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2026 CSF Props Designer and Supervisor
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Requisition Number:
68271
Location:
Boulder, Colorado
City
Boulder
State
Colorado
Employment Type:
Temporary Staff
Schedule:
Full-Time
Posting Close Date:
17-Nov-2025
Date Posted:
28-Oct-2025
Job Summary
The Colorado Shakespeare Festival, located on the campus of the University of Colorado Boulder, encourages applications for the Props Designer and Supervisor position for the 2026 CSF Season! This position will support the success of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival.
The 2026 CSF season begins in May 2026 and responsibilities for this position will continue through mid-July 2026. The Props Designers and Supervisor will have some remote responsibilities beginning in January 2026 regarding design and production meetings.
CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Who We Are
For over 60 seasons, the Colorado Shakespeare Festival has delighted audiences with classic theatre under the stars.
The Colorado Shakespeare Festival is a professional theatre company in association with the University of Colorado Boulder. Since 1958, the festival has celebrated and explored Shakespeare and his continuing influence and vitality through productions of superior artistic quality, education, and community engagement.
CSF strives to preserve the classics of the past and pursue the classics of the future. Fueled by artistry and scholarship, the festival seeks to expand the cultural richness of the region by inspiring, challenging and cultivating the imagination of audiences and artists.
Plays are performed beneath summer night skies in the newly renovated Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre and Roe Green Theatre indoors. The festival’s education programs reach tens of thousands of school children each year through camps, classes and outreach performances that connect them with the continuing tradition and importance of live theatre and Shakespeare.
What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be
- Design properties and supervise the props shop in the production and maintenance of all stage properties for a four-show repertory season in two theatres.
- Consult with the CSF Production Manager, Directors, and CSF Scenic Designers in assessing feasibility of properties needs in relation to timeline, budget, and labor.
- Work with the CSF Production Manager to ensure deadlines are met within budget and time constraints.
- Participate remotely in production and design meetings and some preseason planning.
- Track expenses and manage the budget for the prop's shop.
- Train and supervise staff with varying skills.
- Collaborate with stage management team(s) to maintain updated props lists.
- Monitor team safety, morale, and quality control and communicate regularly with the CSF Production Manager to strategize solutions and ensure that props shop operations are properly resourced.
- Adhere to the policies set forth in the CSF Standard Access and Locking Procedures.
- Assist as needed across departmental lines as designated by the CSF Production Manager.
- This position reports directly to the CSF Production Manager.
What You Should Know
- This is a temporary position.
- Please include at least 3 references with their contact information on your resume.
- Your cover letter should clearly identify for which position (or positions) you are applying for.
Physical Demands:
- Perform a variety of physical tasks, including but not limited to climbing, stooping, pushing, bending, kneeling, reaching, lifting, and pulling.
- Work at height in locations including but not limited to catwalks, grids, ladders, and genies.
- Perform a variety of physical tasks while wearing safety equipment, including a body harness, hardhat, ear protection, and safety glasses.
- Push, pull, lift, and move up to 50 lbs. at times on a repetitive basis.
- Use manual dexterity in the operation of tools
Working Conditions and Environment:
- Work in a variety of environments, including but not limited to construction shops, stages, trap rooms, catwalks and grids, warehouses, exposed loading docks, and outdoors.
- The working environment may be dirty, noisy, in low light, in high humidity, or in a tight and cramped space.
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May be exposed, at times, to potentially hazardous materials and equipment, and will regularly be required to wear PPE during work activities.
What We Can Offer
The hourly rate for the Props Designer and Supervisor is $21.00 to $23.00 per hour.
Benefits
Temporary positions at the University of Colorado are not benefits-eligible, however, all positions are eligible for paid sick leave.
Be Statements
Be creative. Be impactful. Be Boulder.
What We Require
- 1+ year of related experience demonstrating the appropriate abilities is required for this position. Appropriate education will substitute for experience on a year-for-year basis
- A valid driver’s license is required for this position.
- Successful completion of a criminal background check and motor vehicles records check.
What You Will Need
- A commitment to a collaborative workplace environment in which all employees are empowered to do their best work.
- Strong collaboration, communication, and technical skills related to the required abilities of the position.
- The ability to maintain high quality/standards and a safe and supportive work environment while working on tight timelines.
- Artistic sensibility and sensitivity.
What We Would Like You to Have
- Instructing / mentoring experience.
- Experience in advanced carpentry.
- Experience with arms, armor, and stage weaponry (construction, repair, and proper maintenance.)
- Experience with standard props construction skills (crafts, carpentry, sewing, upholstery).
- Experience with faux painting props, working with a wide variety of materials.
- Experience with sculpting and casting.
- Experience in outdoor theater production.
Special Instructions
To apply, please submit the following materials:
- A current resume.
- A cover letter that specifically identifies for which position (or positions) you are applying for.
Please include at least 3 references with their contact information on your resume.
Please apply by November 17, 2025 for consideration.
Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, please apply through CU Boulder Jobs.
For questions about position specifics, please contact Jonathan Dunkle (j.dunkle@colorado.edu).
In compliance with the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, in any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.
Posting Contact Information
Posting Contact Name: Boulder Campus Human Resources
Posting Contact Email: Recruiting@colorado.edu
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