Who are we?
Destination Theatre is a theatre company, founded in 2021. We are based in Atlanta, GA but serve communities across the country. Our work falls in two categories: professionally produced touring shows and customized educational theatre experience.
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Destination Theatre is dedicated to creating excellent and imaginative touring productions and theatrical for people of all ages, backgrounds, and demographics. We aim to provide exciting, educational, and high-quality theatre experiences in communities across the U.S. and beyond.
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All human beings deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. We hold ourselves accountable to this belief by creating an equitable, diverse, and inclusionary environment that nurtures, protects, and empowers our artists, audiences, and students. We are committed to hiring all people to create theatre for all people - including individuals who represent different ages, types of education, ethnicities, genders, locations, physical abilities, races, religions, sexual orientations, levels of socioeconomic status, or any other social or personal characteristic. In our work to create a company culture of kindness and humility, which will hopefully help shape our industry, we submit ourselves to continual growth and humility as we work to ensure these values are upheld.
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Staff: Amy Duffy, Cory Phelps, and over 70 contracted artists and teaching artists each year.
Board of Directors: Justin Anderson, Michael Crute Suzanne Gray, Jennifer Wunder, Vincent Thurman, Maggie Geersten, John Geersten.
Destination Theatre Jobs
Actor/Singers
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The Memory Lane Series in Honor of Thomas and Martha Moncrief
A Senior Living Communities Tour
Hit the road performing an hour-long musical revue to senior living communities across metro Atlanta. This gig fits into a working actor’s schedule perfectly. From load-in to load-out, the entire show is less than 2-hours of work.
Rockin’ Roxies: Decades of Dames!
Cast: 2 female-presenting actors (20’s-30’s)
Rehearsals: March 7 - March 15 (6 rehearsals)
Performances: Wed-Fri; 3/16 - 4/29
This high-energy production features two of Atlanta’s best female singers and entertainers. Hear them harmonize those classic tunes made famous by debonair dames you know and love from 1940 all the way to 1970. Our dynamic duo is heartwarming and they’re pretty funny too!
Surfs Up Singers: A Musical Beach Party!
Cast: 2 male-presenting actors (any age)
Rehearsals: April 18 - April 29 | Brush ups: 5/2 & 5/3 (6 rehearsals total)
Performances: Wed-Fri; 5/4 - 7/29
These summer songs from groups like the Beach Boys and their buds will help you throw the best beach party ever. We’re bringing the island vibes of Key Largo, Montego, and Kokomo right here to Atlanta for an entertaining afternoon with your favorite beach-y musical groups and their tropical friends! Sit back with a coconut drink, hang ten, or sunbathe with a big hat as you bask in the music.
World on a String: A Sinatra & Friends Music Revue! (Back by popular demand!)
Cast: 1 female-presenting actor, 1 male-presenting actor (any age)
Rehearsals: July 25 - August 2 (6 rehearsals)
Performances: Wed-Fri; 8/3 - 10/28
Sit back, relax, or get ready to shake a tail feather as two of Atlanta's best singers dazzle you with classic tunes from singers like Frank Sinatra, the rest of the Rat Pack, and all of their friends from a little before and a little after their hay-day. This show entertained over 500 seniors in 2021!
Holiday Follies: A Musical Comedy Variety Hour!
Cast: 2 actors (any age)
Rehearsals: October 31 - November 8 (6 rehearsals)
Performances: Wed - Fri; 11/9 - 12/22
This variety show is a blast and a half. In this comedy hour, two actors will have you rolling as they perform improv, jokes, gags, and more; all to the tune of your favorite Christmas songs. These comedic carolers will leave you laughing and full of holiday cheer!
Compensation:
Rehearsals - $300 (6 rehearsals)
Performances - $60/show
Performances:
Shows are booked Wednesdays - Fridays; Possible start times: 10am - 3pm
No more than 2 shows will be booked in a day.
Mileage:
All shows take place in metro-Atlanta. Cast members are responsible for their transportation to each performance. Should a show take place more than 50 miles outside of Atlanta, cast members will be reimbursed $.65/mile.
Fall 2022 - Theatre for Young Audiences Tour
A 4-5 person cast will travel metro-Atlanta, performing a delightful TYA musical (Title TBA). The show will tour schools, libraries, and performing arts centers. Occasionally, actors will also serve as teaching artists for companion workshops.
Rehearsals: September 19 - October 4, 2022
Performances: October 5 - Oct 28, 2022; Wednesday - Friday; 9am - 3pm
No more than 2 shows will be performed in one day.
