Position Overview
- Title: FAIR Dramaturgy and Literary Management Assistantship
- Category: Artistic Producing
- Location: Ashland, OR (Hybrid, on-site beginning January 2026)
- Posted: May 23, 2025
- Requisition Number: FAIRD001335
About the FAIR Experience
The Fellowship, Assistantship, Internship, and Residency (FAIR) Experience at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival offers meaningful professional development for aspiring, emerging, mid-career, and established artists, artisans, and arts administrators. Founded in 2005, FAIR provides access to hands-on training in the field through OSF’s unique repertory model. Participants engage with experienced professionals across disciplines to build lasting careers and contribute to the evolving field of American theater.
FAIR Statement of Purpose
The FAIR Experience promotes equity and diversity within the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the broader field of American theatre, while generating a sense of belonging and support within an enriching professional development environment. FAIR is designed to honor OSF’s commitment to including diverse people, ideas, cultures, and traditions in all areas of work. Applicants of diverse identities are encouraged to apply.
Program Structure
The FAIR Experience fosters artistic growth and engagement through experiential learning, FAIR Forums, changeover viewings, production tours, and other cohort-based activities. The program culminates in a capstone project that encourages participants to reflect, create, and contribute.
Learning Expectations
- Engage in weekly FAIR Forums
- Participate in supplemental activities including meet-and-greets, hall runs, production tours, and changeovers
- Complete a capstone by the end of the season
Position Summary
This assistantship offers early to mid-career theater practitioners a hands-on opportunity to support dramaturgical work and literary operations at OSF. Focused on the first two productions of the 2026 repertory season, this position provides exposure to professional rehearsal processes, script development, and artistic administration.
The assistant will work directly with the Director of Literary Development and contribute to activities such as rehearsal support, research, script preparation, and administrative tracking.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist with contextual research as assigned
- Compile dramaturgy packets for assigned productions
- Prepare annotations for a Shakespeare play
- Attend rehearsals and performances
- Read and evaluate scripts for development and production
- Prepare scripts for production formatting and review
- Source scripts and track script submissions
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or 2–3 years of relevant experience or training
- Previous experience in a professional rehearsal room
- Familiarity with dramaturgical processes and Shakespearean text
- Understanding of theater staffing and rehearsal culture
- Strong organizational and communication skills
- Self-motivated, flexible, and collaborative
Additional Details
- Assistantship begins remotely in December 2025
- On-site work begins January 2026 in Ashland, OR
