PRODUCTION DESIGNER for 2026 Tour of “The Garden” Interactive Outdoor TVY

Compensation

Compensation for the designer is a flat rate of $3500. The scenic budget is $8,000–$10,000, including fabrication costs.

View callout on our website at www.flying-leap.com/hiringFlying Leap Productions, a nonprofit producer of boundary-breaking performance for families, is seeking to fill several roles for a 2026 NYC tour of The Garden, an interactive outdoor performance welcoming very young children under 5 and their families into nature, in public parks. The 2026 tour will visit public parks and NYCHA developments in all 5 boroughs, in partnership with the New Victory Theater. We are seeking two multilingual performers, a musician, a Production Stage Manager, a Movement Dramaturg, and a Production Designer.

We are seeking a talented Production Designer to design a modular touring set, including audience seating, featuring natural and eco-friendly materials. Design to include a number of small hand props. A costume designer will need to be hired in Spring 2026; multi-disciplinary designers interested in whole-production design are strongly encouraged to apply.

Experience working with small tours creating space for interactive performance, TYA/TVY, and/or outdoor performance is a strong plus.

Must be available for observation and design sessions the week of December 1st, 2026.

Compensation for the designer is a flat rate of $3500. The scenic budget is $8,000–$10,000, including fabrication costs.

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About The Garden

The Garden is a radically inclusive, meditative performance exploring the life cycle with very young children and their families in public green spaces. In The Garden, families experience the life cycle through all five senses – through movement theater, poetic text in three languages, and interactive play – seated in the grass beneath the open sky in their local public park.

We encourage you to learn more about The Garden at www.flying-leap.com/garden

Commitment Dates

Performances will take place in Fall 2026 across the 5 boroughs of NYC; rehearsals in August 2026 at the New Victory theater, touring dates to include 2-3 days of performances per week in September–October 2026, primarily weekend mornings/afternoons. Auditions and developmental workshop sessions December 1-6, 2025 at the New Victory Theater.

Pay Rate Policy

Flying Leap’s pay equity policy is based on the living wage, and meets or exceeds W.A.G.E. rates and comparable union/guild rates when available. This is a non-equity production.

About Flying Leap

Flying Leap is a nonprofit family theater company led by a dynamic, passionate team of artists. Together, we make and produce site-specific, radically accessible, participatory theater for families around tough topics. Our work serves marginalized families through collaboration with diverse artists, audiences, and community partners, and our core values are collaboration, care, queerness, access, and joy.  www.flying-leap.com

Flying Leap Productions is committed to inclusion and to building ensembles that reflect the diverse lived experiences of our audiences. Professionals of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, are encouraged to apply.

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