LINK TO WEBSITE LISTING OF PARTIES
LINK TO FRINGE CENTRAL INFORMATION
✨YOU MUST WEAR YOUR VOLUNTEER PASS FOR ENTRY INTO ACT MAINSTAGE SHOWS AND THE SATURDAY PARTY AT THIRD ROOM✨
Please remember to allow time for parking and arrive at the venue you are working on time!
(Information about parking can be found HERE)
If you will be late, text/call Beth at 828-273-1547 (if it's safe to do so! )
Your fully charged smartphone and/or tablet
If you will be using a tablet to scan QR Codes, practice taking photos with it before your shift so you'll be able to scan QRs!
Your phone/tablet charging cord
See the Venue Director to get your Box Office Bag
Names of Venue Directors for Each Venue:
35 Below: Blaine Weiss (she/her)
ACT: George Sieburg
BeBe: Gabby Bailey
Story Parlor: Kelsey Long (she/they)
Sly Grog/Third Room: Calyx Kotiw
Fleetwood's: Natasha Meduri
LEAF: Ward Caldwell
The Box Office Bag will contain the following:
Box Office Cheatsheet
Venue Check In Sheet
Card Reader/Terminal
Cash bag (with form to fill out inside)
Follow the instructions on the Box Office Cheatsheet
Don't forget to give your cash bag to the Venue Director before leaving!
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Spreadsheet of Schedule for Easy Reference
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Your Box Office Cheatsheet is up on the the Super Secret Box Office Training Site if you'd like to check it out.
(Search your email for link--can't post here or it's not Super Secret anymore-lol)
If you want to review Box Office Training (or still need to do a training) contact Beth at 828-273-1547, see available times on below or Signup Genius.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW YOU'RE COMING BY/want to do a virtual training (you can just shoot me a text) and we'll make sure to be available
Here's the Google Meet Link to open up the video call if you're doing virtual:
https://meet.google.com/fui-bwmu-onr
We are using new equipment and software this year!
To work a Box Office shift, you will need to come to an online training zoom meeting.Sign up for Box Office Training in Signup Genius.
You will need to attend the zoom training using a laptop or tablet in order to see the screen for instruction.
Box Office Virtual Trainings:
Saturday March 8 at 1 PM
Wednesday March 12 at 7 PM
Saturday March 15 at 1:30 PM
Sunday March 16 at 12:00 PM
Monday March 17 at 7:00 PM
Tuesday March 18 3-6PM LaZoom
Wednesday March 18 12-1 / 1-2 / 2-3. In-person at Fringe Central or Virtual over Google Meet
Thursday March 19 Virtual over Google Meet 12-1, and In-person at Fringe Central or over Google Meet 3-4, 4-5, 5-6
Google Meet link :
https://meet.google.com/fui-bwmu-onr
***If you cannot attend one of the above Box Office Training times, please reach out to volunteers@ashevillefringe.org and we'll figure out a time to meet virtually or at Fringe Central for a short training***
Volunteering this year is gonna be AWESOME!
We have a new streamlined ticketing system that will only require you to use your phone to scan people in and/or sell tickets.
Each event has a Venue Director that will be right there to help with whatever is needed!
You get to see a Fringe show, meet fellow Fringe folk, and wear a Fringe volunteer pass that is your ticket to some really amazing shows...
Incentives:
Volunteers with the 2025 Asheville Fringe get a Festival Pass that admits them into any show at Asheville Community Theatre Mainstage anytime, plus entry into our Saturday night extravaganza at Third Room!
Your Volunteer Festival Pass is a badge lanyard that will be available at Fringe Central. You will need to be wearing your pass for entry into ACT Mainstage acts and Saturday night at Third Room!
Requirements:
To work a Box Office Shift, you must attend a virtual Box Office Training-(Sign up in Signup Genius)
Volunteers must be 18+ in theatre spaces, 21+ in bars
Volunteers must remain sober for their shift
Only sign up for a shift if you can work the entire shift.
Traffic and parking in our city can be bad, so plan ahead to be able to arrive on time!
Go directly to SignUpGenius.com and log into your account
Go to” Items I’ve Signed Up For”,
Click on the Sign Up you’d like to change and find your name.
To “delete” your sign up,
Put the cursor over the “x” and click.
On the next screen you’ll be asked “Are you sure”.
If you are, click “Yes, delete”.
To request a Swap,
Place your cursor over the “circling arrows” and click.
Click on the date/time you’d like to swap to, then Yes Swap.
SignUpGenius will take it from there and notify you if someone agrees to the Swap.
If you have trouble, reach out to Beth at volunteers@ashevillefringe.org.