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PBTS VOLUNTEER SIGN-UP FORM

VOLUNTEER AT PBTS

Volunteers are the heart of Players by the Sea. They supplement its work force and bring creative energy to the theatre. For more than 53 years, they have sewn costumes and sold memberships, run lights and read lines. They have auditioned, performed, cleaned up and carried on.

Box office workers, hosts, ushers, technicians, performers, costumers, carpenters, painters and stage crews all play critical roles in raising the curtain for each performance. The quality of PBTS productions is the direct result of volunteer talent guided by on-staff theatre professionals. Volunteers also provide a link with the community that can open and extend PBTS to new audiences and play an important role in public education.

Volunteers are placed according to their interest, experience and availability and the theatre’s needs.

There’s a wealth of opportunities for participation at PBTS. PBTS needs you!

For more information about volunteering, please send an email by clicking here or calling at (904) 249-0289. 

FRONT OF HOUSE

For most patrons of Players by the Sea, it is the “out front” volunteers with whom they have the most frequent or direct contact. Volunteers augment our professional staff to help us meet our objective of making every patron’s theatre-going experience a pleasant one.

The work is not difficult, but it does require an interest in assisting Players patrons – while paying careful attention to detail. Depending on the shift worked, Box Office volunteers are scheduled on a show by show or a non-show dependent basis. Volunteers on all Box Office shifts earn complimentary tickets to any performance during the opening week of the next production after their shift schedule ends. Volunteers serve in three main areas as follows:

Scenic Construction

Set construction encompasses a wide variety of construction techniques and materials. Some of the materials used in scenery are wood, metal, foam, plastic and fabric. Projects in the scene shop depend on the degree of experience of the volunteer. The scene shop is a well-stocked and well equipped facility and is responsible for building a wide variety of products.



Lighting/Electrics

Volunteers interested in the lighting area can learn to hang, focus, patch and color the lighting instruments. Players uses a computerized lighting system to control all the instruments used in a production. Some other devices used in the electrics area are strobe lights, rope light, black light, mirror balls, effects and slide projectors, pyrotechnics and electronically controlled effects and machinery. It is not necessary to have an electronics background to work in this area.



Properties

Props are anything that is used to dress up the set from furniture and curtains to books and food. Many of our props are pulled from our stock or bought or borrowed from other theatre, local businesses and antique stores. Some props are made from scratch at Players while others must be searched for. If you are interested in building, finding, gathering and returning props, we have a place for you in the properties department.



BACKSTAGE

Running/Deck Crew

The running crews are the volunteers who run all the backstage operations during a production. Players productions run approximately four weeks, plus tech week. The Mainstage Theatre and Studio Theatre productions run Thursday through Sunday with one matinee on Sunday. The running crews arrive approximately one hour before the performance begins to preset all stage pieces.

Each volunteer working a full time position on a running crew receives two complimentary tickets to opening weekend of the production they are working on.



Light Board Operator

The lights are controlled by a computerized lighting system that is located in a booth directly behind the audience. The lightboard operator’s job is to follow the stage managers cues and execute the lighting cues. He/she also checks to see that all the lighting instruments are working. Other duties include the operation of the house and lobby lights plus chiming in the audience and checking to make sure the lobby is clear before starting the show.



Sound Board Operator

The sound is controlled from the same booth as the lighting. The sound operator is responsible for all the taped effects that occur during a production. All taped effects are on a computer. The operation of fixed or wireless microphones are also the responsibility of the sound operator.



Spotlight Operator

A spotlight is a lighting instrument that produces a concentrated beam of light. The spotlight operator changes the color and size of the light, and aims the light and follows the actors. Spotlights are located in auditorium behind the audience.



Properties Crew

Properties are all the set dressings and small articles used in a production, such as furniture, books, dishes, lamps, tools, luggage, etc. The properties crew makes sure all the props are in the right place before the performance and between each scene.



Special Effects Crew

Players uses a wide variety of effects to create the theatre magic our audiences see on stage. The effects crew operates equipment generate fog, smoke, wind, snow, bubbles, confetti, pyrotechnic effects, etc.



Wardrobe Crew

The wardrobe people keep track of all the costumes during a performance and assist the actors during quick changes.



TECH SHOPS

Scenic Construction

Set construction encompasses a wide variety of construction techniques and materials. Some of the materials used in scenery are wood, metal, foam, plastic and fabric. Projects in the scene shop depend on the degree of experience of the volunteer. The scene shop is a well-stocked and well equipped facility and is responsible for building a wide variety of products.



Lighting/Electrics

Volunteers interested in the lighting area can learn to hang, focus, patch and color the lighting instruments. Players uses a computerized lighting system to control all the instruments used in a production. Some other devices used in the electrics area are strobe lights, rope light, black light, mirror balls, effects and slide projectors, pyrotechnics and electronically controlled effects and machinery. It is not necessary to have an electronics background to work in this area.



Properties

Props are anything that is used to dress up the set from furniture and curtains to books and food. Many of our props are pulled from our stock or bought or borrowed from other theatre, local businesses and antique stores. Some props are made from scratch at Players while others must be searched for. If you are interested in building, finding, gathering and returning props, we have a place for you in the properties department.