The Reed College Theatre Department invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor appointment in Theatre with an emphasis in Acting and Directing. This appointment is for three semesters starting in January 2026 and continuing through the 2026-27 academic year. Teaching responsibilities will include seven courses total (two in the spring semester and five in the following year) including Acting, Directing, Theatre Laboratory (which includes directing a mainstage production), and a class in the candidate's area of expertise. The successful candidate will also be expected to advise senior theses and contribute to department service. We are especially interested in artist/practitioners who are able to teach broadly within the discipline, who are committed to teaching undergraduates in a liberal arts environment, and who maintain an active professional and/or artistic practice. An MFA is required, as is evidence of successful college-level teaching and professional experience.
Reed College is a small, distinguished liberal arts institution committed to excellence in teaching and scholarship. Reed students are known for their outstanding intellectual engagement and creativity. Reed’s Performing Arts Building provides a vital facility for new initiatives in the performing arts and for fostering interdisciplinary opportunities across the college. Information about the department is available at http://academic.reed.edu/theatre/.
Reed College is a community that believes that cultural diversity and inclusive educational practices are essential to the excellence of our academic program. In your application materials, please describe the ways in which your past and current creative work, teaching, mentoring, and/or community service has supported these values. Please also discuss the ways in which your work at Reed will support the college's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion as articulated in the College's diversity and anti-racism statements https://www.reed.edu/diversity/.
Please upload a cover letter, curriculum vitae, names and contact information for three references (who are available to provide a letter of recommendation for you at a later stage in the search process) as well as a résumé that covers acting and directing experience, and a sample syllabus from a class you have taught to https://apply.interfolio.com/170887. Please include evidence of your directing work in the form of production photos and other documentation from your directing process (photos, images, and/or script work and notes), programs, video clips. The search committee will ask the references of candidates who are invited to move forward in the search process to submit letters of recommendation.
Questions may be addressed to Peter Ksander, chair of the search committee, at pksander@reed.edu.
Deadline: Application review will begin August 14th 2025, and continue until the position is filled.
