Office of the Executive Director for the Arts
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Date First Posted: 11/13/2009 Closing Date: 11/30/2009 Location: Chapel Hill
Minimum Education and Experience: High school diploma or equivalency and three years of progressively responsible administrative/office management experience; or Associate's degree in secretarial science, business administration, or a related discipline and one year of progressively responsible administrative/office management experience ; or Bachelor's degree, preferably in business administration or a related discipline; or equivalent combination of training and experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.
Essential Skills, Knowledge and Abilities: This position provides wide-ranging administrative support including routine correspondence, travel arrangements, and assistance with the coordination of logistical aspects of performances on the Carolina Performing Arts series under the Office of the Executive Director for the Arts (EDA). This will include fulfilling the contracted needs of the performing artists on the Series. Interpersonal and problem solving skills are important, as well as: The ability to prioritize and negotiate the organization's needs, as well as those of the visiting artists. The ability to plan and organize details for large productions with great attention and accuracy. Demonstrate a significant knowledge of the goals, priorities, and commitments of the Office of the EDA. Strong verbal and written communication skills. This position is being recruited for at the Journey level under the Career Banding program.
The hiring range for this position is $29,000 - $38,000, and the salary grade equivalent is 64.
Preferred Qualifications: This position originally supported the Executive Director for the Arts. As this department has grown and the caliber and number of performing artists has escalated, it has become necessary to shift the assistance that this position offers to the Manager of Artistic Affairs. This individual will serve as the primary administrative support to all artistic affairs in the Office of the Executive Director for the Arts by playing a critical role in the successes of the time artists spend in Chapel Hill to perform on the Carolina Performing Arts series in Memorial Hall. Graduation from high school and three years of progressively responsible administrative/office management experience; or graduation from a two-year secretarial science or business administration program and one year of experience as described above; or graduation from a four-year college or university, preferably with major emphasis on Business administration or a related field; or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
Position/Work Schedule Requirements: M-F 800 - 500 Overtime occasionally

David Sedaris’
The Santaland Diaries
Triad Stage’s UpStage Cabaret
November 19 – December 19, 2009
Pictured: Jim Moscater as Crumpet in Triad Stage’s The Santaland Diaries. Photo: Triad Stage.
Jim Moscater is the disgruntled Macy’s elf Crumpet in this comedy for grown ups.Triad Stage presents the return of David Sedaris’ hit one-man show, The Santaland Diaries, in The UpStage Cabaret. Welcome back the quintessential elf gone bad in this hilarious antidote for holiday havoc. Spend some time with the irreverent Crumpet – one of Santa’s little helpers during the Macy’s Christmas shopping rush – as he copes with thousands of shoppers and their kiddies with his whacked out, wicked wit. The Santaland Diaries runs November 19 through December 19, 2009.
Opening Night is Thursday, November 19.
The Santaland Diaries is not recommended for younger audiences.
David Sedaris, a native of Raleigh, North Carolina, originally wrote the essay The Santaland Diaries as a true account of his time spent working as an elf in “SantaLand” at Macy’s department store in New York City. Sedaris gained national fame after reading the essay on National Public Radio in 1992, and published it in his collections Barrel Fever and Holidays on Ice. In 1996, Tony Award®-winning director Joe Mantello (Wicked, 9 to 5) adapted the story as a one-act, one-man stage play.
This production marks the fourth time The Santaland Diaries has been performed at Triad Stage, the first two times being MainStage holiday specials in 2004 and 2005, and the third was the 2008 sold-out production in The UpStage Cabaret. This new production is directed by Jim Wren, a professor of Theatre at UNC Greensboro, where he just directed the hit Evil Dead: The Musical. Jim Moscater dons the elf outfit as Crumpet. Moscater earned his MFA degree in Theatre at UNC Greensboro. In addition to acting, he is a novelist, and will publish his first book, “You’re Never Alone” in 2010. He is also a writer/researcher/consulta
All performances are at Triad Stage’s UpStage Cabaret on the top floor of The Pyrle Theater, located at 232 South Elm Street in historic downtown Greensboro, North Carolina
Show times for The Santaland Diaries are Thursdays – Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., with additional late night performances Fridays and Saturdays at 10:00 p.m.
There is no performance on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26.
To purchase tickets or for performance information on The Santaland Diaries, call the Triad Stage Box Office at 336.272.0160 or toll-free at 866.579.TIXX (8499), or visit www.triadstage.org.
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