The Texas Shakespeare Festival is a rotating repertory professional theatre in East Texas. Their 2026 season of shows are: Midsummer Night's Dream, Emma, Hamlet, 1776, and The Reluctant Dragon.

May 14 arrive / July 29 depart
$3,500 stipend / ​up to $300 travel /double occupancy dorm housing / 11 meals a week

Minimum Requirements: Assist with the hang, focus, and strike of electrics and special effects for all productions; Program and run the lighting console for shows as assigned; Assist with the maintenance and upkeep for all lighting inventory and systems. The successful candidate will have a minimum of one year of educational theatrical lighting experience.

Responsible for:

Assisting with the implementation of the lighting design for the four-show rotating repertory season, the children+rsquo;s show, and other auxiliary shows, as needed

Helping to install and maintain all lighting equipment

Working on the running and change-over crews in lighting

Serving as the light board operator for at least two shows

Serving as Lighting Designer for auxiliary shows (Chinese Theatre Night, Talent Show, Staged Reading)

Assisting with company strike