programs and marketing, as assigned.
- Advance all video needs of all incoming productions and projects; coordinate with outside designers and engineers.
- Appropriately staff video crew for each project’s needs and budget; supervise and train crew
- Work with the Audio Supervisor to manage the Center’s audio/video shop.
- Create video paperwork as needed.
- Execute bidding and purchasing for video equipment and services.
- Coordinate and manage video elements related to orchestra shell & riser changeovers, orchestra pit changeovers, and seating setup changeovers.
- Assist in the advancement of tours by resident Fisher Center artists, accompany and support tours and off-site productions as required.
Production Administration
- Maintain a safe, healthy, and inclusive workplace at all times.
- Create labor and material estimates and budgets.
- Assist the Director of Production and Associate Production Managers in hiring a team of professional and student crew members.
- Supervise and train the video crew members.
- Maintain video vendor relationships.
- Maintain accurate inventories of the Center’s video equipment.
- Support the creation of production overview documents for all programs, ensuring accuracy of information on video equipment, requirements, and capacities.
- Participate in weekly all-staff meetings and production meetings, in addition to interdepartmental and external planning meetings with artists/designers.
QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE
- Minimum 5 years of experience as a video engineer in a multi-venue facility, producing venue, or touring company (academic experience is a plus).
- Familiarity with multiple disciplines, including but not limited to opera, dance, theater, and all forms of music.
- Live video production experience and experience with online live-streamed or recorded events are a plus.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Ability to interpret and generate production drawings.
- Strong knowledge of display devices, including projectors, AutoCad, Vectorworks, the Google App suite, Watchout, Isadora, QLab, and Adobe Premiere Pro.
- Experience with hardware and software streaming solutions such as Livestream Studio, OBS or vMix.
- Familiarity with IP/networking.
- Ability to manage and train student labor.
- Ability to cross-train all Fisher Center staff in basic video operations.
- Strong knowledge of electrical safety practices and theatrical rigging systems.
- Crew management and leadership experience.
- Strong multitasking abilities as well as the ability to work well and work flexibly under pressure in a team-driven environment.
- Exceptional communication skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to manage crew in multiple spaces or locations.
- Ability to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as determined by the production schedule
- Ability to climb stairs and ladders
- Ability to move and lift up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to push, pull, hang, reach, lean, and balance
- Ability to stand or sit for extended periods
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Previous experience in a Festival setting.
WORKING CONDITIONS
- Frequently works at heights above 6 feet
- Frequently exposed to vibrations, noises, and electrical connections
- Frequently works in show conditions with theatrical and atmospheric elements, including but not limited to haze, strobes, dim lights, loud sounds, dry ice, and more
LOCATION
Bard’s beautiful 1,000-acre campus is situated on the east bank of the Hudson River in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Community life is defined by numerous cultural and recreational opportunities in the surrounding historic Hudson River Valley and by proximity to New York City. Nearby towns and villages include Rhinebeck, Tivoli, and Red Hook, New York.
TO APPLY
Apply NowApplications for this position will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
For any access-related requests, questions, or issues with the application form, please contact [email protected].
Bard College is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from those who contribute to our diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, mental or physical disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, familial status, veteran status, or genetic information. Bard is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for all individuals in employment practices, services, programs, and activities.
ABOUT THE FISHER CENTER
The Fisher Center is a premier professional performing arts center and a hub for research and education that demonstrates Bard College’s commitment to the performing arts as a cultural and educational necessity. To support artists, students, and audiences in the examination of artistic ideas, the Fisher Center develops, produces, and presents performing arts across disciplines through new productions and context-rich programs that challenge and inspire.
Home is the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, designed by Frank Gehry and located on the campus of Bard College in New York’s Hudson Valley. This world-class theater building will be complemented by a new studio building designed by Maya Lin, scheduled to open in 2026. More than 200 events and 50,000 visitors are hosted at the Fisher Center each year, and over 300 professional artists are employed annually. As a powerful catalyst of art-making regionally, nationally, and worldwide, the Fisher Center produces 8 to 10 major new works in various disciplines every year. The Fisher Center offers outstanding programs to many communities, including the students and faculty of Bard College, and audiences in the Hudson Valley, New York City, across the country, and around the world. Building on a 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders.
The Fisher Center was born from the Bard Music Festival, founded in 1990, which, for the first 13 years of its existence, occupied several spaces on campus, including a large tent. Each summer, the Music Festival focuses on the life, work, and influences of one composer, promoting new ways of understanding and presenting the history of music to a contemporary audience. When the Fisher Center and its two theaters opened in 2003, the summer festival expanded to include a fully staged opera, as well as theater and dance performances. The highly acclaimed opera program brings unjustly neglected works to the stage in major productions—often making their US debuts.
Through Fisher Center LAB, the Center’s acclaimed residency and commissioning program, artists are provided with custom-made support toward their innovative projects and their work has been seen in over 100 communities around the world. Resident choreographer Pam Tanowitz’s 2018 Four Quartets was recognized as “the greatest creation of dance theater so far this century” by The New York Times. In 2019, the Fisher Center won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical for Daniel Fish’s production of Oklahoma!, which began life in 2007 as an undergraduate production at Bard and was produced professionally by the Fisher Center in 2015 before transferring to New York City. Illinoise, a 2023 Fisher Center world premiere from artists Sufjan Stevens, Justin Peck, and Jackie Sibblies Drury, was recognized with a Tony Award for Best Choreography following its tour and transfer to Broadway.
The Fisher Center is home to several of Bard’s academic programs in the performing arts. Year-round, it hosts performances by the undergraduate Dance Program and Theater and Performance Program; the US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music; The Orchestra Now (TŌN), a Bard graduate program that is training the next generation of classical-music ambassadors; and students at the Bard Conservatory, the first (and so far only) conservatory to require all its students to pursue a bachelor of arts degree in a field other than music in addition to their specialized music studies. As a hybrid institution, the Fisher Center brings together professional and academic art-making of the highest caliber, where student and professional artists work side by side, learning from each other and informing one another’s practices.
ABOUT BARD COLLEGE
Founded in 1860, Bard College is a four-year residential college of the liberal arts and sciences located 90 miles north of New York City. With the addition of the Montgomery Place estate, Bard’s campus consists of nearly 1,000 park-like acres in the Hudson River Valley. It offers bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of music degrees, with majors in nearly 40 academic programs, graduate degrees in 11 programs, nine early colleges, and numerous dual-degree programs nationally and internationally. Building on its 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard College has expanded its mission as a private institution acting in the public interest across the country and around the world to meet broader student needs and increase access to liberal education. The undergraduate program at our main campus in upstate New York has a reputation for scholarly excellence, a focus on the arts, and civic engagement. Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders. For more information about Bard College, visit bard.edu.
Spiegeltent Host
OVERVIEW
This summer (June–August 2026), Bard SummerScape returns with a vibrant season of dance, theater, opera, music, and the beloved Spiegeltent. Presented by the Fisher Center at Bard, this celebrated multi-arts festival takes place in person on Bard’s idyllic 1,000-acre campus, featuring performances in the stunning Frank Gehry-designed performing arts center.
The Host team plays a critical role in the overall guest experience of the SummerScape Spiegeltent, contributing directly to a safe, enjoyable, and unique experience. They must be knowledgeable of SummerScape programming, venue details, and food and beverage menus. Hosts must be able to work calmly and efficiently in a fast-paced dining and cabaret environment—always anticipating, listening, and responding with grace to guests’ needs.
