THE BITTER

After four years at Rumble Theatre, we are sad to say goodbye to Rumbler, colleague, and friend Jarin Schexnider (Managing Director).

From our Artistic Director, Jiv Parasram:

“It’s always bittersweet when a Rumbler goes. It’s sad to not see a friend day to day, but on the plus side, as long as I’ve been here, whenever someone leaves it’s usually for a good reason.

Working with Jarin the past 4 years has been a great opportunity – their curatorial influence helped to push Rumble deeper into multidisciplinary territory. We wish nothing but joy and success for Jarin and WhatLab – and are excited to now freely and shamelessly pitch them more collaborations on the future!!”

From outgoing Managing Director, Jarin Schexnider:

“I’m so grateful for my time at Rumble, and the collaborators and colleagues I met along the way. The way they consider and make space for community feels so special and unparalleled, it was a privilege to hold that work and support it in my own little way. I grew as an administrator thanks to those I worked alongside, and I’m excited to use that knowledge as I go all in on my work at What Lab.”

THE SWEET

Taking on the helm of Managing Director, is our current Managing Producer and long time Rumbler: Maria Zarrillo! They bring a wealth of experience in producing and Stage Management, and has worked at Rumble Theatre in different capacities over the years. Congrats Maria, we’re so happy to have you!

From incoming Managing Director Maria Zarrillo:

“In 2021, freshly on the job hunt, I cold-called a handful of folks I admired—Rumble was at the top of that list. Twenty minutes after hitting send, I got a call from Jiv to help with an upcoming cabaret and the rest is history. What’s kept me close to Rumble ever since is our commitment to socially and politically responsive work, and its deep investment in people, process, and experimentation. It’s rare to find an organization that so genuinely prioritizes humanity across every level—from how we work with artists to how our staff structure operates. I feel incredibly lucky to be working alongside such a powerhouse group of colleagues and collaborators, and to support the vital, boundary-pushing work that Rumble champions.”

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Join our Board!

Are you a fan of our work, or otherwise general cool Vibe? Looking for a way to get involved? Join our Board!

Rumble is in search of new board members to join our board of awesome folks. Rumble is a registered charity and not-for-profit organization, and as such Board Members play a vital role in overseeing the goings on of the organization, and helping us expand our networks to different communities.

Board members commit to:

• Attending Board meetings (every two months, with a break in the summer months)
• Serving on a Board/Staff sub-committee relevant to their growth and interests
• Voting on resolutions regarding the operations of the organizations
• Providing relevant advice to the staff of Rumble based on their expertise
• Helping to promote the organization as an ambassador in their networks, including fundraising initiatives
• Attending and participating in Rumble’s Annual General Meeting (usually November/December each year)

Who makes a good board member?

• Communicative
• Endeavouring to devote some volunteer time to the cultural sector
• A fan of Live Performance
• Can attend most of the board meetings over the year

What kind of expertise do I need?

Rumble aims to keep our board well balanced with a mix of folks of varying levels and areas of experience to encourage knowledge exchange and mutual benefit in learning between board members and the staff. That said, areas we are currently seeking expertise on include:

• Financial Management and Accounting
• Fundraising and Development
• Marketing and Communications
• HR, Labour Policy & Governance
• Emerging Artist Perspectives

How do I apply?

Those who are interested should send an email to Jivesh Parasram, Artistic Director (jiv@rumble.org) indicating their interest, and relevant expertise (including other expertise not listed above), as well as areas they are hoping to learn more about if applicable. A CV is also appreciated, but not essential.

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Part Time / Full Time

Rumble is seeking an Artistic Producer or Artistic Producers (plural) to join in the general operations of the organisation. The position(s) could be part time or full time, applicants are encouraged to propose their preferred scenario.

We have advertised the position or positions as “Artistic Producer” as it covers the widest range of duties and responsibilities. The exact job title will ultimately be determined based on one’s application and completion of Rumble’s recruitment phase.  

Read on for more details…

Deadline for application: JULY 4th 2023

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Organizational Description

Rumble creates, presents, and produces contemporary performance. Working in a decentralized collective model, Rumble is committed to prioritizing projects and initiatives that utilize art to expand collective imagination, collaboration, and build a deeper understanding of relationality and community.

For over 30 years Rumble has operated as a chameleon in our local community, with a strong priority on sector development. Though our artistic vision has morphed along with our leadership since our inception, one of Rumble’s core aims has always been to respond to our ecology using our infrastructure to enhance, strengthen, and develop the independent theatre community in Metro Vancouver.

Mandate

To produce, develop, and present contemporary theatre and performance, and to enable opportunity for innovation within arts and culture.

Core company values

Curiosity: Maintain an active and open approach to people, thought, expression, ideas, and worldviews.

Courage: Have courage to destabilize norms, encourage risk, engage in grey areas, respond to need, and to operate irrespective of precedent.

Reciprocity: Respect and trust in our collaborations, and relationships built on equitably fostering mutual benefit.

Territorial context

Rumble Theatre has operated on the traditional, unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations since its founding in 1991. Long before Rumble, and longer still before the confederation of Canada, the territory we operate on was home to a thriving Indigenous culture and ways of being. Though the maintenance of this way of life has been continuously challenged by colonization and occupation, the Indigenous cultures of this territory continue to this day with vitality.

As a long-time producer of Canadian Culture and core grant recipient from federal, provincial, and municipal funders, we recognize our positioning within the history and the ongoing realities of a larger nationalist project of occupation. We engage with this position critically, acknowledging and challenging its limitations. Rumble as an organization is committed to our staff and board growing their understanding of and engagement with the knowledge of this territory, its peoples, and the ways of knowing and being that continue to care for and heal this territory.

Job Description 

Hello! This is written by your prospective co-worker, I’m a real person! 

