Director of Development

The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center via TOC Arts Partners; Waterford (CT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT seeks a Director of Development to lead all fundraising efforts, cultivate individual donors, and steward relationships with boards and volunteers. The role requires strategic planning, excellent communication, and a track record in philanthropy to support programs across national and regional initiatives.

Based in Waterford, the center offers a vibrant artistic community and opportunities to grow relationships with donors across the country,

Job description

The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, one of the American theater’s most celebrated homes for artistic creation, seeks a new Director of Development. Based in Waterford, Connecticut, the organization seeks a candidate who will become an active member of the O’Neill community both locally, throughout the region, and nationally, deepening some of the O’Neill’s most important philanthropic relationships. They will be an organized communicator and manager, well-versed in individual donor cultivation and solicitation, and knowledgeable about working with Boards.

Founded in 1964 by George C. White and named in honor of Eugene O’Neill, the O'Neill has launched some of the most important voices and works in American theater and has revolutionized the way new work is developed. O’Neill programs include the National Playwrights Conference, National Music Theater Conference, National Critics Institute, National Puppetry Conference, Cabaret & Performance Conference, National Theater Institute – which offers six credit-earning undergraduate training programs – and more. The O’Neill has been home to more than 1,000 new works for the stage and thousands more emerging artists. Writers, directors, puppeteers, singers, students, and audiences alike take their first steps in exploring, revising, and understanding their work and the potential of the theater they help create.