Spiegeltent Hosts report to the Spiegeltent Front of House Operations Manager. Hosts interact closely with the general management, catering, box office, security, and production teams.
This is a great opportunity for current or recently graduated students who enjoy customer service work and are seeking to gain experience working in the arts.
This is a seasonal position from approximately June 23 to August 17, 2026, non-exempt, paid hourly at a rate range of $15.50–16 per hour, depending on experience. Most activity at the Spiegeltent occurs on Thursday through Sunday evenings, and open availability is needed during those times. Hours will average 15–25 hours per week at the Spiegeltent, and some opportunities may be available to pick up shifts with other departments within the Fisher Center when the Spiegeltent does not have events.
This position requires local residence during the dates listed above. Housing is provided as needed, beginning one day prior to the employment start date and ending at 10 am on the day after the employment end date, and includes a single bedroom and shared amenities. Employees will have access to three (3) meals per weekday and two (2) meals per weekend day on campus during the residency period. Should campus dining agreements or options change from the time of the agreement, an equivalent per diem will be provided.
Please note that room and board arrangements may differ for current Bard College students.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Greet guests attending events at the Spiegeltent and foster a welcoming and energetic environment for attendees, artists, and staff
- Conduct ticket-taking, wristbanding, and seating of attendees
- Communicate and collaborate effectively with production, security, dining, and box office staff to ensure guests’ needs are met, and events take place in a comfortable and safe environment
- Ensure guests with mobility devices and other accessibility needs are appropriately accommodated
- Provide accurate information about the Spiegeltent events, dining menu, SummerScape events, other performance spaces, and the Bard campus upon request
- Ensure adherence to house policies regarding entry, exit, age restriction, photo and video, etc.
- Proactively solve problems with ticketing, dining, and other patron issues; escalating when necessary
- Conduct venue and garden set-up and breakdown, including moving tables and chairs into and out of the venue in a timely manner
- Maintain a clean and presentable garden, entrance, and seating area
- Maintain awareness of patron behavior, anticipate potential problems, and communicate with supervisory Spiegeltent staff and security appropriately
- Attend house staff briefing meetings at the start of each shift
- Other duties as assigned
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE
- This is an entry-level position.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Superior attention to detail
Must possess a positive work attitude and enjoy interacting with people
preferred QUALIFICATIONS
- Customer service and/or restaurant experience
- Interest in the performing arts
Working Conditions
- Ability to stand for extended periods of time and ability to lift at least 50 pounds
- Ability to work late nights and weekend hours
- Comfortable working outdoors
Location
Bard’s beautiful 1,000-acre campus is situated on the east bank of the Hudson River in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Community life is defined by numerous cultural and recreational opportunities in the surrounding historic Hudson River Valley and by proximity to New York City. Nearby towns and villages include Rhinebeck, Tivoli, and Red Hook, New York.
To Apply
Applications for this position will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
For any access-related requests, questions, or issues with the application form, please contact [email protected].
Bard College is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from those who contribute to our diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, mental or physical disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, familial status, veteran status, or genetic information. Bard is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for all individuals in employment practices, services, programs, and activities.
About the fisher center
The Fisher Center is a premier professional performing arts center and a hub for research and education that demonstrates Bard College’s commitment to the performing arts as a cultural and educational necessity. To support artists, students, and audiences in the examination of artistic ideas, the Fisher Center develops, produces, and presents performing arts across disciplines through new productions and context-rich programs that challenge and inspire.
Home is the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, designed by Frank Gehry and located on the campus of Bard College in New York’s Hudson Valley. This world-class theater building will be complemented by a new studio building designed by Maya Lin, scheduled to open in 2026. More than 200 events and 50,000 visitors are hosted at the Fisher Center each year, and over 300 professional artists are employed annually. As a powerful catalyst of art-making regionally, nationally, and worldwide, the Fisher Center produces 8 to 10 major new works in various disciplines every year. The Fisher Center offers outstanding programs to many communities, including the students and faculty of Bard College, and audiences in the Hudson Valley, New York City, across the country, and around the world. Building on a 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders.
The Fisher Center was born from the Bard Music Festival, founded in 1990, which, for the first 13 years of its existence, occupied several spaces on campus, including a large tent. Each summer, the Music Festival focuses on the life, work, and influences of one composer, promoting new ways of understanding and presenting the history of music to a contemporary audience. When the Fisher Center and its two theaters opened in 2003, the summer festival expanded to include a fully staged opera, as well as theater and dance performances. The highly acclaimed opera program brings unjustly neglected works to the stage in major productions—often making their US debuts.
Through Fisher Center LAB, the Center’s acclaimed residency and commissioning program, artists are provided with custom-made support toward their innovative projects and their work has been seen in over 100 communities around the world. Resident choreographer Pam Tanowitz’s 2018 Four Quartets was recognized as “the greatest creation of dance theater so far this century” by The New York Times. In 2019, the Fisher Center won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical for Daniel Fish’s production of Oklahoma!, which began life in 2007 as an undergraduate production at Bard and was produced professionally by the Fisher Center in 2015 before transferring to New York City. Illinoise, a 2023 Fisher Center world premiere from artists Sufjan Stevens, Justin Peck, and Jackie Sibblies Drury, was recognized with a Tony Award for Best Choreography following its tour and transfer to Broadway.
The Fisher Center is home to several of Bard’s academic programs in the performing arts. Year-round, it hosts performances by the undergraduate Dance Program and Theater and Performance Program; the US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music; The Orchestra Now (TŌN), a Bard graduate program that is training the next generation of classical-music ambassadors; and students at the Bard Conservatory, the first (and so far only) conservatory to require all its students to pursue a bachelor of arts degree in a field other than music in addition to their specialized music studies. As a hybrid institution, the Fisher Center brings together professional and academic art-making of the highest caliber, where student and professional artists work side by side, learning from each other and informing one another’s practices.
About Bard College
Founded in 1860, Bard College is a four-year residential college of the liberal arts and sciences located 90 miles north of New York City. With the addition of the Montgomery Place estate, Bard’s campus consists of nearly 1,000 park-like acres in the Hudson River Valley. It offers bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of music degrees, with majors in nearly 40 academic programs, graduate degrees in 11 programs, nine early colleges, and numerous dual-degree programs nationally and internationally. Building on its 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard College has expanded its mission as a private institution acting in the public interest across the country and around the world to meet broader student needs and increase access to liberal education. The undergraduate program at our main campus in upstate New York has a reputation for scholarly excellence, a focus on the arts, and civic engagement. Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders. For more information about Bard College, visit bard.edu.
Spiegeltent Host Supervisor
OVERVIEW
This summer (June–August 2026), Bard SummerScape returns with a vibrant season of dance, theater, opera, music, and the beloved Spiegeltent. Presented by the Fisher Center at Bard, this celebrated multi-arts festival takes place in person on Bard’s idyllic 1,000-acre campus, featuring performances in the stunning Frank Gehry-designed performing arts center.
The Host team plays a critical role in the overall guest experience of the SummerScape Spiegeltent, contributing directly to a safe, enjoyable, and unique experience. They must be knowledgeable of SummerScape programming, venue details, and food and beverage menus. Hosts must be able to work calmly and efficiently in a fast-paced dining and cabaret environment—always anticipating, listening, and responding with grace to guests’ needs.