Here’s the deal, we’ve got some team members moving onto some new great things, and we’ve got a bunch of tasks that need to be done.

Rather than prescribing a specific position, we figured we would list them here and allow applicants the chance to construct the job that they would ideally like to do. And also tell us how many work  hours they think that would be.

Based on what needs to be done, we believe that this is approximately 1.2 FTE (full-time-equivalent) worth of labour. This translates into a total of about 6 days/week or approximately 48 hours/Week.

Full Time positions at Rumble are those exceeding approximately 4.5 days/week. And so the total amount of work to be done exceeds one Full-Time-Position. 

Actual work hours: due to the ebbs and flows of production schedules, there may be some weeks that require full time hours, and other times that require less, and so “days per week” is a guideline. Any time exceeding an agreed upon work schedule will be compensated with time in lieu, or supplemental contracts where appropriate.

Salary: To be negotiated according to proposed position and hours.

Explanation of organisational pay scale:

Rumble currently maintains the following payscale and endeavours to meet or exceed Living Wage for the city of Vancouver as calculated by Living Wage For Families BC. 

Contractors: $25/hr-  short term, usually project specific or task based work not regarding long term oversight or the managing of others.

Managers: $28/h, or approx $10,752/day annually – departmental management or jobs requiring long term oversight of projects or initiatives including managing external contractors. 

Executive/Leadership: $30/hr or approx $11,520/day annually – Executive representatives of the organisation responsible for long term global oversight, employee and contractor management, strategic planning, and development of governance policies in collaboration with the Board of Directors. 

Job Titles

We have advertised the position or positions as “Artistic Producer” as it covers the widest range of duties and responsibilities. The exact job title will ultimately be determined based on one’s application, and completion of Rumble’s recruitment phase. 

Estimated Work Times
Applicants should apply noting their best estimate, or if unsure, can indicate an estimate of a part-time or full-time commitment. Salary estimates are not required. 

Examples:

Estimated approx 2 days/week, part-time. 
Estimated 16 hours/week, P/T.

Estimated approx 5 days/week, full-time
Estimated 40 hours/week, F/T

List of duties and responsibilities in need of being covered: 

Financial Management

• Bookkeeping preparation 
• Assisting with payment of Invoices and outgoing payment schedules 
• Assisting with annual review engagement preparation
• Maintain an updated grant schedule for the organisation

Operations

• Ensuring Workplace safety and compliance to sectoral minimum standards 
• Liaising and schedule oversight with co-working space, Progress Lab 1422 
• Box Office Management
• Assist with gathering statistical data
• Proofreading and copyediting of grants narratives
• Collaborating on funding and donor development initiatives for the company as well as participating in the grant writing process; this can include Foundation grant applications and Corporate giving

Producing and Company management

• Assisting and representing Rumble at public events (e.g., shows, outreach) in collaboration with staff
• Preparation of contracts and letters of agreement to artists and contractors as required 
• Co-creation and Management of Project Budgets 
• Email communication with artist, partners, co-producers, contractors, and other project stakeholders
• Leading production meetings
• Managing venue relations
• Overseeing Event set up/strike support 
• Liaising with the city and community partners for our Tent Project

Human Resources

• Working in partnership with the Executive Core to create and foster a positive and collaborative work environment and culture
• Maintaining and Collaborating on the development of HR policy and protocol in collaboration with the Executive Core

Marketing and Communications

• Prepare regular newsletter 
• Provide updates to website and additional public facing materials 
• Draft press releases 
• Generating promo content
• Collecting artist and event partner information for event promotion
• Hiring graphic designers
• Liaising & overseeing graphic designers
• Collecting feedback and overseeing editing process on all promotion and marketing materials
• Interacting on social media as needed
• Networking and building relationships with partner organizations and target communities
• Maintaining, updating, and tracking funder recognition
• Maintaining Media List and relationships
• Coordinating and initiating media sponsorship relationships
• City bus shelter grant coordination

Qualifications

Essential

• Strong organizational skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong Communication Skills 
  • Excellent Written and Digital Communication Skills (for applicants proposing more remote working options)
• Leadership and Project Management Skills including delegation and managing teams 
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and proficient at meeting deadlines
• Comfortable working on multiple projects simultaneously
• A working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel
• Proficiency in filing and task management
• Comfortable working in team environments
• A basic understanding or willingness to learn key principles as applied to arts and culture including but not limited to:
  • Equity and inclusion
  • Decolonization and decoloniality
  • Anti-racism, racialization, and class discrimination
  • Citizenship and immigrant rights
  • Migrant rights
• Accountability and justice
• A sense of humour

Assets

• Negotiation or facilitation skills 
• Producing experience for Not-for-Profit Theatre and arts organizations
• Experience working with community-led initiatives and “non-professional” artistic and cultural organizations
• Strong fundraising, sponsorship and revenue development skills particularly with private sector 
• Cross-sectoral communication and collaboration skills (IE working with city, parks board, and private sector)
• Conflict Resolution and/or Facilitation and Mediation skills.
• Experience with CADAC.
• Knowledge of the Local and National Performing Arts Sector
• Knowledge of International Performing Arts Sector
• Knowledge of Performing Arts or Cultural Traditions historically excluded from mainstream contemporary practice
• Knowledge of event ticket services (e.g., Eventbrite, Brown Paper Tickets)
• Experience with desktop publishing, WordPress and database management.
• Basic IT skills, particularly experience with web-based software and services (e.g., Zoom, Mailchimp, Slack, Dropbox, Google Suites)
• Working Knowledge of Accessibility Practices in the Not-For-Profit performing arts sector
• Aptitude for working in a mentorship role to junior artists and cultural workers.
• Familiarity with Rumble and the type of events and projects we produce. 

