Usher

Paid Usher
Part-time Opportunity
Employer: Lucille Lortel Theatre
Location: Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street, NYC)
Start Date: September 26, 2025
Deadline to Apply: Applications will be accepted through September 22, 2025
Schedule: Seven shifts per week. Nights and weekends required
Compensation: $20/hour (2.5- or 3-hour shifts guaranteed)
Benefits: Flexible paid time-off policy. Simplified employee pension plan after three months of full-time equivalent reached.

The Lucille Lortel Theatre provides reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Please let us know if you require accommodation during the hiring process.

The Lucille Lortel Theatre seeks enthusiastic, reliable, and customer-focused individuals to join our Front of House team. This team plays a vital role in shaping the audience experience and ensuring smooth and safe operations throughout the productions in our historic West Village Off-Broadway venue.

Responsibilities

• Greet and welcome guests with professionalism and warmth
• Scan tickets and help patrons find their seats
• Manage lobby and restroom traffic
• Resolve guest concerns and ensure a positive audience experience
• Monitor audience safety and comply with emergency procedures and FDNY regulations
• All staff report to the House Manager and Operations Manager. Individuals are expected to be available for as many as seven performances per week.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will:

• Demonstrate excellent customer service and interpersonal skills
• Work calmly under pressure, multitask, and pay close attention to detail
• Communicate clearly and professionally
• Thrive in both independent and team settings
• Be committed to fostering an inclusive, anti-racist environment
• Have a passion for theatre and audience engagement

About the Lucille Lortel Theatre
The Lucille Lortel Theatre is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We strongly encourage applicants from historically marginalized communities. We recognize that inequities have shaped access and opportunity in the arts, and we are committed to doing our part to foster a more inclusive and equitable field.

Lucille Lortel Theatre’s mission is to foster both new and established artists, increase awareness and appreciation of Off-Broadway, and uphold fair and equitable business and artistic practices in service of creating a larger, more diverse community of theatre makers and audiences. The Company builds on the legacy of its founder, Lucille Lortel (1900–1999) who was a champion of work by Samuel Beckett, Caryl Churchill, Athol Fugard, Jean Genet, Adrienne Kennedy, Larry Kramer, Terrence McNally, Marsha Norman, Sam Shepard, and Wendy Wasserstein. In addition to its Off-Broadway theatre, which has been in continuous operation since 1955, the Company is renovating a three-story carriage house in Chelsea that will act as the Company’s new headquarters. Its programs include The Alcove at the Lortel, a commissioning and development program for early and mid-career playwrights; the 121 Project, a bespoke development program for new musicals; NYC Public High School Playwriting Fellowship, Fellowships in NYC Theatre at Bennington College, Lucille Lortel Awards and Playwrights’ Sidewalk, and Non-Profit Theatre Strategic and Management Services. For more information, please visit www.lortel.org