The Spiegeltent Host Supervisor reports to the Spiegeltent Front of House Operations Manager and helps oversee the host team. The FOH Supervisor interacts closely with the general management, catering, box office, security, and production teams.
This is a seasonal position from approximately June 17 – August 17, 2026, paid hourly at a rate of $18–19/hr, depending on experience. Most activity at the Spiegeltent occurs on Thursday to Sunday evenings, and open availability is needed during those times. Hosts work 15–25 hours per week at the Spiegeltent, and some opportunities may be available to pick up shifts with other departments within the Fisher Center when the Spiegeltent does not have events.
This position requires local residence from June 17 to August 17, 2026. Housing is provided as needed, beginning one day prior to the employment start date and ending at 10 am on the day after the employment end date, and includes a single bedroom and shared amenities. Employees will have access to three (3) meals per weekday and two (2) meals per weekend day on campus during the residency period. Should campus dining agreements or options change from the time of the agreement, an equivalent per diem will be provided.
Please note that room and board arrangements may differ for current Bard College students.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Supervise Spiegeltent Hosts; ensure adherence to the standards of conduct in the Spiegeltent Host Handbook when on duty.
- Coordinate Host position assignments, delegate tasks, and ensure breaks are taken in compliance with labor laws.
- Facilitate guest entry for events, including ticket taking, wristbanding, and seating of attendees.
- Communicate and collaborate effectively with production, security, dining, and box office staff to ensure guests’ needs are met, and events take place in a comfortable and safe environment.
- Ensure seating setup and special seating requirements match Box Office planning. Supervise VIP seating and hospitality needs in coordination with the Spiegeltent Operations Manager.
- Ensure guests with mobility devices and other accessibility needs are appropriately accommodated.
- Provide accurate information about the Spiegeltent events, dining menu, SummerScape events, other performance spaces, and the Bard campus upon request.
- Ensure house policies regarding entry, exit, age restriction, photo and video, etc., are adhered to.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for guest concerns, complaints, and compliments, and act as the first point of escalation for hosts/staff for guest issues to solve problems with ticketing, dining, etc., in a timely and professional manner. Escalate to the Operations Manager as needed.
- Lead venue and garden set-up and breakdown, including moving tables and chairs into and out of the venue in a timely manner.
- Maintain a clean and presentable garden, entrance, and seating area with the support of hosts and Bard Environmental Services employees.
- Facilitate merchandise setup and sales for artists, as needed.
- Manage and arrange VIP and Artist parking in coordination with the Operations Manager, Spiegeltent Company Manager, and Fisher Center Development team.
- Help facilitate the response to any emergency situation that arises in the venue.
- Contribute to the daily Venue Report in coordination with the Operations Manager, Production Stage Manager, and Assistant Stage Manager.
- Assist the Operations Manager in weekly preparation for upcoming events, including reviewing schedules, maintaining supply inventory, laundering tablecloths and towels, etc.
- Create and update Spiegeltent Host timecards in coordination with the Operations Manager.
- Other duties as assigned.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE
- At least one year of hospitality experience.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Superior attention to detail.
- Must possess a positive work attitude and enjoy interacting with people.
preferred QUALIFICATIONS
- Some supervisory experience is preferred.
- Interest in the performing arts.
Working Conditions
- Ability to stand for extended periods of time and ability to lift at least 50 pounds.
- Able to work late nights and weekends.
- Comfortable working outdoors.
Location
Bard’s beautiful 1,000-acre campus is situated on the east bank of the Hudson River in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Community life is defined by numerous cultural and recreational opportunities in the surrounding historic Hudson River Valley and by proximity to New York City. Nearby towns and villages include Rhinebeck, Tivoli, and Red Hook, New York.
To Apply
Applications for this position will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
For any access-related requests, questions, or issues with the application form, please contact [email protected].
Bard College is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from those who contribute to our diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, mental or physical disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, familial status, veteran status, or genetic information. Bard is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for all individuals in employment practices, services, programs, and activities.
About the fisher center
The Fisher Center is a premier professional performing arts center and a hub for research and education that demonstrates Bard College’s commitment to the performing arts as a cultural and educational necessity. To support artists, students, and audiences in the examination of artistic ideas, the Fisher Center develops, produces, and presents performing arts across disciplines through new productions and context-rich programs that challenge and inspire.
Home is the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, designed by Frank Gehry and located on the campus of Bard College in New York’s Hudson Valley. This world-class theater building will be complemented by a new studio building designed by Maya Lin, scheduled to open in 2026. More than 200 events and 50,000 visitors are hosted at the Fisher Center each year, and over 300 professional artists are employed annually. As a powerful catalyst of art-making regionally, nationally, and worldwide, the Fisher Center produces 8 to 10 major new works in various disciplines every year. The Fisher Center offers outstanding programs to many communities, including the students and faculty of Bard College, and audiences in the Hudson Valley, New York City, across the country, and around the world. Building on a 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders.
The Fisher Center was born from the Bard Music Festival, founded in 1990, which, for the first 13 years of its existence, occupied several spaces on campus, including a large tent. Each summer, the Music Festival focuses on the life, work, and influences of one composer, promoting new ways of understanding and presenting the history of music to a contemporary audience. When the Fisher Center and its two theaters opened in 2003, the summer festival expanded to include a fully staged opera, as well as theater and dance performances. The highly acclaimed opera program brings unjustly neglected works to the stage in major productions—often making their US debuts.
Through Fisher Center LAB, the Center’s acclaimed residency and commissioning program, artists are provided with custom-made support toward their innovative projects and their work has been seen in over 100 communities around the world. Resident choreographer Pam Tanowitz’s 2018 Four Quartets was recognized as “the greatest creation of dance theater so far this century” by The New York Times. In 2019, the Fisher Center won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical for Daniel Fish’s production of Oklahoma!, which began life in 2007 as an undergraduate production at Bard and was produced professionally by the Fisher Center in 2015 before transferring to New York City. Illinoise, a 2023 Fisher Center world premiere from artists Sufjan Stevens, Justin Peck, and Jackie Sibblies Drury, was recognized with a Tony Award for Best Choreography following its tour and transfer to Broadway.
The Fisher Center is home to several of Bard’s academic programs in the performing arts. Year-round, it hosts performances by the undergraduate Dance Program and Theater and Performance Program; the US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music; The Orchestra Now (TŌN), a Bard graduate program that is training the next generation of classical-music ambassadors; and students at the Bard Conservatory, the first (and so far only) conservatory to require all its students to pursue a bachelor of arts degree in a field other than music in addition to their specialized music studies. As a hybrid institution, the Fisher Center brings together professional and academic art-making of the highest caliber, where student and professional artists work side by side, learning from each other and informing one another’s practices.
About Bard College
Founded in 1860, Bard College is a four-year residential college of the liberal arts and sciences located 90 miles north of New York City. With the addition of the Montgomery Place estate, Bard’s campus consists of nearly 1,000 park-like acres in the Hudson River Valley. It offers bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of music degrees, with majors in nearly 40 academic programs, graduate degrees in 11 programs, nine early colleges, and numerous dual-degree programs nationally and internationally. Building on its 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard College has expanded its mission as a private institution acting in the public interest across the country and around the world to meet broader student needs and increase access to liberal education. The undergraduate program at our main campus in upstate New York has a reputation for scholarly excellence, a focus on the arts, and civic engagement. Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders. For more information about Bard College, visit bard.edu.
