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Seidel Fellowship
1st Stage
$1,700/month stipend
Program details
- Organization
- 1st Stage
- Category
- Production & Technical
- Disciplines
- Administration & Management; Production & Technical
- Format
- Staff fellowship
- Career stage
- Emerging
- Location
- Tysons, VA
- Duration
- Six months, 25-30 hours/week, flexible start date
- Stipend / award
- $1,700/month stipend
- Typical deadline
- Unknown
Overview
The Seidel Fellowship at 1st Stage in Tysons, Virginia, is a six-month paid fellowship (25-30 hours per week, $1,700 monthly stipend) intended to develop emerging leaders in American theatre. Each fellowship is customized to the recipient and built around fellow-led projects mentored by senior staff, plus one-on-one meetings with field leaders and networking events, with concentrations ranging from artistic direction and casting to marketing, producing, literary management, and technical direction. Two fellows are selected per season in overlapping six-month cycles; housing is not provided.
Eligibility
Two fellows per season with overlapping six-month cycles; fellowship customized to the recipient's concentration with mentored hands-on projects; preference for applicants without heavy academic obligations; no housing provided.
Notes
2026/27 applications closed; site says to check back March 2027 for the 2027/28 cycle. Past fellows include a 2024 Production Fellow. Supported by Kathleen Gilles Seidel. | 1st Stage site lists two fellows for the 2026-2027 season in six-month cycles; fellowship areas can include Literary/Dramaturgy, Marketing, Producing. Stipend and deadline not captured.
Contact
- deidrastarnes@1ststage.org (Program-specific)
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