LocationL10 Arts and Cultural Center10 Lafayette Avenue, 4th FloorBrooklyn, NY 11217

Hi-ARTS is building a short list of sound operators to support their programming at L10 Arts & Cultural Center. 

These temporary positions will support Hi-ARTS Programming: Artist Residencies, Journal 2 Journey, and others. Hi-ARTS programs are designed to center process and creative development. We aim to empower artists to develop bold new work while creating a positive and lasting impact on our community.

Artists on the short list will receive priority for upcoming contracts. Artists of the Global Majority are highly encouraged to apply. 

Ideal candidates will have experience in audio recording, sound engineering, and mastering for live performance. Further requirements and full equipment list listed below. 

To apply: Email search@hi-artsnyc.org with an updated resume and the subject line “Sound Operator - YOUR NAME”. Selected applicants will be invited to a short Zoom call with Hi-ARTS staff. 

Apply by: Monday, April 16, 2026

LocationL10 Arts and Cultural Center10 Lafayette Avenue, 4th FloorBrooklyn, NY 11217

Hi-ARTS is building a short list of lighting designers to support their programming at L10 Arts & Cultural Center. 

These temporary positions will support Hi-ARTS Programming: Artist Residencies, Journal 2 Journey, and others. Hi-ARTS programs are designed to center process and creative development. We aim to empower artists to develop bold new work while creating a positive and lasting impact on our community.

Artists on the short list will receive priority for upcoming contracts. Artists of the Global Majority are highly encouraged to apply. 

Ideal candidates will have experience in theater, lighting design and storytelling, and lighting operation. 

Further requirements and full equipment list listed below. 

To apply: Email search@hi-artsnyc.org with an updated resume and the subject line “Lighting Designer - YOUR NAME”. Selected applicants will be invited to a short Zoom call with Hi-ARTS staff. 

Submission Deadline: April 13, 2026

JOB DESCRIPTION: VIDEOGRAPHER

Start Date: April 19, 2026 

End Date: April 30, 2026 

Description: This temporary position will support Lead Artist Luz Lorenzana Twigg through the development of her creative project America is in the Heart during her April 2026 CRITICAL BREAKS Residency at Hi-ARTS.

Hi-ARTS residency programs are designed to center process and creative development. We aim to empower artists to develop bold new work while creating a positive and lasting impact on our community. Learn more about our Artist Residency Programs here.

Ideal candidates will have experience filming live theater. 

To apply: Email search@hi-artsnyc.org with an updated resume, work sample, and the subject line “Videographer - LUZ” and a Hi-ARTS team member will be in contact. 

Submission Deadline: April 13, 2026

Job Description: Stage Manager

Start Date: April 1, 2026End Date: April 30, 2026

Hi-ARTS is currently accepting applications for a temporary Stage Manager. This temporary position will support Hi-ARTS' CRITICAL BREAKS Artist Luz Lorenzana Twigg during their April 2026 Residency. This is an onsite in-person position taking place primarily at L10 Arts and Cultural Center in Downtown Brooklyn, home of Hi-ARTS.

Hi-ARTS residency programs are designed to center process and creative development. We aim to empower artists to develop bold new work while creating a positive and lasting impact on our community. Learn more about our Artist Residency Programs here.

Submission Deadline: March 30, 2026

Start Date: April 15, 2026

End Date: April 30, 2026

Hi-ARTS is currently seeking actors to participate in rehearsals and a staged reading. This temporary position will support Hi-ARTS' CRITICAL BREAKS Artist Luz Lorenzana Twigg during her April 2026 Residency. This is an onsite in-person position taking place primarily at L10 Arts and Cultural Center in Downtown Brooklyn, home of Hi-ARTS. Learn more about our Artist Residency Programs here.

To submit for this project, please read Role Descriptions and follow submission instructions below.

Submission Deadline: March 30, 2026

Please note: only those selected for a callback will be contacted.

Date: March 26, 2026

Hi-ARTS is currently seeking a bucket drummer to participate in rehearsals and a staged reading of Maleek Rae’s GUTTAH: PART II.

GUTTAH: PART II is the second installment of the trilogy play series that catalogs the assignment of many Black bloodlines to tread upon serpents. GUTTAH: PART II examines life in the hood and the black american experience not merely as struggle but as a story of royalty and spirit.

To apply: Email search@hi-artsnyc.org with an updated resume and the subject line “Photographer - MALEEK RAE” and a Hi-ARTS team member will be in contact.

Submission Deadline: March 26, 2026

Date: March 26, 2026

Hi-ARTS is currently accepting applications for a temporary photographer. This temporary creative position will support Hi-ARTS' CRITICAL BREAKS Artist Maleek Rae during the staged reading of GUTTAH: PART II.

Ideal candidates will have experience in photographing live theater.

To apply: Email search@hi-artsnyc.org with an updated resume and the subject line “Photographer - MALEEK RAE” and a Hi-ARTS team member will be in contact.

Submission Deadline: March 11, 2026

Start Date: March 7, 2026
End Date: March 26, 2026

Hi-ARTS is currently seeking actors to participate in rehearsals and a staged reading of GUTTAH: PART II for Maleek’s March CRITICAL BREAKS Residency.

Role DescriptionComfortable with poetic language and rap. Black, size inclusive, gender inclusive. Preference for gender expansive folks. Character is part of a rap trio. Open and comfortable referring to the work, the process, and their contribution as ‘ceremony’.

