Volunteer Info

NUTCRACKER VOLUNTEER SIGN-UP OPENS OCTOBER 8th!

• • To receive an access code for ticket pre-sale event, you must sign up to volunteer by 12 pm MST on Tuesday, October 21st.

WHY VOLUNTEER?

We have over 90 cast members and limited staff members to run the show....so we need backstage help for every show and every dress rehearsal!

BONUS: Volunteers will receive a digital gift card with the amount depending on the spot they volunteer for.  The card will be emailed to the address provided when you sign up to volunteer. The gift card can only be applied to ONE transaction that is tied to ONE email address.

 **** IMPORTANT ****

If you are a NO-SHOW for your Volunteer Spot, Elevation reserves the right to relinquish the discount applied to your ticket purchase and you will be charged the difference in the ticket price at no warning.  Thank you for understanding. 

WANT TO VOLUNTEER FOR MORE THAN ONE SPOT?

Great! We would love to have you and would appreciate it! If you use the same email to sign up, your gift card will be combined into 1 amount.  If you use different emails when you sign up to volunteer, you will have separate gift card codes and amounts.

As a reminder you will not be able to purchase tickets until the volunteer presale is over unless you volunteer.

Volunteer Opportunities & Info

• Marley & Prop Load In: $18 discount

• Girls Dressing Room: $25 discount

• Soldier's & Mice Backstage Dressing Room: $25 discount

• Dress Rehearsal Door: $12 discount

• Clean Up: $18 discount

• Door Ticket Taker: $10 discount

• Program Distributor: $10 discount

• Ticket Sales: $10 discount

• Usher Inside: $12 discount

• Usher Outside: $14 discount

• Prop Load Out / Marley Strike: $25 discount

• Flower / Merchandise Sales $10

• Bring rolling rack ($12)

• Bring steamer ($12)

• Steam Costumes ($15)

PROPS and MARLEY LOAD IN (TICKET DISCOUNT $18)

SAT, DEC 13TH

DESCRIPTION

HEAVY LIFTING REQUIRED.  Meet at storage unit (directions tba,) to load props and marley, travel to studio for more props, then to high school to unload. Job will be to load marley and props into the truck and then unload and move marley and props into the theatre. Everyone will help to unroll marley, but will NOT be taping marley at this time. The marley flooring needs to acclimate from the cold into the theatre.

CLEAN UP - BACKSTAGE (TICKET DISCOUNT $18)

DESCRIPTION

Direct all dancers & volunteers to clean up dressing rooms, side dressing rooms, large band room, boys dressing room, bathrooms. Help collect lost and found items. A box will be provided and should be left in the auditorium by the tech booth each night so that students can check it when they come in the next day.  We have a cleaning crew arriving to help on Saturday night only. IMPORTANT that we leave EVERY room better than the way we find it.

Please assist with clean-up of large items (trash, costume items, etc.)

CLEAN UP - THEATRE & COMMONS (TICKET DISCOUNT $18)

DESCRIPTION

Direct all dancers & volunteers to clean up inside theatre & front of house/commons area. Pick up flower petals. Help collect lost and found items. A box will be provided and should be left in the auditorium by the tech booth each night so that students can check it when they come in the next day.  We have a cleaning crew arriving to help on Saturday night only. IMPORTANT that we leave EVERY room better than the way we find it.

Please assist with clean-up of large items (trash, costume items, etc.)

GIRLS DRESSING ROOM / LOWER THEATRE LARGE ROOM (TICKET DISCOUNT $25)

DESCRIPTION

PLEASE CHECK IN WITH HOUSE MANAGER UPON ARRIVAL. VOLUNTEERS MUST BE PRESENT FOR THE ENTIRE DURATION: 3:30PM - SHOW ENDS

Female volunteers only! Please assist dancers as needed with costumes, hair and makeup. Help with bathroom breaks. Additionally, please help maintain the peace and quiet backstage. There may be lots of "standing around" but for safety and comfort of our students, we need adult supervision in the dressing rooms.

