Thank you for checking out our volunteer website for the Cincinnati Fringe Festival!

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SIGNING UP

Signing up is easy, just browse through the calendar and click on a day that you are available. Shifts during the festival are marked "Fringe Day X". All of the volunteer positions, locations & times will appear for that day and you can click "Take this shift" if it is available.

If you haven't signed up with us this year you will be asked to register. The next time you visit the site you can just sign in with the user name & password you created on your first visit.

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VOLUNTEER POSITION DESCRIPTIONS

USHERS

Ushers play many, many roles for the Fringe: You're the host of the show, the ticket taker, the program distributor, well basically, the face of the Cincinnati Fringe Festival.

Primary responsibilities:

• Report HQ to check in then to the Box Office Manger at assigned venue
• Standard Usher duties (i.e. tear tickets & hand out programs)
• Check the lobby table where Fringe programs are kept and artists' publicity materials are available. If it's disorganized, organize it — please! Make sure there is no garbage on the table.
• Check the bathrooms to make sure the lights are on, the place is clean and there's toilet paper, soap, paper towels. If you need supplies please ask the Box Office Manager.
• Go through the seating area if there is not a show in progress. Pick up any trash or old programs lying about. Make sure there aren't any extra chairs in the aisles.
• Identify any special seating areas for people who are in wheelchairs. If you are working during a show that's being American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreted there may be a special area in the seating area that should be reserved for people who are using the interpreted services.
• Prepare programs for the show if they are available. Programs are provided by the individual artists for each show and may not be available for all performances.
• If you have extra time before the house opens, check with the Box Office Manager to see if there is anything else you may be able to do.
• There is a lot to do, please help with any miscellaneous requests the Box Office Manager might have.

BAR SERIES HOST

• You must be 21 or older for this shift
• Be friendly & welcoming to the Fringe Patrons (wearing fringe buttons), volunteers & artists as they arrive. Help them mingle & get to know the other Fringe arrivals.

ART GALLERY HOST

Art Gallery Hosts must arrive at HQ (Lucy Blue) at the shift start time.

Primary responsibilities:

• Will meet the Volunteer Coordinator at the Lucy Blue at the start of the shift
• Welcome people to the gallery and be a friendly face to visitors
• Keep track of the times people arrive for future planning.
• Check the lobby table where Fringe programs are kept and artists' publicity materials are available. If it's disorganized, organize it — please! Make sure there is no garbage left on the table.
• Tell patrons all about the fabulous performances that are going on at the festival.

HOT SPARES

(you're really floaters we just like saying hot spares)

Arrive at set shift start time is listed on the volunteer schedule.

Primary responsibilities:

• Will report to the Volunteer Coordinator at HQ(Lucy Blue)
• It is your main job to assist him/her.
• Tasks will be various from assistance with stage work, ushering, art galleries, running errands
• This is a jack-of-all-trades position.

COURIER

Runners have a shift start time that is listed on the volunteer schedule.

Primary responsibilities:

• Report to Headquarters, HQ(Lucy Blue) Ask for the Volunteer Coordinator.
• Run supplies and people to venues.
• And this year since we appreciate all the craziness we expect our couriers to work with, each courier will receive a free drink coupon for the underground. (AFTER they are finished driving for the night of course :)

STREET PROMOTERS/FLIERS

• Hand out fliers advertising the Fringe Festival at key art events in the city