Be A Player

As a member of our QP Board, The President is responsible for overseeing all aspects of production. During hiring periods, they will work with the Board to organize and facilitate the hiring of the production team, cast, and band for the season, as well as the hiring of the Board for the following year. During the show season, they will work directly with all levels of the team to ensure channels of communication are clear and effective, production schedule is set and all moving parts are reaching appropriate deadlines, and that the coordination with The Mansion, the AMS, and any other on and off campus partnerships are maintained. The President is the leader of the Board and will run several weekly meetings, including but not limited to meetings with the Board and production team. The President is the leader of this organization, a desion-maker, and must have strong skills in organization, public speaking, time management, and curation of a safe space. | Time commitment: ~8-15 hours a week.

As a member of our QP Board, The Vice-President is responsible for working side-by-side, hand-in-hand with the President in the administration and execution of running Queen’s Players. Consider yourself a dynamic duo on par with: Batman and Robin, Bonnie and Clyde & Thelma and Louise. During hiring periods, they will work with the entire Board to organize and facilitate the hiring of the production team, cast, and band for the season, as well as the hiring of the Board for the following year. During the show season, they will collaborate with our Equity Director to lead our campus and community outreach to promote and connect us with the growing diverse network here at Queen’s, leading the coordination of social events and marketing with our Marketing Director, help prepare fundraisers and monetary incentives with our Finance Director and will also act as a liaison with our partners at The Mansion, act as a proxy for meetings with the AMS, and contribute to making Queen’s Players an active learning space for everyone at the table. | Time commitment: 8-12* hours a week (*varies week by week depending on proximity to show)!

As a member of our QP Board, The Finance Director will attend weekly meetings with the board and production team, construct the season budget, keep track of all incoming money and spending, and assist in the organization of fundraising events. At the end of the season, they will provide a financial summary, and develop the charity applications. During hiring periods, they will work alongside the board to facilitate the hiring of the production team, the hiring of the Board for the following year, and contribute to making Queen’s Players an accountable space for everyone at the table. | Time commitment: 5-10 hours a week.

As a member of our QP Board, The Marketing Director will work with the Board to organize and facilitate the hiring of the production team, cast, and band for the season, as well as the hiring of the Board for the following year. They will attend weekly meetings with the board and production team, act as the liaison for all public relations related inquiries (i.e., interviews, press releases, all published content featuring QP that is external to the organization like The Journal, CFRC, or KTA), and take charge of updating and maintaining all social media platforms (i.e., Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube). The Marketing Director is in charge of maintaining the website, creating the season QP logo, designing tickets and stickers, leading ticket sales, and leading the producers to victory.  Once hired, they will be responsible for creating and executing an innovative marketing strategy that reflects the brand of Queen’s Players, supporting their Producers in the creation and coordination of all content from QP social media accounts, and contribute to making Queen’s Players a positive space for everyone at the table. | Time commitment: 10+ hours a week.

As a member of our QP Board, The Equity Director (ED) will work with the team to organize and facilitate the hiring of the production team, cast, and band for the season, as well as the hiring of the Board for the following year. During hiring periods, the ED will lead and conduct interviews, contribute to our audition panel, and act as a voice in final casting decisions. In addition to policy development they will also attend weekly meetings with the board and production team, assist the Vice-President in our campus and community outreach to promote and connect us with the growing diverse network here at Queen’s, assist the President in conducting exit interviews, and contribute to making Queen’s Players an inclusive space for everyone at the table. This can include facilitating multiple workshops across the team, while also being the main point of contact for the cast and band: thus, the Equity Director should also possess an innate and deep care for people. | Time commitment: 6+ hours a week depending on proximity to show.

Work with a team of eleven other cast members and director to write one hell of a script

Learn a number of dances to be performed alongside your cast members on stage

Perform a solo song of your choosing to an audience barely keeping their drool in their mouths! (live your rockstar dream)

Sing a couple songs during the openers and sing backup for a few solo songs

So. You're trying to make it as a musician and realize you're 22 years too late to be cast in School Of Rock (2003) starring Jack Black.

Well, haven't I got the thing for you.

