Thanks for your interest in working with Theater Wit
For play submissions, we currently accept
- Unsolicited work from any playwright currently living in Chicago or its immediate environs
- Agent submissions (no more than 2/agent at a time). Please contact the AD before submitting
- Blind submissions if you aren't one of the above (representative pages). We have no dedicated staff and so cannot guarantee to read unsolicited work from non-Chicago playwrights.
For all other positions, please review any job-specific and submission requirements on the submission detail.
THE COMPANY:
We are a theater company within a building, within a community, within a world.
As a production company, Theater Wit is the premier smart art theater in Chicago, producing humorous, challenging, and intelligent plays that speak with a vibrant and contemporary theatrical voice.
As an institution, Theater Wit seeks to be the hub of the Chicago neighborhood theater scene. In our three spaces, we bring together Chicago’s best storefront theater companies. Here you will find a smorgasbord of excellent productions, see the work of a parade of talented artists, and mingle with audiences from all over Chicago.
SUMMARY:
Theater Wit seeks experienced Wardrobe Supervisors to join our team for our 2026 production of “The Ally”. Applicants must have professional experience and are required to provide their own transportation. Applicants are required to be available for day rehearsals during the week and during the weekend.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Attend all Tech rehearsals, Previews and Performances.
- Attend all designer run.
- Assist stage management when needed during the show. That may include setting/moving and striking props. Operating rigging and scene change equipment.
- Be on time for all rehearsals and performance calls.
- Manage and maintain any costume needs including stitching and repairs during the performance run.
- Be responsible for all laundering and dry cleaning of costumes as determined by the Costume Designer and Producer.
- Be responsible for maintaining the costume design throughout the run.
- Assist with quick changes and costume presets during the run
- Attend all put-in rehearsals as scheduled by the Producer.
- Provide hair styling assistance and wig maintenance as needed during the run.
- Lead the strike of costumes used in conjunction with the Production including final laundry, dry cleaning and return to stock.First Rehearsal: Tuesday, February 24th, 2026 (Subject to Change)
KEY DATES:
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, February 24th, 2026 (Subject to Change)
Tech: Tuesday, March 17th, 2026 through Saturday, March 28th, 2026
Previews: Friday, March 20th, 2026 - Sunday, March 29th, 2026
Opening: Monday, March 30th, 2026 (Subject to Change)
Regular Run of Show: Thursday through Sunday with possible added performances Tuesday and Wednesday
Anticipated Closing: Saturday, May 2nd, 2026
Advertised Closing: Saturday, May 23rd, 2026
THE COMPANY:
We are a theater company within a building, within a community, within a world.
As a production company, Theater Wit is the premier smart art theater in Chicago, producing humorous, challenging, and intelligent plays that speak with a vibrant and contemporary theatrical voice.
As an institution, Theater Wit seeks to be the hub of the Chicago neighborhood theater scene. In our three spaces, we bring together Chicago’s best storefront theater companies. Here you will find a smorgasbord of excellent productions, see the work of a parade of talented artists, and mingle with audiences from all over Chicago.
SUMMARY:
Theater Wit seeks experienced Assistant Stage Manager to join our team for our 2026 production of “The Ally”. Applicants must have professional experience and are required to provide their own transportation. Applicants are required to be available for day rehearsals during the week and during the weekend.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Attending rehearsals, previews, and performances.
- Work closely with the Stage Manager, Artistic Team, and Production Management to provide organization throughout the production.
- Working with the Director, Production Manager and Actors throughout the rehearsal process to help create a welcoming and productive atmosphere for the rehearsal team. This may include tracking blocking, costumes and props, setting up the space, costume care, being on book for actors, running lines, and other capacities.
- The ability to work independently and in a collaborative, dialectical manner
- Run and maintain a crew track during the show. That may include setting/moving and striking props. Operating rigging and scene change equipment.
KEY DATES:
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, February 24th, 2026 (Subject to Change)
Tech: Tuesday, March 17th, 2026 through Saturday, March 28th, 2026
Previews: Friday, March 20th, 2026 - Sunday, March 29th, 2026
Opening: Monday, March 30th, 2026 (Subject to Change)
Regular Run of Show: Thursday through Sunday with possible added performances Tuesday and Wednesday
Anticipated Closing: Saturday, May 2nd, 2026
Advertised Closing: Saturday, May 23rd, 2026
THE COMPANY:
We are a theater company within a building, within a community, within a world.
As a production company, Theater Wit is the premier smart art theater in Chicago, producing humorous, challenging, and intelligent plays that speak with a vibrant and contemporary theatrical voice.
As an institution, Theater Wit seeks to be the hub of the Chicago neighborhood theater scene. In our three spaces, we bring together Chicago’s best storefront theater companies. Here you will find a smorgasbord of excellent productions, see the work of a parade of talented artists, and mingle with audiences from all over Chicago.
SUMMARY:
Theater Wit seeks experienced Audio Supervisor to join our team for our 2026 production of “The Ally”.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Attend all Scheduled Production Meetings.
- Analyze designs and source quotes from vendors where necessary.
- Hire Over-hire Labor for Load-In and Strike
- Collaborate with the Production Manager to ensure all purchasing needs are met.
- Oversee and lead Sound Load-in, Note Calls and Strike.
- Maintain Sound supply budgets and keep accurate records of purchases, submitting in a timely manner to the Production Manager
- Work with the Production Manager to ensure stage area is safe, clean, and maintained
DATES:
- Sound Price Out Due: Friday, February 27th, 2026
- Load-in: Monday, March 9th, 2026 - Saturday, March 15th, 2026
- Tech: Tuesday, March 17th, 2026 through Friday, March 28th, 2026 (Not required to attend, unless notes are needed)
- First Preview: Friday, March 20th, 2026
- Opening: Monday, March 30th, 2026
- Advertised Closing: Saturday, May 2, 2026
- Anticipated Closing: Saturday, May 23, 2026
SUMMARY: Theater Wit seeks experienced Scenic, Lighting, Sound, Costumes, Properties and Intimacy Designers to join our team for our upcoming 2026 production of Adolescent Salvation written by Tim Venable, directed by Guillermo Cienfuegos. More information about the company/season and staff please, visit our website – www.theaterwit.org
SYNOPSIS:
Over the course of one night, through a haze of tequila, texting, and Taylor Swift, three teenagers banter, bicker and push each other to the edge of danger - with consequences that could prove lethal.
DATES:
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, July 21st, 2026
Load-in: Monday, August 3rd, 20216
Designer Run: Thursday, August 6, 2026
Tech: August 11, 2026 through August 23, 2026
First Preview: Friday, August 14, 2026
Opening: Monday, August 24, 2026