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Cincinnati Fringe Festival “Fringe-tern” 2026

The Cincinnati Fringe Festival (“Cincy Fringe”) is seeking a Fringe Festival Intern (“Fringe-tern”) to join the Fringe team.

What is Cincy Fringe?

A 14-day celebration of theatre, art, music, dance, and everything between — it’s Cincinnati’s Summer Theatre Party! Heading into our 23rd year, the Cincy Fringe (as it’s succinctly known) presents over 150 performances of 35+ theatre productions during the first two weeks of June, plus free Late Night programming every night of the festival at Fringe Headquarters – the Know Theatre.

Seeking:

• Enthusiastic and hard-working individual who knows how to take initiative and is
• interested in being a part of the behind-the-scenes action of a two-week performing arts
• festival
• Excellent people skills
• Social Media knowledge (to aid in the Cincy Fringe social media posts)
• Canva experience

Length of Contract:

• Be available in the days leading up to the festival, May 26, 27, 28, and for most of Cincy Fringe Festival May 29–June 13, 2026.
• Possible hours: Tuesday – Friday, 4 PM – 10 PM, and Saturday and Sunday, noon – 10PM.
• The Fringe-tern is not expected to be at the festival for all hours, but we request availability to schedule the Fringe-tern for most days of the festival. Some conflicts during this time do not automatically exclude someone from the Fringe-ternship – we will work with your schedule.

Assignments:

• Assist all primary Cincy Fringe Staff in the day-to-day operations of the festival. Some specific assigned duties will depend on the Fringe-tern’s skills and interests.
• Providing house management support at Gabriel’s Corner (our venue located at Sycamore Street and Liberty Street): aiding the venue technician, box officer, and coordinating volunteers, making the preshow speech and ensuring the shows start on-time.
• Create signage for Late Night series
• Social Media coverage and postings
• Possible off-site festival promotions
• Assigned duties may include tasks usually assigned to community volunteers, including light tidying of Fringe headquarters, ticket-taking, or couriering people or items from one venue to another, pre-show speeches and nightly news involvement.
• Maintain professionalism as a representative of the Cincy Fringe Festival at all times.
• Undertake other reasonable duties and responsibilities as requested by the Cincy Fringe Staff.

What the Fringetern will receive:

• $1,000 paid stipend
• An opportunity to observe and participate in the internal administrative workings of a 35+ show, 150+ performance festival, including artist relations, patron services, and marketing.
• Chances to network with local and visiting Fringe artists.
• A staff uniform t-shirt and a staff parking pass (not guaranteed parking) for the dates of the festival.
• A staff festival pass, which allows free entry to shows at the festival (as schedule allows) and discounts at the Fringe bar (if 21 and older).
• The Fringe-tern will be expected to read the Know Theatre Employee Handbook and commit to its policies of conduct in the workplace.

More information about the festival and its lineup is available at cincyfringe.com

To apply to the internship, please send a short (1 paragraph) description of why you are interested in the position and a resume to Bridget Leak at bridget@knowtheatre.com by May 1, 2026.

Know Theatre is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences, such as age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, religion, or sexual orientation. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.