Video Engineer
OVERVIEW
This summer (June–August 2026), Bard SummerScape returns with a vibrant season of dance, theater, opera, music, and the beloved Spiegeltent. Presented by the Fisher Center at Bard, this celebrated multi-arts festival takes place in person on Bard’s idyllic 1,000-acre campus, featuring performances in the stunning Frank Gehry-designed performing arts center.
The Video Engineer is part of the Video Team in the Production Department and supports the execution of video elements and the needs of Bard SummerScape and the Bard Music Festival. They report to the Video Supervisor and work closely with other production team members and video/projection designers.
The Video Team at the Fisher Center is responsible for backstage video monitoring, on-stage projections, live streaming, and video recording for all performances over the course of SummerScape and the Bard Music Festival. During show runs, the Video Engineer will serve as a camera operator, video playback operator, video crew head, video editor, or livestream engineer as needed. Outside of the show run, they will lead the video team in the installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and strike of all video equipment under the direction of the Video Supervisor.
This is a seasonal position from May 26 through August 19, non-exempt, paid hourly at a rate range of $21–27 per hour, depending on experience. Hours will average 35-40 hours/week, with the potential for overtime.
This position requires local residence during the dates listed above. Housing is provided as needed, beginning one day prior to the employment start date and ending at 10 am on the day after the employment end date, and includes a single bedroom and shared amenities. Employees will have access to three (3) meals per weekday and two (2) meals per weekend day on campus during the residency period. Should campus dining agreements or options change from the time of the agreement, an equivalent per diem will be provided.
Please note that room and board arrangements may differ for current Bard College students.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintain a safe, healthy, and inclusive workplace at all times
- Lead the video team in the preparation, installation, operation, and maintenance of all video aspects of all productions and special events under the direction of the Video Supervisor
- Act as the backstage video crew for performances as needed
- Assist in training video crew members
- Update and create video paperwork
- Participate in technical rehearsals, performances, and production meetings
- Respond to video notes during rehearsals, performances, and work calls
- Provide support for all live streams of SummerScape and Bard Music Festival performances
- Monitor livestreams as needed
- Facilitate recordings of rehearsals and performances
- Edit video content for livestreams and recordings of performances and rehearsals
QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE
- Two years of professional experience in video playback and camera operation is preferred
- Experience with Photoshop/Premiere Pro/After Effects
- Experience with live streaming
- Experience in a leadership role
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Working knowledge of a variety of video signaling, camera, and display technologies
- Working knowledge of video playback
- Proficiency with general camera operation and backstage monitoring is essential, but training will be offered on specific equipment in use during SummerScape
- Basic knowledge of general theatrical production practices
- Strong attention to detail, general troubleshooting, and video engineering skills
- Strong skills in leadership and collaboration
- Ability to read and understand scenic and construction drawings
- Ability to understand schematic drawings of video systems and update them as necessary
- Ability to work in an organized, self-directed, and detailed manner
- Ability to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as determined by the production schedule
- Ability to climb stairs and ladders
- Ability to move and lift up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to push, pull, hang, reach, lean, and balance
- Ability to stand or sit for extended periods
- Successful candidates possess strong communication skills and keen attention to detail, are collaborative and self-motivated, and bring a positive, can-do attitude
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with programming in WATCHOUT, Isadora, or QLab
- Working knowledge of vMix
WORKING CONDITIONS
- Frequently works at heights above 6 feet
- Frequently exposed to vibrations, noises, and electrical connections
- Frequently works in show conditions with theatrical and atmospheric elements, including but not limited to haze, strobes, dim lights, loud sounds, dry ice, and more
LOCATION
Bard’s beautiful 1,000-acre campus is situated on the east bank of the Hudson River in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Community life is defined by numerous cultural and recreational opportunities in the surrounding historic Hudson River Valley and by proximity to New York City. Nearby towns and villages include Rhinebeck, Tivoli, and Red Hook, New York.
TO APPLY
Apply NowApplications for this position will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
For any access-related requests, questions, or issues with the application form, please contact [email protected].
Bard College is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from those who contribute to our diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, mental or physical disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, familial status, veteran status, or genetic information. Bard is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for all individuals in employment practices, services, programs, and activities.
ABOUT THE FISHER CENTER
The Fisher Center is a premier professional performing arts center and a hub for research and education that demonstrates Bard College’s commitment to the performing arts as a cultural and educational necessity. To support artists, students, and audiences in the examination of artistic ideas, the Fisher Center develops, produces, and presents performing arts across disciplines through new productions and context-rich programs that challenge and inspire.
Home is the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, designed by Frank Gehry and located on the campus of Bard College in New York’s Hudson Valley. This world-class theater building will be complemented by a new studio building designed by Maya Lin, scheduled to open in 2026. More than 200 events and 50,000 visitors are hosted at the Fisher Center each year, and over 300 professional artists are employed annually. As a powerful catalyst of art-making regionally, nationally, and worldwide, the Fisher Center produces 8 to 10 major new works in various disciplines every year. The Fisher Center offers outstanding programs to many communities, including the students and faculty of Bard College, and audiences in the Hudson Valley, New York City, across the country, and around the world. Building on a 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders.
The Fisher Center was born from the Bard Music Festival, founded in 1990, which, for the first 13 years of its existence, occupied several spaces on campus, including a large tent. Each summer, the Music Festival focuses on the life, work, and influences of one composer, promoting new ways of understanding and presenting the history of music to a contemporary audience. When the Fisher Center and its two theaters opened in 2003, the summer festival expanded to include a fully staged opera, as well as theater and dance performances. The highly acclaimed opera program brings unjustly neglected works to the stage in major productions—often making their US debuts.
Through Fisher Center LAB, the Center’s acclaimed residency and commissioning program, artists are provided with custom-made support toward their innovative projects and their work has been seen in over 100 communities around the world. Resident choreographer Pam Tanowitz’s 2018 Four Quartets was recognized as “the greatest creation of dance theater so far this century” by The New York Times. In 2019, the Fisher Center won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical for Daniel Fish’s production of Oklahoma!, which began life in 2007 as an undergraduate production at Bard and was produced professionally by the Fisher Center in 2015 before transferring to New York City. Illinoise, a 2023 Fisher Center world premiere from artists Sufjan Stevens, Justin Peck, and Jackie Sibblies Drury, was recognized with a Tony Award for Best Choreography following its tour and transfer to Broadway.
The Fisher Center is home to several of Bard’s academic programs in the performing arts. Year-round, it hosts performances by the undergraduate Dance Program and Theater and Performance Program; the US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music; The Orchestra Now (TŌN), a Bard graduate program that is training the next generation of classical-music ambassadors; and students at the Bard Conservatory, the first (and so far only) conservatory to require all its students to pursue a bachelor of arts degree in a field other than music in addition to their specialized music studies. As a hybrid institution, the Fisher Center brings together professional and academic art-making of the highest caliber, where student and professional artists work side by side, learning from each other and informing one another’s practices.
