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: 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.

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). 

Stage Manager to Sun Songs

Hi-ARTS is currently accepting applications for a temporary Stage Manager. This temporary part-time position supporting Hi-ARTS' CRITICAL BREAKS Alum Katie Madison during her 2024 residency at Leslie Lohman.

POSITION FILLED: CRITICAL BREAKS Residency Videographer for Cheri L. Stokes

Hi-ARTS is currently accepting applications for a temporary Residency Videographer. This temporary part-time position will support Hi-ARTS' CRITICAL BREAKS Artist Cheri Stokes during her 2024 Spring Residency. This is an onsite, in-person position taking place partially at El Barrio's Artspace PS 109 in East Harlem (home of Hi-ARTS), and partially at Brooklyn Arts Exchange.