The “GIRLS DRESSING” room is located just under the stage (Lower THEATRE), so it’s important only quiet voices are used. Thank you for being on time and staying for the ENTIRE show AND HELPING TO CLEAN UP. (Please do not leave until every child is out of the room.) Please make sure dancers clean up after themselves as they go. Please be sure to leave the room as you found it each night as there are classes that utilize the room each weekday. Do not leave anything in the room until FRIDAY NIGHT!

During down time, please bring a black sharpie to make sure all student items are labeled. For girls dressing room, keep all boys/dads out.

For anyone in Ballet shoes, please make sure all head pieces are pinned well and that ballet shoe laces are tucked into shoes.

No running through the high school halls ever. Take off jewelry or hair bands from wrist.

BRING ROLLING GARMENT RACKS (TICKET DISCOUNT $12 PER RACK)

DESCRIPTION

Bring on TUE and leave until the show ends on SAT

Since there is not a place to hang costumes in any of the dressing rooms, we would love some volunteers to bring rolling garment racks. You should plan to label the rack(s) you bring with your last name. The racks will remain at the high school until you pick them up on Saturday night after the show. We will place a rack in the small girls dressing room, and the rest in the large girls dressing room / lower theatre.)

SOLDIERS & MICE BACKSTAGE (TICKET DISCOUNT $25)

DESCRIPTION

Dancers will be in the lower dressing room on stage right.

PLEASE CHECK IN WITH HOUSE MANAGER UPON ARRIVAL AND PICK UP IMPORTANT SHOW INFORMATION INCLUDING SHOW ORDER AND LIST OF DANCERS PER PIECE!!!!

PLEASE BRING A QUIET ACTIVITY FOR THE CHILDREN. Please notice the arrival and pick up times for these dancers as it may be different from the rest of the cast since they are the youngest dancers in the show.

Female volunteers only! Please assist dancers as needed with costumes, hair and makeup. Help with bathroom breaks. Additionally, please help maintain the peace and quiet backstage. There may be lots of "standing around" but for safety and comfort of our students, we need adult supervision in the dressing rooms.

The “GIRLS DRESSING” room is located just under the stage (Lower Band Room), so it’s important only quiet voices are used. Thank you for being on time and staying for the ENTIRE show. (Please do not leave until every child is out of the room.) Please make sure dancers clean up after themselves as they go. Please be sure to leave the room as you found it each night as there are classes that utilize the room each weekday. Do not leave anything in the room until FRIDAY NIGHT!

During down time, please bring a black sharpie to make sure all student items are labeled. For girls dressing room, keep all boys/dads out.

For anyone in Ballet shoes, please make sure all head pieces are pinned well and that ballet shoe laces are tucked into shoes.

No running through the high school halls ever. Take off jewelry or hair bands from wrist.

DRESS REHEARSAL DOOR (TICKET DISCOUNT $12)

DESCRIPTION

(THIS IS NOT AN EXTRA OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH-PLEASE BRING A QUIET ACTIVITY FOR YOURSELF.)

Please stay outside auditorium doors during the rehearsal as dress rehearsal is closed to all audience members.

Absolutely nobody allowed in auditorium for dress rehearsals. 

MISC SHOW DAY JOBS

• Door Ticket Taker: $10 discount

• Program Distributor: $10 discount

• Ticket Sales: $10 discount
  This person is responsible for selling any tickets we have available for that particular show day. Tickets for any upcoming shows need to be purchased online through the ticket sale link.  Please give sales to the House Manager when show starts. If the show is sold out, please plan to be one of our ticket takers for the evening.

• Usher Inside: $12 discount

• Usher Outside: $14 discount
  outside usher must keep the doors closed and only let guests in the doors in between musical numbers.

• Prop Load Out / Marley Strike: $25 discount

• Flower / Merchandise Sales $10

****Volunteers will be able to purchase a maximum of 8 tickets PER SHOW during the pre-sale****