How to Apply

Prospective Applicants should submit an updated C.V. and cover letter outlining their desired position, or primary tasks, and a best estimate of time commitment by either estimated days/week or estimated hours/week. 

Due to the nature of this application and the request to identify primary responsibilities, there is no page limit on cover letters. However, brevity is always appreciated where possible. 

Applications should be submitted via email in a single PDF to jiv@rumble.org with subject heading “Artistic Producer Application” no later than 11:59pm PST July 4 2023.

Interviews will be held around the week of  July 24-30, 2023

Due to limited HR capacity at this time, we can only guarantee a response to candidates selected for an interview. 

Please submit any questions to: jiv@rumble.org 

Rumble acknowledges that this is an unconventional application process, but hopes that it will be of interest to candidates to think creatively about the type of working relationship they would like to have with the organization. We thank you in advance for your time and consideration. 

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D-Lab 2022
Collective Dreaming: Designer-Director Collaboration

Co-Facilitated by Joanna Yu and Anita Rochon
September 6-10  2022*
Progress Lab 1422 | What Lab

Rumble is pleased to accept submissions for “D-Lab 2022: Collective Dreaming (Designer-Director Collaboration)”, a Masterclass intensive co-led by Joanna Yu & Anita Rochon.

The Lab is a five-day intensive that will take place September 6 – 12 2022 at both Progress Lab 1422, and What Lab, in East Vancouver.

We are seeking submissions from Designers, Directors, and Dramaturges, and people somewhere in between – to engage in collegial knowledge exchange and practical collaborative explorations at both Progress Lab 1422, and What Lab, two east Vancouver development and creation spaces.

About Our Masterclass Leaders:

Anita Rochon,  (Vancouver, BC)

Anita Rochon is a performance director primarily focused on the creation of new work. Since 2006, she’s been the Artistic Director of The Chop with Emelia Symington Fedy. The Chop has produced numerous new works and tours nationally and internationally.

Anita freelance directs in a range of styles from classical texts to documentary work to relational installations to contemporary dance. She collaborates with some of the country’s exceptional companies including Theatre Replacement, Electric Company Theatre, Bard on the Beach, Théâtre la Seizième, The Shaw Festival, Belfry Theatre, Vertigo Theatre, Globe Theatre and The Belfry Theatre.

She mentors and directs at Studio 58 and the National Theatre School of Canada, and is an alum of both institutions. She was awarded the Ray Michal Prize for an Outstanding Body of Work by a New Director, the Siminovitch Protégé prize (awarded by Kim Collier) and a Mayor’s Arts Award (awarded by Donna Spencer).

Joanna Yu, She | Her (Stratford, Ontario)

Joanna is a set and costume designer born in Hong Kong and raised in Thornhill, Ontario. Over the past fourteen years, Joanna has designed over 100 productions for large and small theatres across Canada.

Design credits include collaborations with: Stratford Festival, Shaw Festival, Young People’s Theatre, Tarragon, Canadian Stage, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Citadel Theatre, Factory Theatre, Obsidian, Cahoots, fu-Gen, The Blyth Festival, Musical Stage Co., Theatre Passé Muraille, Buddies in Bad Times, Why Not Theatre, Nightwood, Project: Humanity, The Grand, Neptune Theatre, Theatre New Brunswick,

Mirvish, Lemon Tree Productions, Signal Theatre, Luminato. Joanna is the 2019 recipient of the Virginia and Mrytle Cooper award for Costume design and the 2017 recipient of the Pauline McGibbon Award.

Joanna currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Associated Designers of Canada (ADC659) and is currently working towards a Diploma in HR Management.

www.joannayudesign.com

Ideal participants may include those who:

• are interested in the collaboration between Theatrical Direction and Theatrical Design in storytelling.
• are Directors, Designers, Dramaturges either new or novice in their craft, or senior artists seeking to expand their knowledge of collaborative processes.
• are multi-disciplinary artists coming to theatre and performance from another practice.
• habitually think in Image.
• struggle to think in
• have been away from a regular artistic practice or are looking to reinvigorate their current practice.

*A note on the term “professional”: This need not necessarily mean full-time work, nor does it require affiliation with any professional association (e.g. CAEA, UDA, ACTRA, ADC). By “professional experience” we mean time spent outside of a training institution in which an artist is actively practicing and showcasing their craft/tradition within their means.

P.S. We know COVID-19 shut down the sector recently, so if you have any hesitation with if you have “enough credits” or any other such qualifications please contact jiv@rumble.org (but you’re most likely welcome to apply.)

PROGRAM DETAILS

Masterclass sessions

September 6 – 12 – 10am-6pm

Workshop location

Progress Lab 1422
1422 William Street
Vancouver, BC V5L 2P7
Unceded Coast Salish Territories

What Lab
202-1814 Pandora dr.
Vancouver, BC V5L 1M5
Unceded Coast Salish Territories

Cost of Participation: $300 + GST = $315.00

A small bursary is available for those who demonstrate financial need. Please see the submission/bursary application requirements.

Submission Requirements:

• A recent CV
• An artist statement (max. 1 page)
  • Tell us about your current practice and interests
• Statement of Intent (max. 1 page)
  • Tell us why you want to take this workshop and how your current practice and interests would align / challenge this process.
• Portfolio
  • If you’re the type of artist that maintains a portfolio, feel free to send us a few samples or direct us to a website. (1-5 Images / 2-5 minutes audio/visual)

Bursary Application Requirements:

One paragraph describing how a small bursary would help reduce barriers to attendance.

Please note: You do not have to prove anything here, anyone identifying financial need is assumed to be acting truthfully. Bursaries are limited and will be awarded based on demonstrated need.

