Employment

Managing Director

Christian Youth Theater, headquartered in Cary, Illinois; a growing and thriving Christian non-profit theater arts education program for youth across Chicagoland and Southern Wisconsin, is seeking a mission-minded, highly motivated, and skilled individual to join our team as a Managing Director.
 
The ideal Managing Director will be a solid and genuine team player with a heart for ministry who can juggle multiple priorities without getting flustered or disorganized. Excellent communication and project management skills, an encouraging and Christ-like attitude, biblical knowledge, and a strong attention to detail will enable the Managing Director to succeed in leading CYT’s operations. This role offers a unique opportunity for professional growth and development, with a clear path to advance to the position of Executive Managing Director.
Job Description

Teaching at CYT

CYT Chicago has class locations throughout Chicagoland and Southeast Wisconsin. We serve children from ages 5-18 in our theatrical classes and summer camps. CYT's classes and productions run on a trimester schedule. 

We are always looking for gifted educators in all forms of acting, singing, dancing, improv, music, technical, and more.
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Directing Teams

CYT Chicago proudly produces fully-staged musicals, with outstanding lighting, sound, sets, and costumes. Cast sizes generally range from 50-100 kids, all between the ages of 8 and 18. CYT shows are a unique opportunity to work with up-and-coming talent in a fun and relaxed setting, while teaching them the importance of having a professional work ethic. These shows become magic with the help of directors, musical directors, and choreographers who are creative and can communicate that creativity in a productive and positive way.
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Internships

CYT has many opportunities for college internships.  Stage direction, music, choreography, costume design, set building, marketing, graphic design, administration, and more!  Working with CYT is a great way to improve your skills, grow your knowledge, and gain experience working in all aspects of theater and business.  Most internships are available as part of our directing teams but others are available in our local CYT classes and at our home office in Cary, Illinois.

For Directing Internships, please complete the application under the Directing Teams section listed above. For college credit internship inquiries, please email Aleece at aroot@cytchicago.org.

Camp Leaders

Camp staff includes professional local artists, CYT Production Artistic Teams, and theater specialists. These leaders are high energy, experienced, and love working with kids! CYT aims to hire leaders who are great role models for our students. All CYT leaders have been background checked and adhere to Christian Youth Theater's Mission and Values.

2024 camp staffing is complete! Check here for 2025 applications in February 2025.
Camp Interns Is this you - positive role model, responsible, takes good initiative, love people, has great social skills and outstanding work ethics? If you are a CYT student age 14+ who matches this description, we invite you to apply. Interns are selected based upon availability and the needs of each individual camp. Interns are required to be at camp M-F 8:30am-3:30pm. On both Monday and Friday, start and end times will vary.

All CYT leaders adhere to Christian Youth Theater's Mission and Values.

2024 camp intern applications are closed. Check here in April 2025 for the summer 2025 application.