ABOUT BARD COLLEGE
Founded in 1860, Bard College is a four-year residential college of the liberal arts and sciences located 90 miles north of New York City. With the addition of the Montgomery Place estate, Bard’s campus consists of nearly 1,000 park-like acres in the Hudson River Valley. It offers bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of music degrees, with majors in nearly 40 academic programs, graduate degrees in 11 programs, nine early colleges, and numerous dual-degree programs nationally and internationally. Building on its 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard College has expanded its mission as a private institution acting in the public interest across the country and around the world to meet broader student needs and increase access to liberal education. The undergraduate program at our main campus in upstate New York has a reputation for scholarly excellence, a focus on the arts, and civic engagement. Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders. For more information about Bard College, visit bard.edu.
Video Technician
OVERVIEW
This summer (June–August 2026), Bard SummerScape returns with a vibrant season of dance, theater, opera, music, and the beloved Spiegeltent. Presented by the Fisher Center at Bard, this celebrated multi-arts festival takes place in person on Bard’s idyllic 1,000-acre campus, featuring performances in the stunning Frank Gehry-designed performing arts center.
The Video Technician is part of the Video Team in the Production Department and will support the execution of video elements and needs for Bard SummerScape and the Bard Music Festival. They report to the Video Supervisor, working closely under the Video Engineer and Assistant Video Engineer, along with other production team members and video/projection designers.
The Video Team at the Fisher Center is responsible for backstage video monitoring, on-stage projections, live streaming, and video recording for all performances. During show runs, Video Technicians will serve as camera operators, video playback operators, or video deck crew, as needed. Outside of the show run, they will participate in the installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and strike of all video equipment under the direction of the Video Supervisor or Video Engineer.
This is a seasonal position from May 26 through August 19, non-exempt, paid hourly at a rate range of $16–17 per hour, depending on experience. Hours will average 35-40 hours/week, with the potential for overtime.
This position requires local residence during the dates listed above. Housing is provided as needed, beginning one day prior to the employment start date and ending at 10 am on the day after the employment end date, and includes a single bedroom and shared amenities. Employees will have access to three (3) meals per weekday and two (2) meals per weekend day on campus during the residency period. Should campus dining agreements or options change from the time of the agreement, an equivalent per diem will be provided.
Please note that room and board arrangements may differ for current Bard College students.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintain a safe, healthy, and inclusive workplace at all times
- Assist the Video team in the preparation, installation, operation, and maintenance of all video aspects of all productions and special events
- Actively participate in all video work calls, rehearsals, and performances
- Act as the backstage video crew for performances under the direction of the Video Supervisor and Video Engineer
- Act as a camera operator for recordings of rehearsals and performances
QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE
- One year of educational or professional experience with video playback and/or camera operation is preferred
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Familiarity with a variety of video signaling, camera, and display technologies
- Familiarity with general camera operation is helpful, but training will be offered on specific equipment used during SummerScape
- Basic knowledge of general theatrical production practices
- Strong attention to detail, general troubleshooting, and willingness to learn
- Ability to work in an organized, self-directed, and detailed manner
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively
- Ability to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as determined by the production schedule
- Ability to climb stairs and ladders
- Ability to move and lift up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to push, pull, hang, reach, lean, and balance
- Ability to stand or sit for extended periods
- Successful candidates possess strong communication skills and keen attention to detail, are collaborative and self-motivated, and bring a positive, can-do attitude
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Ability to understand schematic drawings of video systems
- Experience with CCTV monitoring and conductor cameras
- Experience with PTZ camera systems is helpful
- Exposure to playback or programming in WATCHOUT, Isadora, or QLab
- Experience with Photoshop/Premiere Pro/After Effects
WORKING CONDITIONS
- Frequently works at heights above 6 feet
- Frequently exposed to vibrations, noises, and electrical connections
- Frequently works in show conditions with theatrical and atmospheric elements, including but not limited to haze, strobes, dim lights, loud sounds, dry ice, and more
LOCATION
Bard’s beautiful 1,000-acre campus is situated on the east bank of the Hudson River in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Community life is defined by numerous cultural and recreational opportunities in the surrounding historic Hudson River Valley and by proximity to New York City. Nearby towns and villages include Rhinebeck, Tivoli, and Red Hook, New York.
TO APPLY
Apply NowApplications for this position will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
For any access-related requests, questions, or issues with the application form, please contact [email protected].
Bard College is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from those who contribute to our diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, mental or physical disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, familial status, veteran status, or genetic information. Bard is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for all individuals in employment practices, services, programs, and activities.
ABOUT THE FISHER CENTER
The Fisher Center is a premier professional performing arts center and a hub for research and education that demonstrates Bard College’s commitment to the performing arts as a cultural and educational necessity. To support artists, students, and audiences in the examination of artistic ideas, the Fisher Center develops, produces, and presents performing arts across disciplines through new productions and context-rich programs that challenge and inspire.
Home is the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, designed by Frank Gehry and located on the campus of Bard College in New York’s Hudson Valley. This world-class theater building will be complemented by a new studio building designed by Maya Lin, scheduled to open in 2026. More than 200 events and 50,000 visitors are hosted at the Fisher Center each year, and over 300 professional artists are employed annually. As a powerful catalyst of art-making regionally, nationally, and worldwide, the Fisher Center produces 8 to 10 major new works in various disciplines every year. The Fisher Center offers outstanding programs to many communities, including the students and faculty of Bard College, and audiences in the Hudson Valley, New York City, across the country, and around the world. Building on a 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders.
The Fisher Center was born from the Bard Music Festival, founded in 1990, which, for the first 13 years of its existence, occupied several spaces on campus, including a large tent. Each summer, the Music Festival focuses on the life, work, and influences of one composer, promoting new ways of understanding and presenting the history of music to a contemporary audience. When the Fisher Center and its two theaters opened in 2003, the summer festival expanded to include a fully staged opera, as well as theater and dance performances. The highly acclaimed opera program brings unjustly neglected works to the stage in major productions—often making their US debuts.
Through Fisher Center LAB, the Center’s acclaimed residency and commissioning program, artists are provided with custom-made support toward their innovative projects and their work has been seen in over 100 communities around the world. Resident choreographer Pam Tanowitz’s 2018 Four Quartets was recognized as “the greatest creation of dance theater so far this century” by The New York Times. In 2019, the Fisher Center won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical for Daniel Fish’s production of Oklahoma!, which began life in 2007 as an undergraduate production at Bard and was produced professionally by the Fisher Center in 2015 before transferring to New York City. Illinoise, a 2023 Fisher Center world premiere from artists Sufjan Stevens, Justin Peck, and Jackie Sibblies Drury, was recognized with a Tony Award for Best Choreography following its tour and transfer to Broadway.
The Fisher Center is home to several of Bard’s academic programs in the performing arts. Year-round, it hosts performances by the undergraduate Dance Program and Theater and Performance Program; the US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music; The Orchestra Now (TŌN), a Bard graduate program that is training the next generation of classical-music ambassadors; and students at the Bard Conservatory, the first (and so far only) conservatory to require all its students to pursue a bachelor of arts degree in a field other than music in addition to their specialized music studies. As a hybrid institution, the Fisher Center brings together professional and academic art-making of the highest caliber, where student and professional artists work side by side, learning from each other and informing one another’s practices.
