Employment Opportunities

Professor of Musical Theater and inaugural Whitney Family Gary Gardner Chair in Musical Theater

UCLA seeks applicants for a full time position for a tenure-track Assistant Professor or tenured Associate or Full Professor of Theater in the area of Musical Theater, who will serve as the inaugural Whitney Family Gary Gardner Chair in Musical Theater, beginning July 1, 2026.

Qualifications:
A minimum of eight years professional experience in musical theater and three years of related teaching experience is required. An MFA, other terminal degree, and/or professional equivalency is preferred. Additional experience in film, television, and/or streaming media of interest but not required.

The ideal candidate will have experience that demonstrates:
• Ability to collaboratively lead, supervise, develop and administer a university musical theater program.
• Cooperative approach to theater education that involves colleagues with different expertise as well as ongoing collaborative relationships in the field.
• Welcoming approach to students with a broad range of knowledge and skills in theater performance, production, and scholarship.
• Ability to teach traditional and current practices at both the undergraduate and graduate level.
• Additional research and teaching interests connecting musical theater with film, television, streaming, and/or emerging practices, platforms and technologies.
• Ability to nurture and work with a wide range of diverse students from different backgrounds.