To submit To submit for this project, please email search@hi-artsnyc.org with the subject line “MALEEK RAE - Actor Submission” and attach the following materials:

• Headshot

• 18 Bars

• 30-second video answering the prompt: “What does ceremony mean to you?”

Submission Deadline: February 27, 2026. Please note: only those selected for a callback will be contacted.

SEEKING: Stage Manager for JOURNAL 2 JOURNEY

Start Date: March 29, 2026
End Date: May 15, 2026

Hi-ARTS and Urban Word are currently accepting applications for a Stage Manager. This temporary part-time position will support Journal 2 Journey students in the performance of their theatrical projects. This is an on-site position taking place primarily at 651 ARTS in Downtown Brooklyn, home of Hi-ARTS. 

Journal 2 Journey (J2J) is a pre-professional creative youth development program that presents poetry in a three-dimensional way by allowing students to re-imagine their poetry as theatrical one-act plays. Learn more about Journal 2 Journey here. 

Ideal candidates will have experience in theater and stage management.

To apply: Email search@hi-artsnyc.org with an updated resume and the subject line “Journal 2 Journey - STAGE MANAGER,” and a Hi-ARTS team member will be in contact.

Start Date: October 1, 2025
End Date: October 9, 2025

Hi-ARTS is currently accepting applications for a Production Assistant This temporary position will support the production of Hi-ARTS’ 25th Anniversary Celebration, Echoes of the Future. This is an on-site position in Brooklyn, NY. 

Ideal candidates will have experience in event production and/or stage management. 

To apply: Read the full Job Description and email search@hi-artsnyc.org with an updated resume and the subject line “Production Assistant Application” and a Hi-ARTS team member will be in contact. 

Application Deadline: September 1, 2025

Echoes of the Future Line Producer

Start Date: September 22, 2025
End Date: October 9, 2025

Hi-ARTS is currently accepting applications for a Line Producer. This temporary position will support the production of Hi-ARTS’ 25th Anniversary Celebration, Echoes of the Future, taking place in Brooklyn, NY. 

Ideal candidates will have experience in event production and/or stage management. 

To apply:

Read the full Job Description and email search@hi-artsnyc.org with an updated resume and the subject line “Line Producer Application” and a Hi-ARTS team member will be in contact. 

Application Deadline: September 1, 2025

SEEKING: Actor

Start Date: June 10, 2025
End Date: June 26, 2025  

Hi-ARTS is currently seeing an actor to participate in rehearsals and a staged reading of ALLE MIMS A SOVIET FILM ON NEGRO LIFE IN AMERICA for CRITICAL BREAKS at Hi-ARTS.

Hi-ARTS is currently accepting applications for a temporary Stage Manager. This temporary position will support Hi-ARTS' Artist Jeffrey Rashad during their April 2025 Artist Intensive. This is an onsite in-person position taking place primarily at El Barrio's Artspace PS 109 in East Harlem, home of Hi-ARTS.

Jay Saint Flono is seeking sopranos and mezzo-sopranos of African descent for supporting roles in a CRITICAL BREAKS Residency and a WORK IN PROCESS reading of a new mythological opera, Spirit in the Vine at Hi-ARTS. Multi-genre singers and singers with theatrical backgrounds are highly encouraged to audition. 

Hi-ARTS is currently accepting applications for a temporary Composer/Musician. This temporary position will support Hi-ARTS' CRITICAL BREAKS Artist Evelyn Tejeda during their March 2025 Residency. This position will involve both remote and in-person collaboration, culminating in the development of original music for Temporary Flesh, Evelyn’s latest work in progress. In-person days will take place primarily at El Barrio's Artspace PS109 in East Harlem, home of Hi-ARTS.

Hi-ARTS is currently accepting applications for a temporary Costume Designer. This temporary position will support Hi-ARTS' CRITICAL BREAKS Artist Evelyn Tejeda during their March 2025 Residency. This is an onsite in-person position taking place primarily at El Barrio's Artspace PS109 in East Harlem, home of Hi-ARTS.

Hi-ARTS is currently accepting applications for a temporary Residency Assistant. This temporary position will support Hi-ARTS' CRITICAL BREAKS Artist Evelyn Tejeda during her March 2025 Residency. This is an onsite in-person position taking place primarily at El Barrio's Artspace PS 109 in East Harlem, home of Hi-ARTS.

Hi-ARTS residency programs are designed to center process and creative development. We aim to empower artists to develop bold new work while creating a positive and lasting impact on our community. Learn more about our Artist Residency Programs here.

Hi-ARTS is currently accepting applications for a temporary Stage Hand to Reynaldo Piniella. This temporary position will support Artist Reynaldo Piniella during his CRITICAL BREAKS Residency. This is an onsite in-person position taking place primarily at the home of Hi-ARTS in El Barrio's Artspace PS109 in East Harlem.

Hi-ARTS is currently accepting applications for a temporary Stage Manager. This temporary part-time position will support Artist Reynaldo Piniella during their CRITICAL BREAKS Residency. This is an onsite in-person position taking place primarily at the home of Hi-ARTS in El Barrio's Artspace PS109 in East Harlem.

Hi-ARTS is currently accepting applications for a Residency Videographer for Reynaldo Piniella. This temporary position will support Hi-ARTS' CRITICAL BREAKS Artist Reynaldo Piniella during his 2024 Fall Residency. This is an onsite in-person position taking place at El Barrio's Artspace PS 109 in East Harlem (home of Hi-ARTS).