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Backstage Crew Needed - Spring 2023

BACKSTAGE CREW NEEDED!

Did you know you can get academic credit for working backstage on a show?

The Department of Performing and Media Arts is producing a major dance concert in March and a musical in April and May in our beautiful Kiplinger Theatre. Both shows need crew, in all positions: Light and Sound board operators, dressers, stage crew, and follow-spot operators.

Crew members will receive one credit of PMA 2610: Production Crew Laboratory. Do one show for one credit or both shows for two.

The schedules are attached. For more information or to express your interest, email Pam Lillard at PSL1@cornell.edu.

Don’t delay! Positions will be assigned on a first-come basis.

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