Volunteers at Arena Stage
work in various capacities of the theater
including administration, community engagement,
special events and ushering. You can be a member
of one of our project teams that are on-call for
specific assignments, or accept an ongoing
volunteer job in one of our many departments.
Its up to you!
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Business Office Assistant
Counts money from concessions and prepares
deposits. Files bills. One or two days per week.
6-8 hours total.
Gardening Assistant
Assists our Community Engagement Division with
gardening at our 14th and T building. Once a
month, daytime.
Maintenance Assistant
A Mr./Ms. Fix-It is needed to assist the
Building Engineers with tasks such as painting
and simple repair work. Flexible. Days or
weekends.
Special Events Teams
Sign up to be on call for our special events
teams during the season for the Development,
Communications or Community Engagement
Departments. Participate in events such as our
Wine Auction, Student Playwrights Project,
Annual Benefit and many other fundraising and
promotional events. Days, evenings or weekends.
Office Aide
Assists one of our administrative departments
with clerical tasks such as filing,
photocopying, data entry, etc. on a regular
weekly daytime schedule.
Friday Office Rescue
Team Be on-call for labeling, envelope
stuffing, filing, and other clerical tasks for
our administrative offices. Fridays, 10am 12
noon (or, any weekday on an on-call basis).
Volunteers receive complimentary tickets to
Arena Stage shows (determined by the number of
hours worked), invitations to special staff and
audience enrichment events, and an invitation to
a picnic at the end of the season.
If you are interested in
one of the administrative volunteering positions
listed, please call the Director of Human
Resources at (202) 554-9066 or email
jobs@arenastage.org >
If you are interested in
ushering, click
here > or call the House Management
Coordinator at (202) 554-9066.
