Get Involved: Designers & Managers

Welcome to University Theater! We’re delighted you’re thinking of becoming a designer or manager for a UT production.

Ongoing workshops may have lead design positions open and lead designers/managers on mainstages may be open to assistants, though positions often get filled as performances approach. Reach out to the directors and production managers below to get connected!

UT will be producing the following shows in Winter 2025:

• A Weekend of Workshops I: Blood on Our Hands, an original work by Clee & Sakina’s Restaurant by Aasaf Mandvi - 5th Week Winter, FXK Theater (Tentative)
• IF/THEN by Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt - 6th Week Winter, Theater East
• Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare - 7th Week Winter, FXK Theater
• A Weekend of Workshops II: 13th Morning by B.T. Hayes & Earth iCon - The Climatic Choice Climax by Abhishek Pandit - 8th Week Winter, FXK Theater (Tentative)

UT will be producing the following shows in Spring 2025:

• Song Cycle – 5th Week, Theater West (more details incoming!)
• Cactus Flower by Abe Burrows – 7th Week, Theater East
• The Tempest: The Artisan’s Storm by William Shakespeare and adapted by Josiah Rubio – 8th Week, location TBD

Would you like to get involved as a manager or designer? Feel free to contact the following:

• Blood on Our Hand: Clee (Director)
• Sakina’s Restaurant: Antrita Manduva (Director)
• IF/THEN: Abby Kanes, Maya Doyle (Production Manager)
• Troilus and Cressida: Ryan Witter (Director), [Eleni Lefakis] (mailto:elenilefakis@uchicago.edu)(Production Manager)
• 13th Morning: Nathalie Lam (Co-Director), Ryan Cairns (Co-Director)
• Earth iCon - The Climatic Choice Climax: University Theater Committee (UT Committee)
• Song Cycle: TBD
• Cactus Flower: Joseph Depaula (Director), Rachel Bolte (Production Manager)
• The Tempest: The Artisan’s Storm: Josiah Rubio (Co-Director), Lucy Whitehead (Co-Director), Alasdair Dodd (Production Manager)

Do you have any additional questions about design or management in UT? Feel free to send them to UT Committee at ut-committee@uchicago.edu!

Current openings

Design & Management Interest Form

Fill out the form below to get your name out to production teams and future proposers!

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Proposers can reach out to committee or committee members if they would like to review viewing a list of interested designers and managers