Details: Exact contract details and show title are currently pending and will be announced soon! Please reach out with any questions, in the meantime.
BrewTheatre: A Halloween Tale
Destination Theatre is partnering with Cochran Mill Brewing in Fairburn, GA to put on a halloween dinner theatre experience. This is a limited run.
Rehearsals 6 days in October
Performances: 2 days; 4 shows in October at Cochran Mill Brewing
Details: Exact contract details are currently pending and will be announced soon! Please reach out with any questions, in the meantime.
A Christmas Carol
After a delightful first year, Destination Theatre & Calliope Stage are once again partnering to tour a two-person version of A Christmas Carol this 2022 holiday season. One person plays Scrooge, another person plays every. one. else. A minimalistic reimagining of this classic holiday tale boils the story down to it’s heart. A Christmas Carol will be performed by multiple 2-person casts, each touring to different cities across the south east.
Cast: Scrooge (any age, gender, ethnicity), Narrator (any age, gender, ethnicity)
Rehearsals: August, pending actor availability
Performances: 11/26 - 12/23
Compensation:
$300/week for rehearsals
$300/week for performances + travel stipend
Housing provided during out of state performances
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Covid-19 Protocols:
Vaccination - All staff/cast/creative team members are vaccinated and must show proof of vaccination.
Masks - All staff and creative team will mask 100% of the time. While actively rehearsing, the 2 actors may unmask. While touring, actors must wear masks in all senior living facilities and may only remove them while actively performing.
Testing - All cast/creative team members must show proof of a negative PCR test before the rehearsal process begins.
Sickness - Once the show has opened, if any cast member becomes sick, their alternate/understudy will perform for them.
CDC Guidance - We are continuing to monitor CDC guidelines and make any necessary adjustments to our protocols. All protocols will be final upon signing of contracts.
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Please submit the following:
Headshot
Acting resume
Teaching artist resume (if available)
32 bars of a song that showcases your personality/skill set (non-music theatre)
And/OR
A contemporary monologue
Submit HERE.
Educators/Teaching Artists
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Boley Centers on Broadway!
The Boley Centers in St. Petersburg, FL is a center for adults with cognitive impairments and learning disabilities. Destination Theatre is partnering with the Boley Centers to put on a production of Legally Blonde, Jr. The adults at the Boley Center will be the actors in the show performing alongside professional actors (who will also serve as teaching artists/production staff) from Destination Theatre.
Compensation: $415/week. Housing is provided. $200 travel stipend. Access to a company vehicle for the duration of the project.
Rehearsals: May 9 - June 1, 2022; day time hours
Performances: June 2 at 7:30pm & June 3 at 2pm & 7:30pm
Location: St. Petersburg, FL
DT Summer Camps
Keeping Pace Camp
A free summer academic and life skills camp for youth from West Atlanta at Pace Academy. Destination Theatre provides a series of drama workshops for one-week during the summer. Grades: 6-12
Camp Dates: June 6 - 10
Times: 3 hours/day
Compensation: $75 per day
Location: Atlanta, GA
DT Michigan Camps
Midway Theater Company’s education theatre program hosts musical theatre performance camps in Lansing, MI and Grand Rapids, MI. Destination Theatre provides the staff, curriculum, and scripts for each camp. Grades: K-5, 6-12
Lansing Camp Dates: June 13 - 17
Grand Rapids Camp Dates: June 20 - 24
Compensation: $480 per week + housing/travel provided
Location: Lansing & Grand Rapids, MI
DT’s North Carolina Camps
Full Spectrum Farms Camp
Full Spectrum Farms is dedicated to serving people impacted by Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Western North Carolina by providing a farm community. This camp is co-produced with Calliope Stage.
Camp Dates: July 8 - 11
Compensation: TBD + Housing/Travel
Location: Sylva, NC
DT Camp at Calliope Stage
Calliope Stage is a professional theatre company based in Sylva, NC. While producing high quality theatrical productions, they also host an array of summer camps for the WNC community. Destination Theatre provides the staff, curriculum, and scripts for each camp. Grades: K-6
Camp Dates: July 11 - 15
Compensation: TBD + Housing/Travel
Location: Sylva, NC
Destination Broadway at Pace Academy
Destination Theatre is a resident vendor for Pace Academy summer camps. Our summer musical theatre camps occur on site at Pace Academy in Buckhead. Grades: K-5, 6-12
Camp Dates: June 27 - July 1 & July 81 - 22
Compensation: $350/week
Location: Atlanta, GA
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Destination Theatre believes in fully preparing and equipping teaching artists to most effectively relate to and communicate with our students.
