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ACT is dedicated to nurturing a safe and inclusive workplace. We are always seeking creative and motivated people to join our collective. We love thoughtful problem solvers, dreamers, visionaries, great communicators and value a diversity of both professional and lived experiences.

ACT is proud to be an equity opportunity employer and does not discriminate against employees or job applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, national origin, military and/or veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, neurodiversity, education, socio-economic status, cultural affiliation, language, marital or family status, genetic information, political ideology, actual or perceived status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking or any other status or condition protected by the applicable federal, state, or local laws or other characteristics prohibited by law.

We believe that how we do things is just as important as what we do. Come work with us!

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ACT currently has the following available positions:

Development Associate

Do you have a passion and interest for supporting the arts? ACT Contemporary Theatre has an exciting job opening for a Development Associate to provide integral data management and administrative support. This position has many opportunities for professional growth and development in a collaborative, highly engaging and welcoming environment.

The Development Associate is a key part of ACT’s fundraising efforts. The Development Associate is responsible for maintaining donor records and processing all donations in a timely and accurate manner. The Development Associate tracks the accurate recording of gifts, communicates donor appreciation, supports donor outreach efforts, and maintains donor records within Tessitura (CRM). This role also provides Board support by drafting Board minutes. They provide integral support for ACT’s Development department and report to the Interim Producing Artistic Director.

Compensation for this hybrid position is $25.48 hourly. Benefits include medical insurance (with ACT paying 92% of monthly deductible for the HMO plan), dental, and vision insurance, long term and life insurance with fully covered employer-paid premiums, commuter benefit, 11 paid holidays, access to a 403b plan, $5 downtown parking, and free tickets to ACT productions. Paid Time Off begins at 20 days per year and sick time accrues per the Seattle Paid Sick and Safe Time (PSST).

Please apply with your resume and cover letter for immediate consideration at work@acttheatre.org. Include in your cover letter what you hope to bring to this role and how your prior experience has prepared you for this opportunity.

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Lead Scenic Carpenter

The Lead Scenic Carpenter is a key member of the scenery construction team of ACT Theatre. The Lead Scenic Carpenter is responsible for working collaboratively with the Head Carpenter, guiding a team in following plans provided by Technical Management to achieve the Design Team’s vision for all ACT Productions. Scenery construction skills include carpentry, welding, and work with plastics, fabrics, and other materials. This position is covered by ACT’s Collective Bargaining Agreement with IATSE 15.

Hourly pay is $31.21 Health and additional benefits are facilitated by IATSE 15. ACT Theatre offers commuter benefit, Seattle Paid Sick & Safe Time, complimentary tickets to all ACT productions, and parking vouchers for reduced-cost parking close to the theatre.

Please send resume to work@acttheatre.org. To request accommodations in the application process, contact work@acttheatre.org.

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Volunteer Ushering

ACT invites you to be an essential part of our performances and patron experience. Ushering is a wonderful opportunity to share your gift of time and talent assisting the Front of House team, while helping to preserve ACT’s important place within Seattle’s thriving arts community. We encourage you to join us and be a part of the ACT family. For information on ushering at ACT, please contact volunteer@acttheatre.org.

Artist Submissions

New Works Northwest 2025-6 Announcement/Call for Submissions

ACT Contemporary Theatre is currently accepting submissions of new full-length plays from Pacific Northwest Playwrights for the 2025 New Works Northwest Festival, held January 2026 at ACT in the Bullitt Cabaret.

Each Festival script will receive 12 hours rehearsal, 1 performance, and 1 talk-back with the playwright. The script should be ready to be showcased. We want these plays to be produceable. We want them to be serious contenders in our season. We want audiences to see plays that go on to future productions. Cast size is a major determinant in project budgets: we recommend submitting plays with 6 or fewer actors.

For New Works Northwest, a “new” play is a play written in the last 6-8 years that is unpublished, unencumbered, and has not received anything beyond developmental productions in the Seattle region. A PNW playwright is a playwright who makes the PNW their primary residence and considers it home.

Submissions close March 15 or by the 200th submission, whichever comes first.

To submit: https://airtable.com/appisHg1JsbSMdo7N/pagjlZnhRpgFip7jw/form

About New Works Northwest (NW²): ACT Contemporary Theatre’s New Works Northwest Festival seeks to build a thriving community of artists, students, practitioners, and audiences united by a love of contemporary theater, curiosity about its scope and capacity, and hunger to engage in making it. As a regional flagship, ACT is committed to expanding its theatrical heritage with and through local artists and craftspeople, bringing Pacific Northwest playwrights into this vibrant and vital conversation.

Through NW², ACT cultivates artistic excellence, as well as a deeper appreciation for achievement in playwriting craft. The PNW is home to world-class artists who deserve our support, commitment, and amplification; ACT’s commitment to them through NW² can be transformational for artists and audiences alike. By inviting, responding to, and nurturing our playwright community; developing strategic partnerships to leverage energies and resources; cultivating an audience of directors/producers with an eye towards sending the plays up and out into a larger conversation; and raising the ceiling on what is locally possible, NW² heralds Seattle as a city in which artists can thrive in a robust artistic marketplace.

Through powerful and personal engagement, New Works Northwest articulates pride in homegrown theatre that demands national attention: It fosters inquisitive audiences invested in risk-taking, cements its identity as a hotbed for relevant theatre, invests its cultural currency in strengthening our local community, and forges the kinds of authentic connections theatre needs to survive.