Climb Aboard and Join the Crew!

Ahoy, #TechTuesday mateys! In two short weeks, Captain Kristen Jepperson will be recruiting brave souls to sail on the SS Jingle Crew and, oh buoy, we can’t wait. Why should you leave your landlubbing ways behind and interview to join the crew? Keep yer eyes here and there may be tech treasure to be found!

Learn to see “aye” to “aye” with your crewmates. From building sets in the shop to working together backstage or at front-of-house, joining an Encore crew is a great way to make new friends and development your communication and leadership skills.

Get some sea-riously useful experience. Impress your parents using your new skills with power tools or future college recruiters with resume-building customer service interactions; serving on an Encore crew has benefits that go far beyond the run of the show.

Head starboard! To your Star Award, that is! In order to qualify for the most prestigious of Encore treasures, students must have participated in at least eight Encore Stage & Studio productions: two onstage, two backstage on tech crew, three in either capacity and one front of house crew. Time to set sail and let your journey begin!

Still feeling un-shore? Check out the antics of our jolly Crewtons on Instagram and read some of their “swell” responses below:

  • Building stuff!
  • Getting to see what’s going on behind the scenes.
  • Opening night! (It’s even better with M&Ms!)
  • Working with awesome teachers like Kristen and Rebecca!
  • Seeing the finished product. It is so cool to know that I helped build that [set] and now it’s on stage.

If you’re ready to climb on board, come out to auditions for Jingle ARRGH the Way, September 10th and 11th at Encore’s Main Campus. You’ll have the chance to meet with Captain Kristen and interview for a chance to serve on her crew. Don’t worry – we won’t let anyone walk the plank…unless it’s to the moving truck!

Photos by Aileen Pangan and Larry McClemons. Blog contribution by Shannon McCarthy.