The director(s) of Queen's Players are 1) HOT 2) the ones who make it HAPPEN 3) collaborate closely with the production team and the cast (who are your children, your brethen, your kin). Along with facilitating scriptwriting/performance sessions with the cast and attending production meetings with the production team and the board, you'll have the chance to create the show's central theme, it's layout, and anything else your heart desires!

The Producers are responsible for the logistics and marketing that surround the show. This includes designing promotional material, running the beer table at the Mansion, creating our epic intro video, and filming promotional videos. In many ways, the producers are the heartbeat of players, bringing Prod, Band and Cast together and providing the spirit that makes this team the amazing experience it is! Without our producers, our show simply wouldn't be able to happen and we as a collective would find ourselves lost, much like rats in a maze being underpaid in cheese for their labor (Seriously, get those rats some workers rights!).

You and your co-choreographer (yup, there's two of you) will be tasked with choreographing some fun, funky, songs in the show's openers! That’s a total of twelve dances (We wanted to make a Barbie and the Twelve Dancing Princesses joke here but we lack the funds)! You will teach these dances to the cast the way you sip a glass of sugar-free rose wine: wondering how you got here, why you're doing this, if this is just red and white wine mixed and wondering how you got to the age where sugar free is the only way to cure the hangover AND you're 19? What? Sad! But buy a 2024 resolution journal and call yourself "new and improved" because you're joining the best! club! on! campus! Seriously though, this is an incredible experience and you will create something that you will forever be proud of.

As leaders and assemblissimos of one of THE most crucial parts of Players; The Band™, you will be tasked with creating a band involving the best musicians Queen’s has to offer. Music Director(s) are responsible for creating and arranging the music of the angels, yea, sang and speaketh from the mouth of ye gods unto our humbly mortal ears. Or at least cover it well enough to cause minor Richter-scale events throughout the northern shore of Lake Ontario. Sing it louder for the people in the BACK OF THE ROOM!! Or PLAY IT!! on those cool INSTRUMENTS!!!! Responsibilities include recruiting the band, leading the selection process for the songs performed in the show, and teaching and arranging the learning of a multitude of songs. To say you are an INSTRUMENTAL part of the show process... is an understatement. ha.

The vocal director(s) turn the cast from Panzarottis (hot and filled with cheese) to Pavarottis (sing song man). You’ll be meeting on the regular with the cast to work on harmonies, melodies, and everything in between, as well as evaluating a series of vocal checkins submitted by the cast. Plus, you get the absolute honour of composing your own wild acapella! Will you write a piece made up of songs with Monster in the title or maybe live out your dream of forcing those around you to understand the complex lore of All Too Well (Taylor's Version) (obviously), the options are endless!. The musical portion of Queen's Players couldn't happen without the collaboration between you and the Music Directors, and if our cast doesn't sound like rock stars (THEY WILL), then we'll never win against Jack Black and those prep school kids (WE WILL)! Y'all bring in the money, which will make our Finance Director very happy (HE'S WILL).

STAGE! MANAGER! STAGE! MANAGER! STAGE...

Your ears filter out the jubilant chanting for a moment, for you to gaze upon it: The Holy Grail. Slowly descending from *insert non-denominational afterlife here* as your rightful spoils for the tricks of time and matter you pulled to sort out a GCAL and pull a 40-person team's schedules together! Rehearsals for the cast, prod team and the band? Already in the GCAL. Moral? Support offered. Stage? Managed. Hotels? That's a dead reference. You ensure that the cast has everything they need to succeed, and if they don’t have it, you’ve got connects. Seated at the right hand of a directing team, a Stage Manager's always got it goin’ on! Like the mom from "Where's Your Mom," Canadian band "Chixdiggit"'s far superior hot mom-related song, but less ironic and more ~legit~ cause you're our home run!

The fundraising director is a role new to Queen's Players this summer!! You could be the one to blaze the trail and set the standard for the excellence needed to raise funds for charity in a silly ol' club like ours. The position would entail a variety of jobs and responsibilities including but not limited to;

1) slaying, serving, and eating (NO CRUMBS ALLOWED)

2) outreach to potential sponsors and current ones

3) coming up and organizing fun new creative ways to fundraise (events, drives etc...)

4) spreading the word of our generous charitable donations and our mission to continue doing so.

This position is new so being proactive is the key to yours and our success, so we are looking for enthusiastic, and motivated candidates ready to give their all!!!