ABOUT BARD COLLEGE
Founded in 1860, Bard College is a four-year residential college of the liberal arts and sciences located 90 miles north of New York City. With the addition of the Montgomery Place estate, Bard’s campus consists of nearly 1,000 park-like acres in the Hudson River Valley. It offers bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of music degrees, with majors in nearly 40 academic programs, graduate degrees in 11 programs, nine early colleges, and numerous dual-degree programs nationally and internationally. Building on its 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard College has expanded its mission as a private institution acting in the public interest across the country and around the world to meet broader student needs and increase access to liberal education. The undergraduate program at our main campus in upstate New York has a reputation for scholarly excellence, a focus on the arts, and civic engagement. Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders. For more information about Bard College, visit bard.edu.
Wardrobe Supervisor • LUMA Theater
OVERVIEW
This summer (June–August 2026), Bard SummerScape returns with a vibrant season of dance, theater, opera, music, and the beloved Spiegeltent. Presented by the Fisher Center at Bard, this celebrated multi-arts festival takes place in person on Bard’s idyllic 1,000-acre campus, featuring performances in the stunning Frank Gehry-designed performing arts center.
The Wardrobe Supervisor is part of the Wardrobe team in the Production Department and supports the execution of costume elements and needs for the LUMA Theater during SummerScape. They report to the Costume Supervisor and supervise the wardrobe run crew, in addition to working closely with other production team members and costume designers.
This is a seasonal position from May 27 through July 24, non-exempt, paid hourly at a rate range of $26–28 per hour, depending on experience. Hours will average 35–40 hours/week, with the potential for overtime.
This position requires local residence during the dates listed above. Housing is provided as needed, beginning one day prior to the employment start date and ending at 10 am on the day after the employment end date, and includes a single bedroom and shared amenities. Employees will have access to three (3) meals per weekday and two (2) meals per weekend day on campus during the residency period. Should campus dining agreements or options change from the time of the agreement, an equivalent per diem will be provided.
Please note that room and board arrangements may differ for current Bard College students.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintain a safe, healthy, and inclusive workplace at all times
- Supervise the wardrobe run crew in LUMA Theater
- Coordinate the care, management, and organization of finished costumes with dressers and costume shops
- Create wardrobe paperwork, including, but not limited to, costume change and dresser plots
- Supervise the preparation of dressing lists and costume check-in sheets
- Attend studio rehearsals and run-throughs as necessary
- Attend and work all technical rehearsals and performances
- Supervise any alterations necessary during the dress rehearsal period
- Supervise the costume strike in LUMA Theater, including, but not limited to, laundry, dry cleaning, and rental returns
- Serve as Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor in Sosnoff Theater following the close and strike of the production in LUMA Theater
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Costume Supervisor
QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE
- Experience supervising a wardrobe run crew
- Experience creating paperwork, including piece lists, run sheets, care instructions, etc.
- Demonstrated experience in costume construction and maintenance
- High school diploma or equivalent
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Strong knowledge of costume construction and maintenance
- Basic knowledge of costume and fashion history
- Knowledge of and experience in basic laundry and fabric cleaning techniques and supplies
- Demonstrated managerial skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Good organizational skills
- Ability to sit and stand for long periods
- Ability to remain calm during high-pressure, quick-change situations
- Ability to move and lift objects up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to climb stairs
- Ability to work nights, weekends, and holidays, as set by production schedule
- Ability to maintain professionalism and decorum while assisting performers in quick changes
- Successful candidates possess strong communication skills and keen attention to detail, are collaborative and self-motivated, and bring a positive, can-do attitude
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience working in a performing arts center environment with multiple overlapping projects competing for resources
WORKING CONDITIONS
- Lifting, pushing, and packing materials up to 30 lbs.
- Extended periods of standing and sitting
- Frequently works in dimly lit spaces, assisting with quick changes
- May handle dyes, natural and synthetic fibers, and materials, including but not limited to feathers, furs, leather, and more
LOCATION
Bard’s beautiful 1,000-acre campus is situated on the east bank of the Hudson River in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Community life is defined by numerous cultural and recreational opportunities in the surrounding historic Hudson River Valley and by proximity to New York City. Nearby towns and villages include Rhinebeck, Tivoli, and Red Hook, New York.
TO APPLY
Apply NowApplications for this position will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
For any access-related requests, questions, or issues with the application form, please contact [email protected].
Bard College is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from those who contribute to our diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, mental or physical disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, familial status, veteran status, or genetic information. Bard is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for all individuals in employment practices, services, programs, and activities.
ABOUT THE FISHER CENTER
The Fisher Center is a premier professional performing arts center and a hub for research and education that demonstrates Bard College’s commitment to the performing arts as a cultural and educational necessity. To support artists, students, and audiences in the examination of artistic ideas, the Fisher Center develops, produces, and presents performing arts across disciplines through new productions and context-rich programs that challenge and inspire.
Home is the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, designed by Frank Gehry and located on the campus of Bard College in New York’s Hudson Valley. This world-class theater building will be complemented by a new studio building designed by Maya Lin, scheduled to open in 2026. More than 200 events and 50,000 visitors are hosted at the Fisher Center each year, and over 300 professional artists are employed annually. As a powerful catalyst of art-making regionally, nationally, and worldwide, the Fisher Center produces 8 to 10 major new works in various disciplines every year. The Fisher Center offers outstanding programs to many communities, including the students and faculty of Bard College, and audiences in the Hudson Valley, New York City, across the country, and around the world. Building on a 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders.
The Fisher Center was born from the Bard Music Festival, founded in 1990, which, for the first 13 years of its existence, occupied several spaces on campus, including a large tent. Each summer, the Music Festival focuses on the life, work, and influences of one composer, promoting new ways of understanding and presenting the history of music to a contemporary audience. When the Fisher Center and its two theaters opened in 2003, the summer festival expanded to include a fully staged opera, as well as theater and dance performances. The highly acclaimed opera program brings unjustly neglected works to the stage in major productions—often making their US debuts.
Through Fisher Center LAB, the Center’s acclaimed residency and commissioning program, artists are provided with custom-made support toward their innovative projects and their work has been seen in over 100 communities around the world. Resident choreographer Pam Tanowitz’s 2018 Four Quartets was recognized as “the greatest creation of dance theater so far this century” by The New York Times. In 2019, the Fisher Center won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical for Daniel Fish’s production of Oklahoma!, which began life in 2007 as an undergraduate production at Bard and was produced professionally by the Fisher Center in 2015 before transferring to New York City. Illinoise, a 2023 Fisher Center world premiere from artists Sufjan Stevens, Justin Peck, and Jackie Sibblies Drury, was recognized with a Tony Award for Best Choreography following its tour and transfer to Broadway.
The Fisher Center is home to several of Bard’s academic programs in the performing arts. Year-round, it hosts performances by the undergraduate Dance Program and Theater and Performance Program; the US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music; The Orchestra Now (TŌN), a Bard graduate program that is training the next generation of classical-music ambassadors; and students at the Bard Conservatory, the first (and so far only) conservatory to require all its students to pursue a bachelor of arts degree in a field other than music in addition to their specialized music studies. As a hybrid institution, the Fisher Center brings together professional and academic art-making of the highest caliber, where student and professional artists work side by side, learning from each other and informing one another’s practices.