Additional info:

• The cohort will be limited to a maximum of 10 participants.
• Participants will have access to creation space at Progress Lab 1422, and What Lab after workshop hours subject to availability.
• We strongly encourage submissions from artists who self-identify as members of under-represented communities or with a lived experience of marginalization broadly speaking.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: July 22 | 11:59 PM PST

Please e-mail your submissions to jiv@rumble.org with the subject line: “DLAB 2022 application”.

ABOUT RUMBLE
Rumble creates, presents, and produces contemporary performance. Working in a decentralized collective model, Rumble is committed to prioritizing projects and initiatives that utilize art to expand collective imagination, collaboration, and build a deeper understanding of relationality and community.

Guiding Values

Curiosity: Maintain an active and open approach to people, thought, expression, ideas, and world views.

Courage: Have courage to destabilize norms, encourage risk, engage in grey areas, respond to need, and to operate irrespective of precedent.

Reciprocity: Respect and trust in our collaborations and relationships built on equitably fostering mutual benefit.

For more information, contact: jiv@rumble.org | www.rumble.org

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Deadline for application: April 22, 2022

Organization description

Rumble creates, presents, and produces contemporary performance. Working in a decentralized collective model, Rumble is committed to prioritizing projects and initiatives that utilize art to expand collective imagination, collaboration, and build a deeper understanding of relationality and community.

For 30 years Rumble has operated as a chameleon in our local community, with a strong priority on sector development. Though our artistic vision has morphed along with our leadership since our inception, one of Rumble’s core aims has always been to respond to our ecology using our infrastructure to enhance, strengthen, and develop the independent theatre community in Metro Vancouver.

Mandate

To produce, develop, and present contemporary theatre and performance, and to enable opportunity for innovation within arts and culture.

Core company values

Curiosity: Maintain an active and open approach to people, thought, expression, ideas, and worldviews.

Courage: Have courage to destabilize norms, encourage risk, engage in grey areas, respond to need, and to operate irrespective of precedent.

Reciprocity: Respect and trust in our collaborations, and relationships built on equitably fostering mutual benefit.

Territorial context

Rumble Theatre has operated on the traditional, unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations since its founding in 1991. Long before Rumble, and longer still before the confederation of Canada, the territory we operate on was home to a thriving Indigenous culture and ways of being. Though the maintenance of this way of life has been continuously challenged by colonization and occupation, it continues to this day.

As a long-time producer of Canadian Culture and core grant recipient from federal, provincial, and municipal funders, we recognize our positioning within the history and the ongoing realities of a larger nationalist project of occupation. We engage with this position critically, acknowledging and challenging its limitations. Rumble as an organization is committed to our staff and board growing their understanding and engagement with the knowledge of this territory, its peoples, and the ways of being that continue to care for and heal this territory.

Company culture

A note from your potential co-workers, Jiv Parasram (Artistic Director). Christie Watson (Managing Director) & Jarin Schexnider (Operations Manager):

Hey! We offer a pretty laid-back vibe when it comes to how we work and are always open to the question, “Why do we do things this way?”

Service is a good way to think of what we do, since we tend to spend a lot of time helping folx out who have varied levels of experience with theatre and are often navigating the seas of a larger system to do their work. We’re committed to building autonomy in the Independent Arts scene right now, and equipping Independent Artists with the skills they need to actively participate and navigate the public funding world.

Rumble is people oriented. The work itself is less about centering the “show” but more about hosting low barrier events however we can within our means where the “show” is part of the larger event. It’s a small paradigm shift, but with big implications.

Also – we are very supportive of our colleagues’ practices outside the workplace whatever they be. It’s important for us that staff can pursue anything that helps them live a well-rounded life. It’s a very small core staff, and we hold each other accountable – including in our pursuits outside the workplace.

Job description

Reporting to and working directly with the Managing Director and Artistic Director, the Project Manager will be responsible for the staffing, managing, and executing the transport, set up, and strike of community led and artistic events occurring in Rumble’s modular tent infrastructure. In addition to set up and strike, on a case-by-case basis the Project Manager will be required to work some community events as a representative/ambassador for Rumble.

Additional duties may include training and supervising teams for the successful execution of the program, and some mentorship activities in collaboration with the Rumble Core staff.

Commitment to pay equity

Though the Project Manager will report for the time being to the Artistic Director and Managing Director, the position is considered managerial and will draw on leadership skills. Compensation for the Project Manager position is scaled at pay equity with all core employees.

Professional development

Rumble supports and will contribute to professional development that is important to the job and your practice.

Dependent care

Rumble supports and contributes in a limited capacity to costs associated with dependent care for employees to support the execution of their duties.

Working remotely

Though the Rumble office is open and space will be provided to work in, remote working is also possible as required.

Responsibilities

Staffing and Management

• Maintaining roster of trained artists/technicians
• Providing appropriate mentorship to contracted workers and work-study students in collaboration with Rumble Core Staff
• Coordination of invoices and preparation for payment to the Operations Manager
• Oversee booking and transport of materials
• On the job training of crew
• Event management and community relations

Technical duties

• Oversee and work with a team to set up and strike Matrix marquis tents of varying sizes
• Liase with community and artistic events organizer and advise on technical support
• Lighting and sound set up for events as needed, including battery powered lighting and sound systems and battery powered generators.

Company Ambassador

• Represent Rumble and the core company values in communication with community and artistic events
• Act as first point of contact on-site for events
• Ensure healthy company culture for staff/crew working events

Commitment to anti-racism, equity, access, and company culture

• Working with the staff to ensure accountability in day-to-day operations
• Contributes to and supports a healthy company culture

Additional duties may include training and supervising teams for the successful execution of the program, and some mentorship activities in collaboration with the Rumble Core staff.

