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ACT is dedicated to nurturing a safe and inclusive workplace. We are always seeking creative and motivated people to join our collective. We love thoughtful problem solvers, dreamers, visionaries, great communicators and value a diversity of both professional and lived experiences.

ACT is proud to be an equity opportunity employer and does not discriminate against employees or job applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, national origin, military and/or veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, neurodiversity, education, socio-economic status, cultural affiliation, language, marital or family status, genetic information, political ideology, actual or perceived status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking or any other status or condition protected by the applicable federal, state, or local laws or other characteristics prohibited by law.

We believe that how we do things is just as important as what we do. Come work with us!

Work with Us!

ACT currently has the following available positions:

ACT Contemporary Theatre (ACT) is in the midst of a transformative organizational change as we greatly anticipate and plan for an upcoming merger with Seattle Shakespeare Company, effective July 2025. We are excited to announce this phenomenal opportunity for a highly skilled and motivated Director of Marketing and Communications (DMC) to join our dedicated, creative, and collaborative team, at a crucially important time in our shared journey.

The DMC strategically and collaboratively creates the most compelling narrative and branding strategy to support ACT and Seattle Shakespeare. They will build brand and mission awareness for the soon to be merged companies, as of July 2025, drive earned revenue through ticket sales and create strategies to maximize community interest in the groundbreaking work of ACT and Seattle Shakespeare.

This role directly supervises Marketing and Box Office teams, as well as relevant contractors. They support meaningful connections within the organization, notably with the Development and Education departments, to ensure both specific project success and the overall success of this ambitious organization.

The DMC is a hybrid position with 3 days per week minimum onsite. The salary for this position is $120,000 annually. ACT provides comprehensive benefits, including access to medical insurance, with ACT paying 92% of monthly premium for the HMO plan, and dental and vision insurance with employee contribution. Long term and life insurance monthly premiums are fully covered by ACT. We offer 11 paid holidays, access to a 403b plan and $5 downtown parking (except during major conventions), and free tickets to ACT productions. PTO begins at 20 days per year and employees accrue sick time per Seattle Paid Sick and Safe Time (PSST).

View the full job description here.

Please send a cover letter and resume to astrid.helgeson@acttheatre.org. Include in your cover letter any training or experience relevant to the position that you would like to highlight and specify why you are interested in joining ACT and Seattle Shakespeare.

If you are not sure if you meet all our qualifications but believe that you could excel in the role, you are encouraged to apply. We are committed to considering a wide range of applicants, including those with diverse experience and backgrounds. If reasonable accommodation is required to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact astrid.helgeson@acttheatre.org.

Volunteer Ushering

ACT invites you to be an essential part of our performances and patron experience. Ushering is a wonderful opportunity to share your gift of time and talent assisting the Front of House team, while helping to preserve ACT’s important place within Seattle’s thriving arts community. We encourage you to join us and be a part of the ACT family. For information on ushering at ACT, please contact volunteer@acttheatre.org.

Artist Submissions

New Works Northwest 2025-6 Announcement/Call for Submissions

2025 Submissions for New Works Northwest have closed. Please check back with us in 2026 for our next open submission process. For questions, contact curation@acttheatre.org.

About New Works Northwest (NW2): ACT Contemporary Theatre’s New Works Northwest Festival seeks to build a thriving community of artists, students, practitioners, and audiences united by a love of contemporary theater, curiosity about its scope and capacity, and hunger to engage in making it. As a regional flagship, ACT is committed to expanding its theatrical heritage with and through local artists and craftspeople, bringing Pacific Northwest playwrights into this vibrant and vital conversation.   

Through NW2, ACT cultivates artistic excellence, as well as a deeper appreciation for achievement in playwriting craft. The PNW is home to world-class artists who deserve our support, commitment, and amplification; ACT’s commitment to them through NW2 can be transformational for artists and audiences alike. By inviting, responding to, and nurturing our playwright community; developing strategic partnerships to leverage energies and resources; cultivating an audience of directors/producers with an eye towards sending the plays up and out into a larger conversation; and raising the ceiling on what is locally possible, NW2 heralds Seattle as a city in which artists can thrive in a robust artistic marketplace.  

Through powerful and personal engagement, New Works Northwest articulates pride in homegrown theatre that demands national attention: It fosters inquisitive audiences invested in risk-taking, cements its identity as a hotbed for relevant theatre, invests its cultural currency in strengthening our local community, and forges the kinds of authentic connections theatre needs to survive.  

Check back in 2025 for audition opportunities!

Check back in 2025 for audition opportunities!

ACT is pausing unsolicited submissions while we catch up on reading all our current script submissions. Thank you for your understanding, and please check back later this season for updated information.

For questions, contact curation@acttheatre.org.