Postgraduate Opportunities
Opportunities from within the College
These applications must be developed with faculty consultation, and with members of the appropriate committee, and often require work up to a year in advance (i.e. you need to begin work on some of these as early as the end of your junior year). Please note that some opportunities have G.P.A. requirements.
Note: please visit the CLBR page on Fellowships and Awards for more opportunities and details: https://www.reed.edu/beyond-reed/fellowships-awards/opportunities/index.html
Through Fellowships and Awards:
Through independent application process:
Through the Undergraduate Research Committee:
Through the Center for Life Beyond Reed (CLBR):
- Career Advancement Fund
For the summer after senior year, not eligible beyond that
Handshake
Reed's online career platform for jobs, on-campus jobs, internships, and opportunities around the country and world.
CLBR offers drop-in advising on job and fellowship applications, making a résumé, job searching, etc…
Opportunities from outside the College
Information about getting involved in Portland theatre: https://www.portlandtheatre.com/
General job listings in Portland: https://www.pdxpipeline.com/jobs/
National databases for Arts jobs:
ARTSEARCH
Artsearch is free. All job seekers have to do is:
- create an account for free with TCG
- click the search link on the Artsearch page and search for jobs, newest jobs are posted first.
LORT DATABASE
Database of opportunities for jobs and internships at the 79 League of Resident Theatres in the U.S.
Paid theatre internships and assistantships
Please plan ahead and check for deadlines; some are as early as December or January the preceding year.
For summer opportunities, please check the summer page
- Portland Stage (Portland, Maine)
- Berkeley Rep (Berkeley, California)
- Playwrights Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
- McCarter Theatre (Princeton, New Jersey)
- Studio Theatre (Washington D.C.)
- Seattle Rep (Seattle, Washington)
- Asolo Rep (Sarasota, Florida)
- Manhattan Theatre Club (New York)
- Glimmerglass Opera (Coopertown, New York)
- Public Theater (New York)
- Metropolitan Opera (New York)
- New York Theatre Workshop (New York)
- Olney Theatre (Olney, Maryland)
- Milwaukee Rep (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
- Arena Stage (Washington, D.C.)
- Broadway Rose (Portland)
- Steppenwolf (Chicago)
- Theater Mu (St. Paul, Minnesota)
- Alliance Theatre (Atlanta, Georgia)
- Arden Theatre ( Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- Florida Studio Theater (Sarasota, Florida)
Select Training Opportunities
- PETE ICP (Portland)
- Dell’Arte International (Blue Lake, CA)
- New England Center for Circus Arts (Brattleboro, VT)
- Double Edge Theatre (Ashfield, Massachusetts)
Select Graduate School Opportunities
- David Geffen (Yale) School of Drama
- CalArts
- UW School of Drama
- Pig Iron
- Meadows School of the Arts, SMU
- USC Screenwriting
- USC
- Tufts
- UCLA
- NYU Performance Studies
- Brown
- Northwestern
- University of Minnesota