Qualifications

Essential

• Strong organizational skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Managerial experience
• Basic Technical expertise
• Able to lift 60lbs
• Valid Driver’s License (Class 5)
• A sense of humour
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and proficient at meeting deadlines
• A working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel
• Comfortable working in team environments
• A basic understanding or willingness to learn key principles as applied to arts and culture including but not limited to:
  • Equity and inclusion
  • Decolonization and decoloniality
  • Indigenous Sovereignty
  • Anti-racism, racialization, and class discrimination
  • Citizenship and immigrant rights
  • Migrant rights
  • Accountability and justice

Assets

• Strong communication skills
• Able to respond to emergent needs in the moment
• Comfort with multiple languages is considered an asset

Reports to: Artistic Director & Managing Director
Salary/benefits: $28,000 contract fee
Hours: Projected 25 hrs/week (variable) for 14 months (May 2 2022-June 30 2023)
Deadline for application: April 22, 2022

To apply, please send a cover letter, CV and references to info@rumble.org.

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Rumble is accepting submissions for its third New Creation Night. It’s something like a storytelling night, only the stories don’t have to be true. But they can be, because there’s always a little truth in fiction. 

We offered you “Liminal Magic” and “Lupercalia” events that paid respects to the night. It was underneath the moonlight, that magic space in-between this world and another. Vibing on a polarizing frequency, for the third iteration we are honouring the magic of Spring Equinox, “Ostara.” It will pay respects to the daylight, when the sun is exactly above the equator, when day and night are in harmonic balance. It wakes hibernation and invites re-emergence, rebirth and renewal. It honours that ethereal time of day when the world is quiet and the light breaks through the darkness. It’s a solar ritual. It’s equilibrium. It’s the prospect of a bright, bold, bodacious beginning – it’s dawn magic. 

We strongly encourage works including:
Creative Fiction
Futurism and Afrofuturism
Storytelling and Fable
Underrepresented and Experimental Forms of Storytelling

Works should have a maximum running time of 12 minutes. 

PLEASE NOTE: Applicants whose project draws on or shares traditional knowledge must be able to verify adequate permissions to share this story in public. 

We strive to make our events accessible to all artists, including D/deaf artists, artists with lived experiences of disability, neurodivergent artists and artists on the mental health spectrum; and are happy to make accommodations based on the access needs of our selected artists, including ASL interpretation. We especially encourage submissions from QTIBPOC. 

We will select three pieces.

HOW IT WORKS:

1. We select story concepts submitted by you.
2. Selected Artists write a piece (maximum 12 minutes). 
3. Pieces will be performed by the writer or another artist as you see fit. 
4. We will provide an additional fee for a collaborative artist of your choice. 
5. Live Underscoring/Musical Accompaniment will be incorporated for sonic mood/tone. 
6. This all happens LIVE AND IN PERSON! 
7. Everything gets recorded and broadcast out at a later date for access.
8. We host pieces on our podcast platform. You maintain full creative rights to your piece!

IMPORTANT DATES:

Submission Deadline: February 18th 2022
Selection Announcement : February 28th
1st Draft Script Deadline: March 21st
Rehearsal Dates: April 4th – 7th [Minimum 4 HR per piece]
Tech/Dress: April 6th & 7th [Evening]
Event Date: April 8th & 9th  [Evening]

Outdoor Event Location: Progress Lab 1422 William Street

Artists must be available for a minimum of 4 hours of on-site rehearsal between April 4th & 7th.

In addition, Artists must be available for Tech/Dress and the Event.

Selected Applicants will receive:

Commissioning Fee ($1,500)
Collaborating Artist Fee ($1,000)

Please Note: This format is ideally suited to direct address, monologues or lecture based work, but could support two-handers or dialogue based work.

WHAT TO SUBMIT: 

1. Tell us who you are
2. Give us a short description of what you want to create/do
3. Let us know if there is a collaborating artist you will be working with and what their role is 
4. Send us something to get to know you a bit better:

This could be: 

-Past writing
-Video or audio of you performing/ your work being performed
-Phone Recording of you reading something you care about
-CV

HOW TO SUBMIT: 

Please fill out the following form: 

Submission Form for Ostara

Or submit ONE pdf with the following information to New Creation Night Artistic Producer Tricia Trinh at tricia@rumble.org 

For further information: www.rumble.org or email tricia@rumble.org 

We will be in touch with selected applicants by February 28th, 2022.

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A night where we gather to share stories.

Rumble is accepting submissions for its second New Creation Night. It’s something like a storytelling night, only the stories don’t have to be true. But they can be, because there’s always a little truth in fiction. 

Our first event “Liminal Magic” paid respects to the night. It was Hallow’s Eve. It was Samhain. It was underneath the moonlight, that magic space in-between this world and another. Vibing on that same frequency, for the second iteration, we are honouring the origins of V Day “Lupercalia.” It will pay respects to the original heartbeat, sacrifices in love, the liminal space in love. It’s red. It’s revenge. It’s raw. It’s rare. It’s radical. It’s the rhythm of the night – its own kind of magic.

We strongly encourage works including:

Creative Fiction
Futurism and Afrofuturism
Storytelling and Fable
Underrepresented and Experimental Forms of Storytelling

Works should have a maximum running time of 12 minutes. 

PLEASE NOTE: Applicants whose project draws on or shares traditional knowledge must be able to verify adequate permissions to share this story in public. 

We strive to make our events accessible to all artists, including D/deaf artists, artists with lived experiences of disability, neurodivergent artists and artists on the mental health spectrum; and are happy to make accommodations based on the access needs of our selected artists, including ASL interpretation. We especially encourage submissions from QTIBPOC. 

We will select three pieces.

