Being a part of a circus community is a great way to exercise all of your creative outlets and explore different production elements you may be interested in. The board members of Circus Louisiana and the owners of The Acadian Circus would like to open an opportunity for everyone to help drive the creation and production of our shows and events. For those who are interested in joining the Production Committee, please carefully read the expectations and tasks before filling out the requested information. Selections will be made by the board and owners.

Expectations

Production of our shows and events takes a village, and the more people we have who are interested and willing, the better our shows can be! But, it takes hard work and commitment to make these performances happen. See below for some of the things you can expect for the select shows or performances you are involved with. If you are unable to meet these general expectations for the shows you are involved in, the board/owners are always open to adjusting your contributions to better align with your strengths and availability.

• Meetings: Creative teams will meet regularly to discuss the progress and plan out tasks and timelines. The closer to, or the larger the event, the more frequent the meetings. Meetings are scheduled by each team based on majority availability. 

• Email/Text/Communication: You will need to be easily reachable and responsive to any and all questions, requests, task updates etc. 

• Task Management: Depending on the role you volunteer for, you may be juggling a few different items at once. Task and time management skills are going to be crucial to ensure success.

• Availability: We know most of our organization work full time jobs outside of the entertainment industry and we do our best to accommodate everyone’s schedules, but being available for meetings, task completion etc. is expected if you volunteer for a show.
  

Areas of Interest/Need

These are some of the things you can volunteer for (feel free to suggest others if there is something in particular you would like to do!):

• Event Manager (point of contact at event, ensure performers are safe and participating, take photos and videos of the performers at the event, etc.)

• Organize photo shoot days

• Organize performer photos for marketing items

• Interact with all social media posts (share, like, comment, invite etc.)

• Props (creation, management on show day)

• Rigging (training, rehearsal  attendance, AND show day required)

• Stage management (both at rehearsals and at shows)

• Performer/Practice communication (organize practices and communicate dates)

• Script (write a script or want to help develop)

• Music (research songs for particular events)

• Sound editing (assisting with pre-recording of sound effects or narration, or music editing)

• Lighting (with existing lighting equipment or at venues like Manship)

• Actors/Actresses (if you don’t have a circus discipline and still want to participate)

• Contacting local businesses (for advertising, sponsorships etc)

• Show Selection (the board/owners would love to have some input from our performers)

• Casting assistance (help analyze casting videos using casting criteria set by creative team)

• Costumes (have a sewing machine and want to use it?)

• Budgeting (if you have a thing for numbers)