ABOUT BARD COLLEGE
Founded in 1860, Bard College is a four-year residential college of the liberal arts and sciences located 90 miles north of New York City. With the addition of the Montgomery Place estate, Bard’s campus consists of nearly 1,000 park-like acres in the Hudson River Valley. It offers bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of music degrees, with majors in nearly 40 academic programs, graduate degrees in 11 programs, nine early colleges, and numerous dual-degree programs nationally and internationally. Building on its 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard College has expanded its mission as a private institution acting in the public interest across the country and around the world to meet broader student needs and increase access to liberal education. The undergraduate program at our main campus in upstate New York has a reputation for scholarly excellence, a focus on the arts, and civic engagement. Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders. For more information about Bard College, visit bard.edu.
Wardrobe Supervisor • Sosnoff Theater
OVERVIEW
This summer (June–August 2026), Bard SummerScape returns with a vibrant season of dance, theater, opera, music, and the beloved Spiegeltent. Presented by the Fisher Center at Bard, this celebrated multi-arts festival takes place in person on Bard’s idyllic 1,000-acre campus, featuring performances in the stunning Frank Gehry-designed performing arts center.
The Wardrobe Supervisor is part of the Wardrobe team in the Production Department and supports the execution of costuming elements and needs for the SummerScape Opera and Dance productions. They report to the Costume Supervisor and supervise the wardrobe run crew, in addition to working closely with other production team members and costume designers.
This is a seasonal position from June 1 through August 14, non-exempt, paid hourly at a rate range of $28–32 per hour, depending on experience. Hours will average 35–40 hours/week, with the potential for overtime.
This position requires local residence during the dates listed above. Housing is provided as needed, beginning one day prior to the employment start date and ending at 10 am on the day after the employment end date, and includes a single bedroom and shared amenities. Employees will have access to three (3) meals per weekday and two (2) meals per weekend day on campus during the residency period. Should campus dining agreements or options change from the time of the agreement, an equivalent per diem will be provided.
Please note that room and board arrangements may differ for current Bard College students.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintain a safe, healthy, and inclusive workplace at all times
- Supervise the wardrobe run crew
- Coordinate the care, management, and organization of finished costumes with dressers and costume shops
- Create wardrobe paperwork, including, but not limited to, costume change and dresser plots
- Supervise the preparation of dressing lists and costume check-in sheets
- Attend studio rehearsals and run-throughs as necessary
- Attend and work all opera technical rehearsals and performances
- Supervise any alterations necessary during the dress rehearsal period
- Supervise the costume strike, including, but not limited to, laundry, dry cleaning, and rental
- returns
- Performs other duties as assigned by the Costume Supervisor
QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE
- Experience supervising a wardrobe run crew
- Experience creating paperwork, including piece lists, run sheets, care instructions, etc.
- Demonstrated experience in costume construction and maintenance
- High school diploma or equivalent
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Strong knowledge of costume construction and maintenance
- Basic knowledge of costume and fashion history
- Knowledge of and experience in basic laundry and fabric cleaning techniques and supplies
- Demonstrated managerial skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Good organizational skills
- Ability to sit and stand for long periods
- Ability to remain calm during high-pressure, quick-change situations
- Ability to move and lift objects up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to climb stairs
- Ability to work nights, weekends, and holidays, as set by production schedule
- Ability to maintain professionalism and decorum while assisting performers in quick changes
- Successful candidates possess strong communication skills and keen attention to detail, are collaborative and self-motivated, and bring a positive, can-do attitude
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with supervising an opera or similar show with a large number of performers
- Experience prepping a production, especially the paperwork, for a tour
- Experience working in a performing arts center environment with multiple overlapping projects competing for resources
WORKING CONDITIONS
- Lifting, pushing, and packing materials up to 30 lbs.
- Extended periods of standing and sitting
- Frequently works in dimly lit spaces, assisting with quick changes
- May handle dyes, natural and synthetic fibers, and materials, including but not limited to feathers, furs, leather, and more
LOCATION
Bard’s beautiful 1,000-acre campus is situated on the east bank of the Hudson River in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Community life is defined by numerous cultural and recreational opportunities in the surrounding historic Hudson River Valley and by proximity to New York City. Nearby towns and villages include Rhinebeck, Tivoli, and Red Hook, New York.
TO APPLY
Apply NowApplications for this position will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
For any access-related requests, questions, or issues with the application form, please contact [email protected].
Bard College is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from those who contribute to our diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, mental or physical disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, familial status, veteran status, or genetic information. Bard is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for all individuals in employment practices, services, programs, and activities.
ABOUT THE FISHER CENTER
The Fisher Center is a premier professional performing arts center and a hub for research and education that demonstrates Bard College’s commitment to the performing arts as a cultural and educational necessity. To support artists, students, and audiences in the examination of artistic ideas, the Fisher Center develops, produces, and presents performing arts across disciplines through new productions and context-rich programs that challenge and inspire.
Home is the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, designed by Frank Gehry and located on the campus of Bard College in New York’s Hudson Valley. This world-class theater building will be complemented by a new studio building designed by Maya Lin, scheduled to open in 2026. More than 200 events and 50,000 visitors are hosted at the Fisher Center each year, and over 300 professional artists are employed annually. As a powerful catalyst of art-making regionally, nationally, and worldwide, the Fisher Center produces 8 to 10 major new works in various disciplines every year. The Fisher Center offers outstanding programs to many communities, including the students and faculty of Bard College, and audiences in the Hudson Valley, New York City, across the country, and around the world. Building on a 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders.
The Fisher Center was born from the Bard Music Festival, founded in 1990, which, for the first 13 years of its existence, occupied several spaces on campus, including a large tent. Each summer, the Music Festival focuses on the life, work, and influences of one composer, promoting new ways of understanding and presenting the history of music to a contemporary audience. When the Fisher Center and its two theaters opened in 2003, the summer festival expanded to include a fully staged opera, as well as theater and dance performances. The highly acclaimed opera program brings unjustly neglected works to the stage in major productions—often making their US debuts.
Through Fisher Center LAB, the Center’s acclaimed residency and commissioning program, artists are provided with custom-made support toward their innovative projects and their work has been seen in over 100 communities around the world. Resident choreographer Pam Tanowitz’s 2018 Four Quartets was recognized as “the greatest creation of dance theater so far this century” by The New York Times. In 2019, the Fisher Center won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical for Daniel Fish’s production of Oklahoma!, which began life in 2007 as an undergraduate production at Bard and was produced professionally by the Fisher Center in 2015 before transferring to New York City. Illinoise, a 2023 Fisher Center world premiere from artists Sufjan Stevens, Justin Peck, and Jackie Sibblies Drury, was recognized with a Tony Award for Best Choreography following its tour and transfer to Broadway.
The Fisher Center is home to several of Bard’s academic programs in the performing arts. Year-round, it hosts performances by the undergraduate Dance Program and Theater and Performance Program; the US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music; The Orchestra Now (TŌN), a Bard graduate program that is training the next generation of classical-music ambassadors; and students at the Bard Conservatory, the first (and so far only) conservatory to require all its students to pursue a bachelor of arts degree in a field other than music in addition to their specialized music studies. As a hybrid institution, the Fisher Center brings together professional and academic art-making of the highest caliber, where student and professional artists work side by side, learning from each other and informing one another’s practices.