We ask that all teachers fulfill the following:
-Create a classroom culture where students feel supported to try and fail and try again.
-Approach students with curiosity and a desire to find the most effective way to communicate new information.
-Follow the provided curriculum, to create engaging, age-appropriate lesson plans.
-Adhere to Destination Theatre’s equity, diversity, and inclusion policies and create classroom rules that support these policies and beliefs.
-Follow project specific Covid-19 protocols and maintain policies in the classroom.
-As necessary, collaborate with your co-teachers. Incorporate teaching assistants and interns in appropriate ways, capitalizing on their skill sets.
-Be fully prepared to begin classes and camps at the designated start time.
-Attend all required trainings, meetings, and staff check-ins.
-Communicate clearly with your Project Manager or Camp Director, as needed.
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We are always looking to expand our roster of teachers, as we have educational programming running year round. Please fill out the follow application, if you’re interested in teaching through Destination Theatre:
Apply HERE
Stage Managers
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Seeking Rehearsal SMs for:
Boley Centers on Broadway!
The Boley Centers in St. Petersburg, FL is a center for adults with cognitive impairments and learning disabilities. Destination Theatre is partnering with the Boley Centers to put on a production of Legally Blonde, Jr. The adults at the Boley Center will be the actors in the show performing alongside professional actors (who will also serve as teaching artists/production staff) from Destination Theatre.
Compensation: $500/week. Housing is provided. $200 travel stipend. Access to a company vehicle for the duration of the project.
Rehearsals: May 9 - June 1, 2022; 8:45-11:45am
Performances: June 2 at 7:30pm & June 3 at 2pm & 7:30pm
Location: St. Petersburg, FL
The Memory Lane Series in Honor of Thomas and Martha Moncrief
4 show series, touring to senior living communities across metro-Atlanta.
Rockin’ Roxies: Decades of Dames!
Rehearsals: March 7 - March 15 (6 rehearsals)
Performances: Wed-Fri; 3/16 - 4/29
This high-energy production features two of Atlanta’s best female singers and entertainers. Hear them harmonize those classic tunes made famous by debonair dames you know and love from 1940 all the way to 1970. Our dynamic duo is heartwarming and they’re pretty funny too!
Surfs Up Singers: A Musical Beach Party!
Cast: 2 male-presenting actors (any age)
Rehearsals: April 18 - April 29 | Brush ups: 5/2 & 5/3 (6 rehearsals total)
Performances: Wed-Fri; 5/4 - 7/29
These summer songs from groups like the Beach Boys and their buds will help you throw the best beach party ever. We’re bringing the island vibes of Key Largo, Montego, and Kokomo right here to Atlanta for an entertaining afternoon with your favorite beach-y musical groups and their tropical friends! Sit back with a coconut drink, hang ten, or sunbathe with a big hat as you bask in the music.
World on a String: A Sinatra & Friends Music Revue! (Back by popular demand!)
Cast: 1 female-presenting actor, 1 male-presenting actor (any age)
Rehearsals: July 25 - August 2 (6 rehearsals)
Performances: Wed-Fri; 8/3 - 10/28
Sit back, relax, or get ready to shake a tail feather as two of Atlanta's best singers dazzle you with classic tunes from singers like Frank Sinatra, the rest of the Rat Pack, and all of their friends from a little before and a little after their hay-day. This show entertained over 500 seniors in 2021!
Holiday Follies: A Musical Comedy Variety Hour!
Cast: 2 actors (any age)
Rehearsals: October 31 - November 8 (6 rehearsals)
Performances: Wed - Fri; 11/9 - 12/22
This variety show is a blast and a half. In this comedy hour, two actors will have you rolling as they perform improv, jokes, gags, and more; all to the tune of your favorite Christmas songs. These comedic carolers will leave you laughing and full of holiday cheer!
Seeking rehearsal & tour SM for:
Fall 2022 - Theatre for Young Audiences Tour
A 4-5 person cast will travel metro-Atlanta, performing a delightful TYA musical (Title TBA). The show will tour schools, libraries, and performing arts centers. Occasionally, actors will also serve as teaching artists for companion workshops.
Rehearsals: September 19 - October 4, 2022
Performances: October 5 - Oct 28, 2022; Wednesday - Friday; 9am - 3pm
No more than 2 shows will be performed in one day.
Details: Exact contract details and show title are currently pending and will be announced soon! Please reach out with any questions, in the meantime.