HOW IT WORKS:

1. We select story concepts submitted by you.
2. Selected Artists write a piece (maximum 12 minutes). 
3. Pieces will be performed by the writer or another artist as you see fit. 
4. We will provide an additional fee for a collaborative artist of your choice. 
5. Live Underscoring/Musical Accompaniment will be incorporated for sonic mood/tone. 
6. This all happens LIVE AND IN PERSON! 
7. Everything gets recorded and broadcast out at a later date for access.
8. We host pieces on our podcast platform. You maintain full creative rights to your piece!

IMPORTANT DATES:

Submission Deadline: January 7th 2022
Selection Announcement : January 14th
1st Draft Script Deadline: February 4th
Rehearsal Dates: February 21st – 24th [Minimum 4 HR per piece]
Tech/Dress: February 23rd & 24th [Evening]
Event Date: February 25th & 26th  [Evening]
Outdoor Event Location: Progress Lab 1422 William Street

Artists must be available for a minimum of 4 hours of on-site rehearsal between February 21st – 24th.

In addition, Artists must be available for Tech/Dress and the Event.

Selected Applicants will receive:

Commissioning Fee ($1,500)
Collaborating Artist Fee ($1,000)

Please Note: This format is ideally suited to direct address, monologues or lecture based work, but could support two-handers or dialogue based work.

HOW TO SUBMIT:

Please fill out the following form: 

Submission Form for Lupercalia

Or submit ONE pdf with the following information to New Creation Night Artistic Producer Tricia Trinh at tricia@rumble.org 

WHAT TO SUBMIT: 

1. Tell us who you are
2. Give us a short description of what you want to create/do
3. Let us know if there is a collaborating artist you will be working with and what their role is
4. Send us something to get to know you a bit better:

This could be:
-past writing
-video or audio of you performing/ your work being performed
-Phone Recording of you reading something you care about
-CV

For further information: www.rumble.org or email tricia@rumble.org 

We will be in touch with selected applicants by January 14th 2022.

Example Application: 

1. Tell us who you are:

My name is Jiv Parasram, I’m an Indo-Caribbean theatre creator based in Vancouver.

2. Give us a short description of what you want to make (anything you can tell us helps):

I want to do a short piece subtly set in a dystopian world where Robots have replaced labour and society is further removed from its connection with the natural world, and there is mass unemployment due to automation. But it’s told from the perspective of a self-cash out machine who is having an existential crisis about taking jobs from humans because they’ve fallen in love with a human. 

3. Let us know if there is a collaborating artist you would like to work with and what their role is.

I’d like to work with a Puppeteer or a Costume/Makeup Designer to represent the Self-Cash Machine. 

I’d like to Perform this Myself   [   ]

I’d like someone else to perform it  [ X ]

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BACKGROUND
In 2009, a dream between four kindred theatre organizations was realized when Boca Del Lupo, Electric Company, Neworld and Rumble opened Progress Lab 1422, a 7,000 ft2 centre for creation and development in East Vancouver. Guided by a deeply felt spirit of collaboration, community and resource-sharing, PL1422 quickly became a sought-after cultural facility, accommodating not only the tenant companies but external rentals and partnerships. To support this growth, the Vancouver Creative Space Society (C-Space) was founded to manage PL1422 and other possible future cultural property development projects in the Lower Mainland. Now, in 2020, PL1422 remains home to three of the founding companies—Electric Company, Neworld, and Rumble—while welcoming Company 605, Playwrights Theatre Centre, rice & beans theatre, Tara Cheyenne Performance and Theatre Conspiracy into the fold. PL1422 continues to be a vital presence in our community, providing exceptional, readily available, and affordable creative space to the theatre industry and the wider arts sector.

THE PROJECT
C-Space is seeking a consultant to support our work creating affordable space for arts and culture in an increasingly hostile economic climate. We are the in the process of exploring operational models, policy environments and relationships with government and funders that can promote stable, sustainable operations for arts and culture facilities. This project is responding not only to our own imminent need for long-term solutions to increasing costs, but to the reality that many arts spaces are closing or have closed in recent years due to ballooning costs and the pressures of gentrification and development. We are seeking a radical solution to a sector-wide problem. This project will build on the work already done by the team at C-Space and others in our community to develop a model for sustainable operations of arts and cultural space and develop the resources to fund that model.

Activities will include:
• Becoming familiar with C-Space’s existing structure and challenges,
• Building on existing work and initiatives to develop long-term solutions,
• Working with the board of directors to create a plan for long-term stability,
• Identifying additional sources of funding,
• Consolidating a case for support,
• Identifying municipal and provincial policies that may support or do interfere with long-
term stability,
• Work with the board of directors on lobbying efforts to achieve favourable policy
changes,
• Document all findings and efforts from the project and deliver a final report.

THE PERSON
We are seeking Requests for Proposals from consultants experienced working with the social profit sector who are passionate about the place of arts in the city. The ideal candidate will be well versed in other initiatives locally, nationally, and internationally that are seeking long-term solutions for sustainable, affordable space. Familiarity with City of Vancouver land policies and plans will be an asset, as will a history of fighting for transformative change.

Vancouver Creative Space Society is dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination on any basis including race, ethnicity, indigeneity, gender, gender identification, sexual orientation, class, and physical ability.

THE BUDGET
A maximum of $30,000 is available for consultation fees, plus a small additional budget for ancillary costs such as meeting supplies, honouraria and communications.

PROJECT TIMELINE
We are looking for someone to begin working with our team as soon as possible. Proposals are requested by November 30, 2021. The project should be complete, including documentation of findings by October 31, 2022.

WORKING CONDITIONS AND ENVIRONMENT:
• The Consultant will be engaged as an independent contractor.
• The Consultant can provided administrative work space as necessary and is asked to provide
their own computer.
• The Consultant will work on a flexible, self-directed schedule, liaising with C-Space board and
staff.