ABOUT BARD COLLEGE
Founded in 1860, Bard College is a four-year residential college of the liberal arts and sciences located 90 miles north of New York City. With the addition of the Montgomery Place estate, Bard’s campus consists of nearly 1,000 park-like acres in the Hudson River Valley. It offers bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of music degrees, with majors in nearly 40 academic programs, graduate degrees in 11 programs, nine early colleges, and numerous dual-degree programs nationally and internationally. Building on its 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard College has expanded its mission as a private institution acting in the public interest across the country and around the world to meet broader student needs and increase access to liberal education. The undergraduate program at our main campus in upstate New York has a reputation for scholarly excellence, a focus on the arts, and civic engagement. Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders. For more information about Bard College, visit bard.edu.
WATCHOUT Programmer
OVERVIEW
This summer (June–August 2026), Bard SummerScape returns with a vibrant season of dance, theater, opera, music, and the beloved Spiegeltent. Presented by the Fisher Center at Bard, this celebrated multi-arts festival takes place in person on Bard’s idyllic 1,000-acre campus, featuring performances in the stunning Frank Gehry-designed performing arts center.
The WATCHOUT Programmer is part of the Video Team in the Production Department and will support the execution of video elements and needs for the Bard SummerScape opera. They report to the Video Supervisor, working closely with the Projection Designer and Video Production team.
The WATCHOUT Programmer programs and operates video content in WATCHOUT for the Bard SummerScape opera, as well as participating in other maintenance and troubleshooting as assigned by the Video Engineer and the Video Supervisor.
This is a seasonal position from July 9 through July 24, non-exempt, paid hourly at a rate range of $30–32 per hour, depending on experience. Hours will average 35-40 hours/week, with the potential for overtime.
This position requires local residence during the dates listed above. Housing is provided as needed, beginning one day prior to the employment start date and ending at 10 am on the day after the employment end date, and includes a single bedroom and shared amenities. Employees will have access to three (3) meals per weekday and two (2) meals per weekend day on campus during the residency period. Should campus dining agreements or options change from the time of the agreement, an equivalent per diem will be provided.
Please note that room and board arrangements may differ for current Bard College students.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintain a safe, healthy, and inclusive workplace at all times
- Program all video content for the opera in WATCHOUT
- Actively participate in all video work calls.
- Attend and work technical rehearsals and preview performances
QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE
- At least one year of educational or professional experience with WATCHOUT programming and playback with detailed projection mapping of multiple outputs
- Experience with live inputs, shutter control and midi control in WATCHOUT
- Knowledge of general theatrical production practices.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Strong attention to detail, general troubleshooting, and video engineering skills.
- General troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to read and understand scenic and construction drawings.
- Ability to understand schematic drawings of video systems and update them as necessary.
- Ability to work in an organized, self-directed, and detailed manner.
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively.
- Ability to work evenings, weekends, and holidays, as determined by the production schedule.
- Successful candidates possess strong communication skills and keen attention to detail. They are collaborative, self-motivated, and bring a positive, can-do attitude!
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with NDI tools.
- Experience with Networking as it pertains to Video Playback systems.
WORKING CONDITIONS
- Frequently exposed to vibrations, noises, and electrical connections.
- Frequently works in show conditions with theatrical and atmospheric elements, including but not limited to: haze, strobes, dim lights, loud sounds, dry ice, and more.
LOCATION
Bard’s beautiful 1,000-acre campus is situated on the east bank of the Hudson River in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Community life is defined by numerous cultural and recreational opportunities in the surrounding historic Hudson River Valley and by proximity to New York City. Nearby towns and villages include Rhinebeck, Tivoli, and Red Hook, New York.
TO APPLY
Apply NowApplications for this position will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
For any access-related requests, questions, or issues with the application form, please contact [email protected].
Bard College is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from those who contribute to our diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, mental or physical disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, familial status, veteran status, or genetic information. Bard is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for all individuals in employment practices, services, programs, and activities.
ABOUT THE FISHER CENTER
The Fisher Center is a premier professional performing arts center and a hub for research and education that demonstrates Bard College’s commitment to the performing arts as a cultural and educational necessity. To support artists, students, and audiences in the examination of artistic ideas, the Fisher Center develops, produces, and presents performing arts across disciplines through new productions and context-rich programs that challenge and inspire.
Home is the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, designed by Frank Gehry and located on the campus of Bard College in New York’s Hudson Valley. This world-class theater building will be complemented by a new studio building designed by Maya Lin, scheduled to open in 2026. More than 200 events and 50,000 visitors are hosted at the Fisher Center each year, and over 300 professional artists are employed annually. As a powerful catalyst of art-making regionally, nationally, and worldwide, the Fisher Center produces 8 to 10 major new works in various disciplines every year. The Fisher Center offers outstanding programs to many communities, including the students and faculty of Bard College, and audiences in the Hudson Valley, New York City, across the country, and around the world. Building on a 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders.
The Fisher Center was born from the Bard Music Festival, founded in 1990, which, for the first 13 years of its existence, occupied several spaces on campus, including a large tent. Each summer, the Music Festival focuses on the life, work, and influences of one composer, promoting new ways of understanding and presenting the history of music to a contemporary audience. When the Fisher Center and its two theaters opened in 2003, the summer festival expanded to include a fully staged opera, as well as theater and dance performances. The highly acclaimed opera program brings unjustly neglected works to the stage in major productions—often making their US debuts.
Through Fisher Center LAB, the Center’s acclaimed residency and commissioning program, artists are provided with custom-made support toward their innovative projects and their work has been seen in over 100 communities around the world. Resident choreographer Pam Tanowitz’s 2018 Four Quartets was recognized as “the greatest creation of dance theater so far this century” by The New York Times. In 2019, the Fisher Center won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical for Daniel Fish’s production of Oklahoma!, which began life in 2007 as an undergraduate production at Bard and was produced professionally by the Fisher Center in 2015 before transferring to New York City. Illinoise, a 2023 Fisher Center world premiere from artists Sufjan Stevens, Justin Peck, and Jackie Sibblies Drury, was recognized with a Tony Award for Best Choreography following its tour and transfer to Broadway.
The Fisher Center is home to several of Bard’s academic programs in the performing arts. Year-round, it hosts performances by the undergraduate Dance Program and Theater and Performance Program; the US-China Music Institute of the Bard College Conservatory of Music; The Orchestra Now (TŌN), a Bard graduate program that is training the next generation of classical-music ambassadors; and students at the Bard Conservatory, the first (and so far only) conservatory to require all its students to pursue a bachelor of arts degree in a field other than music in addition to their specialized music studies. As a hybrid institution, the Fisher Center brings together professional and academic art-making of the highest caliber, where student and professional artists work side by side, learning from each other and informing one another’s practices.
ABOUT BARD COLLEGE
Founded in 1860, Bard College is a four-year residential college of the liberal arts and sciences located 90 miles north of New York City. With the addition of the Montgomery Place estate, Bard’s campus consists of nearly 1,000 park-like acres in the Hudson River Valley. It offers bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of music degrees, with majors in nearly 40 academic programs, graduate degrees in 11 programs, nine early colleges, and numerous dual-degree programs nationally and internationally. Building on its 166-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard College has expanded its mission as a private institution acting in the public interest across the country and around the world to meet broader student needs and increase access to liberal education. The undergraduate program at our main campus in upstate New York has a reputation for scholarly excellence, a focus on the arts, and civic engagement. Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders. For more information about Bard College, visit bard.edu.