KWLT is an all-volunteer organization, and we’re always looking for new people with new ideas.
If you’re interested in helping out with KWLT in some capacity — as an officer of the theatre with defined areas of responsibility, as a member of a production team, as a part of our front-of-house staff, or just as an occasional helper to do what needs doing — we’d love to hear from you. Email info@kwlt.org and let us know how you’d like to contribute to our community, or see below for current opportunities & other ways to connect with us.
Production team openings: Scorched
KWLT’s season finale Scorched, written by Wajdi Mouawad, translated by Linda Gaboriau, and directed by Hiyam Mahrat is about to start production soon and they are looking for a Costume designer to design costumes for about 15 characters played by 9 cast members (some actors playing multiple characters). The cast will be changing clothes a few times throughout the show, so we’re looking for easy changeable clothes for smooth transitions! There will be some exploration with cultural Lebanese clothes for part of the story. If you feel you have something to offer and you’re up to play with some fabric this spring, please apply!
90th anniversary planning team
KWLT has just turned 90, and we want to make our upcoming 90th anniversary season an eXCeptional one! We’re looking for enthusiastic and creative volunteers to help plan and coordinate special events throughout the coming season, starting with our season launch event this spring. If you’re keen on event planning, publicity, or fundraising — and if you’d like a peek behind the curtain to see all of the moving parts that make our theatre go — then contact vp@kwlt.org with your interest!
Front of house & concessions team
One easy way to get involved as a volunteer is in the front of house: this includes ushering, checking tickets, and selling concessions (alcoholic or otherwise) in our theatre lobby. This is a great role for people who enjoy working with the public. Experience is helpful but by no means necessary — if you’re new to the role we’ll teach you what you need to know and pair you with an experienced FOH volunteer.
If you’re interested in joining the contact list for working front-of-house for our shows and events, please email boxoffice@kwlt.org and let us know what your experience is (i.e. if you’ve ever worked FOH before, for us or another theatre) and whether you have SmartServe certification.
Bar service for KWLT and rental events
KWLT is licensed for the sale and service of alcohol; we sell drinks at our own shows as well as for some rental events like stand-up comedy shows and concerts. If you’re SmartServe certified and would like the opportunity to run our concessions for occasional events, please contact Matt the Bar Manager and let him know he can add you to his list. (If you’re not SmartServe but would like to be — or if your SmartServe certification is expiring soon — we might be able to help with that; email Matt to ask how.)
Sign up for our tech list
Are you interested in volunteer opportunities in technical theatre? When we need people to help out with set building, lights hanging, mixing live sound, or other technical tasks we’ll send out calls to the KWLT tech list. If you’d like to receive those calls, sign up for the list here.
Join our committees
KWLT maintains several committees to handle both strategic projects and operational tasks on an ongoing basis. These committees are open to all KWLT members. See the current lineup here. If you’re interested in joining one (or more) of these working groups, the easiest way to connect is to join the KWLT Slack (see below) and connecting with the relevant channel.
Join the KWLT Slack
Slack is a tool for collaboration and discussion, and it’s how our various committees are coordinating themselves. We encourage all of our volunteers to join the Slack: follow this invite link to get started. (If that link has expired, please let us know so that we can replace it.)
Officer roles
Officers at KWLT are named roles with defined areas of responsibility within our organization. At present KWLT is not actively recruiting for officer roles, but if you have an idea for a project or an area of responsibility that might require a named officer position, feel free to reach out.