RFP: CSpace Cultural Space Sustainability Consultation PDF

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A night where we gather to share stories.

Rumble is accepting submissions for its first New Creation Night. It’s something like a storytelling night, only the stories don’t have to be true. But they can be, because there’s always a little truth in fiction.

For our first event we’re getting into the seasonal spirit and paying our respect to the night and the space between this world and another. It’s Halloween. It’s Samhain. It’s a kind of magic.

We strongly encourage works including:
Creative Fiction
Futurism and Afrofuturism
Storytelling and Fable
Underrepresented and Experimental Forms of Storytelling

Works should have a maximum running time of 12 minutes.

PLEASE NOTE: Applicants who’s project draws on or shares traditional knowledge must be able to verify adequate permissions to share this story in public.

We strive to make our events accessible to all artists, including D/deaf artists, artists with lived experiences of disability, neurodivergent artists and artists on the mental health spectrum; and are happy to make accommodations based on the access needs of our selected artists, including ASL interpretation. We especially encourage submissions from QTIBPOC.

We will select three pieces.

How it Works:

1. We select story concepts submitted by you.
2. Selected Artists write a piece (maximum 12 minutes).
3. Pieces will be performed by the writer or another artist as you see fit.
4. We will provide an additional fee for a collaborative artist of your choice.
5. Live Underscoring/Musical Accompaniment will be incorporated for mood/tone.
6. This all happens LIVE AND IN PERSON!
7. Everything gets recorded and broadcast out at a later date for access.
8. We host pieces on our podcast platform. You maintain full creative rights to your piece!

Important Dates:
Submission Deadline: October 1st
Selection Announcement : October 6th
1st Draft Script Deadline: October 18th
Available Rehearsal Space: October 25th & 26th
Tech/Dress: October 27th [Evening]
Additional rehearsal as necessary: October 28th
Event Date: October 29th [Evening]

Outdoor Event Location: Progress Lab 1422 William Street

Artists must be available for Tech/Dress rehearsal and the Event itself

Selected Applicants will receive:
Commissioning Fee ($1,500)
Collaborating Artist Fee ($1,000)

Please Note: This format is ideally suited to direct address, or monologue / lecture based work, but could support two-handers / or dialogue based work.

What to submit:

1. Tell us who you are
2. Give us a short description of what you want to create/do
3. Let us know if there is a collaborating artist you will be working with and what their role is.
4. Send us something to get to know you a bit better.
   • This could be:
   • past writing
   • video or audio of you performing/ your work being performed
   • Phone Recording of you reading something you care about
   • CV

How to Submit: 

Click here to view submission form

Or submit one PDF with the following information to New Creation Night Artistic Producer Tricia Trinh at tricia@rumble.org.

For further information: www.rumble.org or email tricia@rumble.org.

We will be in touch with selected applicants by October 6th 2021.

Example Application: 

1. Tell us Who you Are

My name is Jiv Parasram, I’m an Indo-Caribbean theatre creator based in Vancouver.

2. Give us a short description of what you want to make (anything you can tell us helps):

I want to do a short piece subtly set in a future where Robots have replaced labour and society is further removed from its connection with the natural world, and there is mass unemployment due to automation. But it’s told from the perspective of a self-cash out machine who is having an existential crisis about taking jobs from humans.

3. Let us know if there is a collaborating artist you would like to work with and what their role is.

I’d like to work with a Puppeteer or a Costume/Makeup Designer to represent the Self-Cash Machine.

I’d like to Perform this Myself   [   ]
I’d like someone else to perform it  [ X ]

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Deadline for application: Monday, June 14, 2021

Organization description

Rumble creates, presents, and produces contemporary performance. Working in a decentralized collective model, Rumble is committed to prioritizing projects and initiatives that utilize art to expand collective imagination, collaboration, and build a deeper understanding of relationality and community.

For 30 years Rumble has operated as a chameleon in our local community, with a strong priority on sector development. Though our artistic vision has morphed along with our leadership since our inception, one of Rumble’s core aims has always been to respond to our ecology using our infrastructure to enhance, strengthen, and develop the independent theatre community in Metro Vancouver.

Mandate

To produce, develop, and present contemporary theatre and performance, and to enable opportunity for innovation within arts and culture.

Core company values

Curiosity: Maintain an active and open approach to people, thought, expression, ideas, and worldviews.

Courage: Have courage to destabilize norms, encourage risk, engage in grey areas, respond to need, and to operate irrespective of precedent.

Reciprocity: Respect and trust in our collaborations, and relationships built on equitably fostering mutual benefit.

Territorial context

Rumble Theatre has operated on the traditional, unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations since its founding in 1991. Long before Rumble, and longer still before the confederation of Canada, the territory we operate on was home to a thriving Indigenous culture and ways of being. Though the maintenance of this way of life has been continuously challenged by colonization and occupation, it continues to this day.

As a long-time producer of Canadian Culture and core grant recipient from federal, provincial, and municipal funders, we recognize our positioning within the history and the ongoing realities of a larger nationalist project of occupation. We engage with this position critically, acknowledging and challenging its limitations. Rumble as an organization is committed to our staff and board growing their understanding and engagement with the knowledge of this territory, its peoples, and the ways of being that continue to care for and heal this territory.

Company culture

A note from your potential co-workers, Jiv Parasram (Artistic Director) & Christie Watson (Managing Director):

Hey! We offer a pretty laid-back vibe when it comes to how we work and are always open to the question, “Why do we do things this way?”

Service is a good way to think of what we do, since we tend to spend a lot of time helping folx out who have varied levels of experience with theatre and are often navigating the seas of a larger system to do their work. We’re committed to building autonomy in the Independent Arts scene right now, and equipping Independent Artists with the skills they need to actively participate and navigate the public funding world.

