One of the best ways to get involved in local theater is to volunteer! Most of our local theaters are non-profit, and will welcome your participation.

B Street Theatre

2711 B Street
Sacramento, CA 95816

If you would like to volunteer as an usher, stage hand or shop carpenter, please call Zara Whittles at 916.443.5391.

If you are interested in serving as a member of the theatre’s Board of Directors, please contact Bill Blake at 916.443.5391.

California Musical Theatre (Broadway Sacramento, Music Circus)

uses volunteers for:

Music Circus production crew.
Lounge hosts and hostesses.
Clerical, mailing and data entry assistants.

For backstage volunteers, you are invited to sign up for as many productions as your schedule allows. Please keep in mind that commitment to a production requires attendance at all performances and rehearsals.

To volunteer, please call:
Brian King
(916) 446-5880, ext. 109
e-mail bking@calmt.com

Capital Stage

Aboard the Delta King
1000 Front Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 995-5464

There are many ways individuals and businesses can contribute to the development of this bold, non-profit, professional theatre. Currently, Capital Stage is seeking the following volunteer assistance:

Theatre Ushers
Ushers greet patrons at the door, hand out programs, help them find their seat and assist the house manager to make the audience feel comfortable. Ushers normally arrive at the theatre one hour before a show to prepare the house and stay until the theatre has been cleared of all patrons. Ushers are given complimentary seats to the performance, based on availability.

Marketing
Professional marketing experience is requested for this volunteer position. Currently seeking volunteers who can commitment to a 6-week volunteer position at approximately 5 hours per week.

Graphics
A variety of needs for graphic skills including playbill design, email promotions, poster art, and more. Graphics volunteers can commit to one short-term project or volunteer on an on-going basis.

Bookkeeping/Accounting
This volunteer will have experience in the field and work approximately 3 hours per week on projects in coordination with the Managing Director.

Photographer
Experience in photography and your own camera is necessary for this position. Skills in still photography for capturing moments on stage during dress rehearsals or at special events to be used on website, playbills, brochures, in local newspapers, and kept in archives as part of Capital Stage history.

Carpenter/Electrician/Painter
If you have experience in any of these areas, the Technical Director will assign you a project that is a specific match for your skills and availability.

Costumes
Volunteers with basic seamstress skills are needed to assist our costume designers on the costume build and maintenance. Specific projects and time commitments vary depending on the production.

Chautauqua Playhouse

5325 Engle Road, Carmichael, CA 95608
In the La Sierra Community Center, between Walnut and Garfield
(916) 489-7529

Volunteer technicians always needed: Light and sound operators, stage managers, set construction & painting, rehearsal prompters, light design assistant.

Fairytale Town

3901 Land Park Drive, Sacramento, CA 95822
Fairytale Town is located in William Land Park directly across from the Sacramento Zoo
(916) 808-8886

Internships:
Technicians, Stage Managers, Assistant Directors, Understudies, Costumed Mascots, etc.

February to August

Flexible Contract Opportunities / Immediate Openings / 18 & Over

Fairytale Town is seeking creative, energetic and enthusiastic Theatre Arts students for their Intern Program. Interns will assist with the season of the Fairytale Town Troupers, an in-house children’s repertory company & costumed talent training facility open to young people 18 years of age and under. Interns will work closely with the Artistic Director, John Lee, performing event-specific duties as required per the Intern’s individual strengths.

Applicants for the Intern Program:

Must be 18 years of age or older and have reliable transportation.
Must be willing to sign contract and submit to background check.
Must be able to pass official CA Volunteer Training Requirements.
Should submit resumes ASAP (headshots optional)

River Stage

Cosumnes River College
8401 Center Parkway, Sacramento, CA 95823
(916) 691-7138

River Stage is always looking for volunteer ushers or concession staff for performances. Call the box office at (916) 691-7364 or (916) 691-7138 to sign up!

Sacramento Theatre Company

STC’s volunteers are active theatre enthusiasts who donate their time and talents to support Live Theatre at its Best. Volunteers can assist through ushering, concessions, boutique sales, mailings, docent programs and more.
If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, please contact Shpritz Anthony, Director of Operations at (916) 446-7501 x103

T.H.E. Actor’s Workshop and Integral Theatre Company

800 Reading Street, Folsom, CA 95630
Corner of Bidwell and Reading in Old Folsom
916-207-5606

West Sacramento Community Theater

P.O. Box 2000
916 491-1085

West Sacramento Community Theater is a group of theater enthusiasts who are growing a vibrant, active theater community in West Sacramento. They are expanding their Board of Directors. All that’s required is an interest in theater and some time and energy. They are looking for volunteers of all ages and with any assortment of interests and skills, from creating social networking sites to designing marketing and publicity campaigns to keeping the books. If you’re interested, please write to: WSCT@hotmail.com. If you include your phone number, one of the Board members will call you.

Arts & Business Council of Sacramento

(general volunteering)

Michelle Alexander, Executive Director
2114 P Street
Sacramento, CA 95816
(916) 442-2005

Since 1987, the Arts & Business Council of Sacramento has promoted mutually beneficial partnerships between businesses and arts groups. Through its programs the Council brings expertise, resources and leadership talent from the business world to the arts community. Businesses benefit through meaningful volunteer opportunities for employees, improved access to arts resources and the opportunity to be a part of a community enhanced by the presence of a vibrant arts sector.

Business Volunteers for the Arts provides pro bono business consultants to arts and cultural organizations for short-term projects in such areas as human resources, organizational development, marketing, accounting, graphic design and legal consultations. Partnerships developed through the program keep the arts in business by combining the expertise, resources and skills of the business world with the artistic talent of the multitude of arts and cultural organizations in the Sacramento region.

If you are interested in participating in the arts community through the Business Volunteers for the Arts program or are interested in volunteering for occasional hand at arts-related fund raising events, festivals and projects, contact Michelle Alexander (916) 442-2005.