Join Our Team!
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Auditions
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Artist/Instructors
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Summer Camp Assistants
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TYA Play Submission & Play Development
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Need Space? Use ours!
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Job Opportunities
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Want to help? Volunteer for Quest!
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Intern
General Auditions and Meetings with our Artistic Director
Quest typically posts our notice of General Auditions and/or Meetings with our Artistic Director around April or May. These auditions/interviews are open to Equity and Non-Equity performers, directors, creators, puppeteers, artist/instructors, composers, designers, stage managers, and others! Priority will be given to artists currently living in Calgary, currently living in Alberta, and people we have not met before.
If you are interested in General Auditions or having a 15-minute Meeting with the Artistic Director, please send a cover email, resume and headshot at any time to artistic-director@questtheatre.org to be considered for our next round of Generals.
2026 General Auditions/Meetings Notice – Click Here
General Auditions/Meetings — Wednesday May 6th & Thursday May 7th 2026
Deadline to submit — April 23rd, 2026.
Quest Internship
Quest’s General Internship opportunity is open to any BFA Drama graduate or equivalent.
Spend 15 weeks between January and April 2026 with us! Roll up your sleeves and get to know how a small theatre company operates. Get trained in our School Residency program, support drama camps, be a part of putting together productions for young people and lean into your interests in arts administration or artistic creation. Many of our former Interns still accept weekly contracts with Quest while being active in the Calgary theatre sector. An invaluable hands-on experience for anyone thinking of going into theatre in any capacity.
If you are interested in applying for the Quest Internship, please send a letter of interest articulating why you think you would be a good candidate, and what area of theatre for young audiences, arts administration, or drama education you are interested in learning about. Please attach a resume with related theatre experiences (work, volunteerism, theatre, everything!) to Artistic Director Nikki Loach at artistic-director@questtheatre.org
2027 Internship Notice – Click Here
Application deadline: June 2, 2026
Artist - Instructors
Quest Theatre uses artist/instructors in our School Residency and Drama Camp programming. The process of becoming an Artist/Instructor with Quest is outlined below:
Meet with the Artistic Director during our General Auditions and Meetings or send an email about your interest to artistic-director@questtheatre.org at any time.
Attending a 75-minute group audition workshop, typically at the end of May
If hired, complete paid training
Team Training, typically in September
Spend 3-days shadowing a program in a school, all throughout the school year.
Typically, artist/instructors working on our School Residency Program are offered summer camp positions before we look to outside artist/instructors.
SchoolResidencyDescription2023-24.docx
Quest is not currently hiring Artist Instructors.
Check back for opportunities and consider volunteering for Quest!
Summer Camp Assistants
Quest conducts 6 weeks of Summer Camp starting from the first Monday in July after Canada Day. The hiring process happens in May/June. Camp Instructors are pulled from our roster of Artist/Instructors (see above) but each year we need some Summer Camp Assistants to round out our staff. Supported through Canada Summer Jobs, positions can be filled by anyone between the ages of 18 – 30.
TYA Play Submissions and Play Development
Damon Lawson in Most Imaginary Worlds produced by Inside Out Theatre, supported by Quest Theatre, photo by Mike Tan
Quest is happy to receive submissions from playwrights for our consideration. Please submit your play to artistic-director@questtheatre.org to start a discussion. Quest also has a long history of supporting TYA play development. Speak to our Artistic Director about the resources Quest can offer to explore, test, or advance your TYA creation.
Discover more about the sort of work we typically are looking for and why in the following document.
The Art of Adaptation for TYA
A workshop facilitated by our Playwright in Residence, Camille Pavlenko!
Are you curious about the process of adapting existing material for the stage? Are you wondering what the rules are when it comes to adapting within TYA? Are you skeptical about the artistic merits of adaptation work in the first place? This workshop is for you!
Participants will learn how to take an existing source and adapt it successfully for a variety of different TYA formats (school tour, family holiday production, youth theatre). This 2-hour workshop will cover how to approach the process of adaptation for the stage, and where on the scale of faithfulness any particular project could and should lie. We will also touch on: public domain, creating original stories around existing characters, and adapting your own work.
Participants should have some experience/familiarly with playwriting and/or Theatre for Young Audiences, but do not need to come with a project in mind.
DATE: May 30th, 2026
TIME: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
LOCATION: Quest Theatre Rehearsal Hall | #325-1721 29th Ave SW, Calgary
COST: FREE! With RSVP
We are blessed to have a beautiful rehearsal hall at cSPACE. If you are looking to create or develop your own work and need a space, please fill out THIS RENTAL REQUEST FORM. We will then be in touch about the availability of the space based on your request.
A preference is given to independent artists developing theatre for young audiences, but Quest is proud to be a contributing partner to our theatre community and we welcome any independent theatre artist with a need.
Our space is 30’ x 27’. The space typically has 25’ x 25’ of usable space as it stores chairs, tables, shelves, pipe and drape and other useful creation stuff.
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Volunteer
We’re expanding our volunteer program! Be part of our efforts to bring exceptional theatrical adventure to young people! We would love to hear from you, just fill out the confidential form below. We need people to help us with community events, fancy events, ushering our performances, set-up and tear down, and many other opportunities to suit all types and ages of volunteers.
If you have any questions please email admin@questtheatre.org.
Finance Committee Member
Location: Calgary (Hybrid / Virtual)
Reports to: Treasurer / Chair of Finance Committee
Overview
Quest Theatre is seeking 2–3 Finance Committee Members to support the Treasurer and strengthen financial oversight, continuity, and succession planning.
Purpose of the Role
The Finance Committee supports the Board in fulfilling its fiduciary responsibilities by overseeing financial reporting, internal controls, budgeting, and audit processes.
This role is also part of a structured succession plan to train members as backups to the Treasurer.
Full Posting - CLICK HERE
How to Apply
Send your resume to: board@questtheatre.org
Subject: Finance Committee Member Application
