Character Interpreter
3 days ago
**Department**:Programming & Experience - Interpretation
**Position Type**: Seasonal
**Hourly Rate**: $16.50
**Contract Start Date**:April 8, 2024
**Contracts End Date**:October 7, 2024
**Hours**:9:30am to 5:00pm
**What we offer**:
- Flexible work arrangements where no one day is similar
- Working in a beautiful park setting
- Free entrance to the Park, including to our many public special events
- Employee discounts on food and retail items and free parking
**Who We Are**:
Heritage Park is Canada's largest living history museum and offers visitors a chance to experience life in Western Canada from the 1860s to the early 1950s. The Park features historical buildings, costumed interpreters, working antiques, and various exhibits that provide insight into the region's past.
**Job Overview**:
Under the direction of the Artistic Production Coordinator, working in a team with other Character Interpreters, this role presents historically based vignettes through a variety of theatrical form, focusing on portraying life in Western Canada 1860s-1920s. Character Interpreters also provide between-scene interactions and improvisations with guests, with the goal of creating an immersive guest experience. Each performer will be cast in at least one of five productions including two “street scene” days (stories presented outdoors in 4 scenes, repeated twice daily). Productions for 2024 include street scenes about a Mail Order Bride, a Jewish Immigrant, and a Metis Guide. There is also a musical in the Canmore Opera House featuring a Black Pullman Porter and a Radio Play featuring Nellie McClung.
**Responsibilities**:
Operational Support
- Presents scripted and improvised historically inspired scenes for visitors to Heritage Park while wearing period piece costume
- Improvise in character between scenes to advance storylines while engaging and enlightening guests
- Conduct additional research on the characters, enhancing their portrayal and creating a more captivating experience for the audience
- Provide an exceptional visitor experience through friendly and courteous interactions with guests, staff, and volunteers, using polite greetings, actively acknowledging guests, and handling situations positively
- Create a welcoming atmosphere for visitors with a customer-focused approach, providing courteous and friendly answers to inquiries and valuable information to enhance the overall visitor experience
- Assist with other interpretive and educational programming as required
- Provide general cleaning and housekeeping of the green room and back-of-house performance spaces
- Perform other duties as required
- Organizational Excellence and Wellbeing
- Contribute to inspiring and immersive experiences at the Park through your roles and responsibilities by engaging in Heritage Park initiatives that align with the overall mission and vision of the Park
- Demonstrate commitment to workplace health and safety by complying with Heritage Park's Health, Safety and Environment Management System (HSEMS), following safe work practices, reporting work-related incidents, injuries and hazards, participating in employer training, and adhering policies including the Code of Conduct and the Workplace Violence and Harassment policy
- Actively support a positive work environment by creating an atmosphere of inclusion, engagement and fulfillment in line with Heritage Park values
- Demonstrate responsible stewardship of our people, collections and financial assets by ensuring that they are handled with integrity, sustainability, and a focus on long-term benefits for the organization and its stakeholders
**Required Qualifications**:
- Enrolment or completion post-secondary drama training is an asset
- Prior performance/acting experience is required; experience in performance roles for a minimum of 3 productions is preferred;
- Unconventional and interactive theatre experiences (improv, children’s theatre, etc.) are an asset
- Knowledge of western Canadian history, language and deportment of the pre-1920s era is an asset
- Familiarity with historical interpretation is considered an asset.
- Excellent verbal communication and public performance skills
- Well organized, flexible, adaptable with an ability to react and remain in-character
- Demonstrated ability to creatively collaborate with others
- Proven performance skills in acting, excellent verbal communication and public relations skills, and the ability to imaginatively develop and physically project a character
**Special Clothing and Equipment**:
- Appropriate costuming and safety equipment will be provided by Heritage Park; and
- Footwear, as designated by the Heritage Park Costume Department, will be provided by the employee.
***Special Working Conditions**:
- The position will be exposed to weather extremes as it predominantly works outdoors; and
- This position is physically demanding, and the incumbent must have the ability to stand for long periods of time and walk
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