Seeking Rehearsal and Performance SM for:
BrewTheatre: A Halloween Tale
Destination Theatre is partnering with Cochran Mill Brewing in Fairburn, GA to put on a halloween dinner theatre experience. This is a limited run.
Rehearsals: 6 days in October
Performances: 2 days; 4 shows in October at Cochran Mill Brewing
Details: Exact contract details are currently pending and will be announced soon! Please reach out with any questions, in the meantime.
Seeking Rehearsal and Tour SMs for:
A Christmas Carol
After a delightful first year, Destination Theatre & Calliope Stage are once again partnering to tour a two-person version of A Christmas Carol this 2022 holiday season. One person plays Scrooge, another person plays every. one. else. A minimalistic reimagining of this classic holiday tale boils the story down to it’s heart. A Christmas Carol will be performed by multiple 2-person casts, each touring to different cities across the south east.
Rehearsals: August, pending actor availability
Performances: 11/26 - 12/23
Housing provided during out of state performances
All compensation will be determined as contract details are set. We aim to elevate compensation standards for our employees and contractors.
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Vaccination - All staff/cast/creative team members are vaccinated and must show proof of vaccination.
Masks - All staff and creative team will mask 100% of the time. While actively rehearsing, the 2 actors may unmask. While touring, actors must wear masks in all senior living facilities and may only remove them while actively performing.
Testing - All cast/creative team members must show proof of a negative PCR test before the rehearsal process begins.
Sickness - Once the show has opened, if any cast member becomes sick, their alternate/understudy will perform for them.
CDC Guidance - We are continuing to monitor CDC guidelines and make any necessary adjustments to our protocols. All protocols will be final upon signing of contracts.
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Rehearsal SMs:
The work of our rehearsal SMs include facilitating studio and technical rehearsals, maintaining direction of the show, maintaining production calendar, developing weekly rehearsal calendars and breakdowns, creating daily rehearsal and show reports, and running understudy and put-in rehearsals for replacements. A Rehearsal SM should be able to communicate extremely well with both technicians and actors.
Performance SMs:
The work of a performance SM includes supervising the running of each performance, maintaining direction of the show, creating daily show reports, assisting with the upkeep of technical items including costumes, props, and certain sound equipment, and running understudy and put-in rehearsals for replacements. An SM should be able to communicate extremely well with both technicians, actors, and the house management team.
Tour SMs:
The work of a tour SM includes supervising the running of each performance, maintaining direction of the show, creating daily show reports, assisting with the upkeep of technical items including costumes, props, & certain sound equipment, and running understudy and put-in rehearsals for replacements. Additionally, for touring productions, SMs assist with load-ins and load-outs, as well as coordinating with house managers at venues on the tour, working closely with DT leaderships to ensure smooth legs at each destination. An SM should be able to communicate extremely well with both technicians, actors, and the house management team.
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To apply, please use this form.
What is it like working at DT?
“From the first day of rehearsal being a part of DT felt like being with family. We always felt heard, respected, and encouraged to bring our full selves to the table, which I feel came across during our performances.”
— Zemirah Davis (How I Became a Pirate / Teaching Artist)
Email Zem at: zemirah98davis@gmail.com
“Destination Theatre was my first professional contract. My entire time there I received enormous support and was inspired to grow as an artist. Being a college student looking for summer work can be intimidating, but Destination Theatre is the perfect opportunity for any artist looking for a fun and invigorating experience.”
— Colby Johnson (How I Became a Pirate / Teaching Artist)
Email Colby at: cjjohnson6@catamount.wcu.edu
“Destination Theatre is a fantastic example of a collaborative artistic environment. The balance of playfulness and professionalism is the perfect environment for their performing artists to thrive and create amazing work.”
— Jessie Brownie (Senior Living Tour/The Speakeasy Encounter/Teaching Artist)
Email Jessie at: jessiekbrownie@gmail.com
“I am thrilled to have been a part of Destination Theatre’s first season and a part of a company where they uplift all it’s members. They really played to our strengths and I just believe the work that they are doing is phenomenal.”
— Destiny Freeman (How I Became a Pirate / Teaching Artist)
Email Destiny at: dgipson1796@gmail.com
“Touring with Destination Theatre was truly a blessing and an amazing reminder of why I love doing what I do. Getting to tell stories in all sorts of places to all sorts of people is an experience that I can’t help but cherish.”
— Anthony Nash (How I Became a Pirate / Senior Living Tour / Teaching Artist)
Email Anthony at: ajeremiahnash@gmail.com
