Website Black Button Eyes Productions, City Lit Theater (co-production)
Scenic designer sought for Fall production of “Strange Cargo – The Doom of the Demeter,” a world premiere co-production between Black Button Eyes Productions and City Lit Theater by Chicago playwright Timothy Griffin.
Adapted from Chapter Seven of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, this gothic horror high-seas adventure tells the shocking events aboard the cargo ship transporting Count Dracula’s belongings from Transylvania to England.
Seeking a scenic designer to begin joining initial preproduction discussions by end of May/ early June.
Critical dates:
First rehearsal: On or around Sep 1, 2025
Set build in space to begin: Sep 29, 2025
Tech week to start on or around Saturday October 4, 2025
First preview: Friday October 10, 2025
Official opening: Saturday October 18, 2025
Closing/Strike: Sunday November 23, 2025
Venue is City Lit Theater, a 100-seat black box venue located on the 2nd floor of Edgewater Presbyterian Church, 1020 W Bryn Mawr Ave in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood.
Show team will also include a Technical Director, Scenic Carpenter, and Scenic Painter.
Current publicly available creative team info:
Directed by Ed Rutherford
Stage Managed by Hazel Flowers-McCabe
Lighting Design by Liz Cooper
Costume Design by Beth Laske-Miller
Properties and Puppets design by Jeremiah Barr
Sound Design by Joe Griffin
Technical Direction by Matt Klingler
Dialect Coaching by Carrie Hardin
If interested and available, please email resume and (if available) link to portfolio to the contact below.
To apply for this job email your details to blackbuttoneyesproductions@gmail.com