Assistant Professor or Associate Professor in Musical Theatre

School of Theatre + Dance; Gainesville (FL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Florida School of Theatre and Dance seeks an Assistant or Associate Professor of Musical Theatre to provide collaborative leadership for the BFA Musical Theatre program through teaching, student mentorship, recruitment, and service. The candidate will bring professional performances and contribute to undergraduate development, across acting, voice, and dance curricula.

The role includes teaching a range of courses, directing productions, and coordinating curriculum in a major

Qualifications

• Proven professional performance experience in musical theatre.
• Experience teaching mentorship and advising undergraduate students.
• Ability to recruit and support student development.
• Capability to coordinate curriculum and program development.

Responsibilities

• Teach courses from introductory to advanced levels in musical theatre.
• Direct fall and/or concert musical productions and collaborate with production staff.
• Mentor BFA Musical Theatre and Acting students and contribute to recruitment activities.
• Support curriculum development, assessment, and program growth across acting, voice, and dance.

Skills

Professional theatre

Collaboration

Mentorship

Recruitment

Undergraduate teaching

Job description

The University of Florida School of Theatre and Dance (SoTD) seeks an Assistant or Associate Professor of Musical Theatre to provide collaborative leadership for the BFA Musical Theatre program through teaching, creative/professional practice, student mentorship, recruitment, and service. The successful candidate will bring professional performance experience in musical theatre, including experience in established regional, national, touring, commercial or comparable professional markets along with a demonstrated ability to support the artistic, academic and professional development of undergraduate students through teaching, coaching, directing, mentorship, professional training or related experience.

The successful candidate will teach a range of courses from introductory through advanced levels, with responsibilities that may include Musical Theatre performance and scene study, professional preparation, audition techniques, musical theatre history, acting through song, and other courses appropriate to the candidate's expertise and the instructional needs of the School. The faculty member may also contribute to beginning and intermediate acting and introductory directing.

This position requires substantial engagement with performance curricula and student mentorship across the program. The successful candidate will guide the coordination and continued development of the Musical Theatre program in collaboration with faculty colleagues while mentoring BFA Musical Theatre and Acting students in their academic, artistic, and professional development. The candidate will value collaborative, integrated Musical Theatre training and work effectively across acting, voice/music, and dance curricula in support of the development of well‑rounded contemporary musical theatre artists. The candidate will also contribute to curriculum development and assessment, as well as student recruitment and retention.

The successful candidate will contribute to the School’s production season through directing the fall musical and/or concert musical productions, as assigned, and will work collaboratively across both production and academic areas of the School. This includes collaboration with directors, choreographers, designers, accompanists, production personnel, guest artists, and student artists, as well as close collaboration with the School Director, SoTD Producing Director, Degree Coordinators, Theatre Studies and Performance faculty, SoTD Accompanist, and other faculty and staff within the School of Theatre and Dance. The successful candidate should be able to work effectively within the School’s existing resources and production structures while maintaining an active professional practice and connections to regional and national professional markets. The position requires a strong commitment to collegiality, collaborative work, and excellence in undergraduate education within a broad-based liberal arts university.

The faculty member will actively recruit promising students for the Musical Theatre program and participate in School of Theatre and Dance recruitment activities, which may require travel. The faculty member will also participate in School, College, University, and professional service; shared governance; academic advising; campus outreach; and donor‑relations activities.

The School values faculty who maintain an active professional practice while contributing fully to the educational mission of the University. Candidates should demonstrate an interest in helping shape the evolving future of musical theatre training and in preparing students for the changing professional landscape.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate technological fluency and adaptability across contemporary digital environments, both in preparing students for the professional musical theatre industry and in effectively navigating the teaching, communication, collaboration, and administrative responsibilities of a major research university.

The University of Florida College of the Arts intends to be a transformative community, responding to and generating paradigmatic shifts in the arts and beyond. As artists and scholars, we embrace the complexity of our evolving human experience and seek to empower our students and faculty to shape that experience fearlessly through critical study, creative practice, and provocation. We seek a colleague who identifies as a change‑maker. We seek a colleague who will position emerging artists and researchers as catalysts for justice on local and global levels.

This position is covered by the United Faculty of Florida Contract. You can view this employment union contract here https://admin.hr.ufl.edu/compliance/employee-relations-and-ethics/union-negotiations/united-faculty-of-florida-contract/.