Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre and Directing Job at Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE

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  • Nebraska Wesleyan University
  • Lincoln, NE

Job Description

Nebraska Wesleyan University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre and Directing for the Theatre Arts Program. The start date for this position will be August 2025.

Nebraska Wesleyan University is a private university with a commitment to liberal arts and has approximately 1500 undergraduates located in the capital city of Nebraska.  

This is a full-time, benefit eligible position, which includes a comprehensive package including health, vision and dental insurance benefits, retirement benefits, and a generous holiday schedule, among other benefits.

Responsibilities:

This faculty member will play a primary role in helping coordinate NWU’s BFA Musical Theatre program. Responsibilities include teaching musical theatre classes and voice lessons and serving as musical director and/or stage director for musical theatre productions. Depending on the applicant’s qualifications, other teaching duties may include teaching dance, theatre classes in the acting and directing curricula, staging plays, and choreography, as well as teaching in NWU’s Archway Curriculum. This faculty member will also actively assist in the recruitment of prospective students.

Qualifications:

  • Terminal degree (MFA or PhD) in Theatre or MA with five or more years of professional musical theatre and directing experience.
  • Previous teaching and stage direction experience and prospective student recruitment experience preferred.
  • Ability to work collaboratively with other faculty, staff, directors and designers.
  • Ability to maintain a strong, positive, professional approach to theatre training.

Commitment to Diversity:

Diversity is a core value of Nebraska Wesleyan University's mission and we embrace it as a source of strength.  Applicants are encouraged to demonstrate how they are able to enhance and embrace this University core value in a diversity statement submitted as part of their application materials. 

Nebraska Wesleyan University provides equal educational and employment opportunities to qualified persons in all areas of university operation without regard to religion or creed, age, genetic information, gender identity and expression, sexual identity and orientation, veteran status, disability, marital status, race, or national or ethnic origin, in compliance with state and federal laws, including but not limited to Title XII, Title IX, and the ADA. E-Verify, EOE

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