Rumble is people oriented. The work itself is less about centering the “show” but more about hosting low barrier events however we can within our means where the “show” is part of the larger event. It’s a small paradigm shift, but with big implications.

Also – we are very supportive of our colleagues’ practices outside the workplace whatever they be. It’s important for us that staff can pursue anything that helps them live a well-rounded life. It’s a very small core staff, and we hold each other accountable – including in our pursuits outside the workplace.

Job description: Operations Manager

Reporting to and working directly with the Managing Director and Artistic Director, the Operations Manager assists with day-to-day administrative operations, communications, audience services, and development. This position works in office maintenance, communication tools (database, email, website), marketing and donor campaigns, daily financial needs, and other duties as required.

Commitment to pay equity

Though the Operations Manager will report for the time being to the Artistic Director and Managing Director, the position is considered equally essential to the operations of the organization and will require some executive oversight. Compensation for the Operations Manager position is scaled at pay equity with all core employees.

Professional development

Rumble supports and will contribute to professional development that is important to the job and your practice.

Dependent care

Rumble supports and contributes in a limited capacity to costs associated with dependent care for employees to support the execution of their duties.

Working remotely

Rumble staff and artists are currently operating from home with limited essential access to our office and studio facilities. This way of working will continue to respond reflexively to the restrictions and advisory of current health authorities. We expect this to continue for the foreseeable future, into 2022.

Responsibilities

Day-to-day administrative support, including:

Financial management

• Bookkeeping preparation
• Management of Invoices and outgoing payment schedules
• Assisting with annual review engagement preparation

Grant administration

• Maintain an updated grant schedule for the organization
• Proofreading and copyediting of grants
• Statistical data coordination
• Preparation of application materials, including support materials
• Creative input is not required, but encouraged

Producing and events

• Volunteer coordination
• Assisting and representing Rumble at public events (e.g., shows, outreach) in collaboration with staff
• Preparation of contracts and letters of agreement to artists and contractors as required
• Assist in the preparation of marketing and publicity copy (in collaboration with staff and external contractors)

Communications

• Prepare regular newsletter
• Provide updates to website and additional public facing materials
• Draft press releases
• Represent the organization on one sub-committee of shared office and creation space, Progress Lab 1422 (small time commitment)
• Prepare development and individual donation requests, tax receipts, and acknowledgements (in collaboration with staff)

 Board

• Assist the Artistic and Managing Director in preparation of staff report (every other month)
  • Note: Attendance at board meetings is not required, but all staff are welcome

Team work

• Working reflexively with the Artistic Director and Managing Director to execute company activities, respective of time and workload

Commitment to anti-racism, equity, access, and company culture

• Working with the staff to ensure accountability in day-to-day operations to long-term strategies, ethos, and organizational infrastructure
  • Note: Long-term visioning is not a responsibility, but is encouraged respective of time and workload
• Contributes to and supports a healthy company culture

Qualifications

Essential

• Strong organizational skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• A sense of humour
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and proficient at meeting deadlines
• Comfortable working on multiple projects simultaneously
• A working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel
• Experience in an office environment (or equivalent) with proficiency in filing and task management
• Comfortable working in team environments
• A basic understanding or willingness to learn key principles as applied to arts and culture including but not limited to:

• • Equity and inclusion
  • Decolonization and decoloniality
  • Anti-racism, racialization, and class discrimination
  • Citizenship and immigrant rights
  • Migrant rights
  • Accountability and justice

Assets

• Knowledge of the local and national performing arts community
• Knowledge of international performing arts community
• Knowledge of Performing Arts or Cultural Traditions historically excluded from mainstream contemporary practice
• Knowledge of event ticket services (e.g., Eventbrite, Brown Paper Tickets)
• Experience with desktop publishing, WordPress and database management.
• Strong communication skills and IT skills, particularly experience with web-based software and services (e.g., Zoom, Mailchimp, Slack, Dropbox, Google Suites)

Major upcoming and recurring projects

• The production or presentation of 2-4 works per year for public dissemination
• The development or creation of 1-2 works per year
• The support of Independent Artists and smaller arts organizations through mentorship and other means (including partnership) as limited by capacity
• The execution of 3-4 community engaged events (salon series, workshops, supported initiatives)
• Practical sectoral research on an ad-hoc basis
• The production of the Tremors Festival (currently bi-annually), a development festival supporting the presentation of approximately eight works-in-development

Start date: July 15, 2021. This is a 12-month term with a possibility of extension upon mutual agreement.

Reports to: Artistic Director & Managing Director

Salary/benefits: $35,000 annually with extended health and dental benefits

Hours: Permanent Part-time, based on a calculation of approximately 3 days/week.

Note: Hours are flexible, and the autonomy of the Operations Manager is respected. Besides necessary core staff meetings, and specific incidents of company representation and event execution, your time is your own, so long as you are accountable to your co-workers and the organization.

How to apply

Please apply with a cover letter introducing yourself and any specific assets (including those unlisted) you may bring to the organization, plus your resume or CV. Please put your documents together in one PDF attachment and email it to jiv@rumble.org with the email subject line “Operations Manager.”
Applications close: Monday, June 14, 2021

We strongly encourage applications from members of marginalized and underserved/underrepresented communities, especially those who identify as Indigenous, Black, or people of colour; as well as and those from diverse age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and expression.

We welcome applicants living with disabilities; however, our offices are not currently accessible for those for whom stairs are a barrier.

Contact name:  Jivesh Parasram
Contact email:  jiv@rumble.org
Contact phone: 647.891.5487

To download a PDF version of the job call, click here: Job Posting – Operations Manager for Rumble Theatre

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