Opportunities

This position will begin August 2025. Shifts to fill include evenings and weekends and may include some weekday shifts depending on performance schedules and the needs of the theatre.
Please clearly outline your availability in your application.

Responsibilities will include:

-Greeting patrons at the front desk
-Processing ticket transactions by phone and in-person
-Ticket distribution on performance days
-General customer service/administration duties

Job Requirements:

• 1-2 years experience providing customer service, preferably in a sales environment
• Comfortable with handling cash
• Excellent phone and face-to-face presentation skills
• Enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, both independently and as a team player
• Bilingualism

The position is part-time and reports to the Box Office Manager. The hourly rate is $18.00/hour.

Only qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews.

Please submit your cover letter and CV to Micaela Fernandez:
boxoffice@centaurtheatre.com

Centaur Theatre Company is committed to diversity in the workplace, and we encourage all qualified candidates to apply and to self-identify if they so choose. We hope to receive applications from candidates with a broad range of backgrounds. We are also committed to a safe & respectful workplace, free from discrimination, harassment, bullying, or other forms of oppression.

Submit your project to WinterWorks 2027 by August 1, 2026

WinterWorks is dedicated to boundary-pushing performance projects

Providing a dedicated platform for experimentation and artistry that challenges convention, WinterWorks supports and presents projects that take artistic risks, ask innovative theatrical questions, and push the boundaries of performance. WinterWorks is for projects that examine or engage with the “how” of theatre and storytelling.

WinterWorks is open to applications from established companies and emerging artists alike.

WinterWorks 2027, presented at Centaur Theatre in January-February 2027, will feature:

• Two productions, each receiving a technical residency and one week of performances in Centaur 1 or Centaur 2;
• Unconventional-space performances; and
• Readings of new work.

Priority will be given to artists with a connection to Montreal.

Please note: All production proposals must already have been the subject of prior research and/or have completed at least one stage of development. These projects must now be ready for the next stage in their evolution: public presentation in January-February 2027.

All WinterWorks projects are presented by Centaur Theatre, but produced by the selected artist(s), collectives, or companies.

Key Information: Production Stream

Priority will be given to projects that emphasize the technical aspects and boundary-pushing nature of their work in their application, and to projects that would benefit from a week-long technical residency in the theatre.

This stream is intended for applicants looking to produce a fully realized production.

WinterWorks will provide:

• A week of technical rehearsals in the Centaur Theatre space
• 5 to 6 public performances in January-February 2027
• Technical equipment specific to the venue
• Promotion through the Centaur website and communications department
• A guaranteed fee of minimum 4500$, including a box office split.

Key Information: Unconventional Space Stream

Priority will be given to projects that offer new perspectives on the relationship between audience and performance, with the goal of presenting 1 or 2 performances either in the gallery or another Centaur space.

WinterWorks will provide:

• 1 to 2 day(s) of technical set-up time blocks
• 1 to 2 public performances
• Technical equipment specific to the venue
• Promotion through the Centaur website and communications department
• A guaranteed fee of minimum 1000$ for projects selected through this call

Key Information: Reading Stream

Reading applications are open to in-development projects, with priority given to projects that already have members of the creative teamattached.

WinterWorks will provide:

• Technical set-up time and 1 rehearsal block in the theatre (if needed)
• 1 public performance in Centaur 1 or 2
• Technical equipment specific to the venue
• Promotion through the Centaur website and communications department
• A guaranteed fee of minimum 500$ for projects selected through this call

How to Apply

Please submit:

• Project description (approximately 500 words maximum)
• Why should your project be part of WinterWorks 2027? (approximately 500 words maximum)
• Archival materials and/or a brief history of the project’s evolution, if available
• Brief team biographies
• Script sample or other supporting materials are welcome but not mandatory

Please note: Centaur Theatre is committed to platforming artists from historically underrepresented communities. We actively encourage applications from women, racialized persons/people of colour, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, and members of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities.

Deadline for all streams: August 1, 2026

Submit your application to winterworks@centaurtheatre.com.

Only selected applicants will be contacted by the WinterWorks selection committee during the selection process.