Volunteer
Interested in volunteering for Moisture Festival?
The Moisture Festival wouldn’t be possible without our fantastic volunteers. Volunteers are crucial to the success of every show and our talented volunteers generously donate their time and energy.
Almost everyone involved in the festival is a volunteer, from the board and producers, to the door team, to ground transportation drivers. We all work together to make this festival happen. Many of our volunteers have been with us for years—and they keep coming back!
If you are available for daytime work or pre-festival work and would like to help with administrative, publicity, theater construction or decoration tasks, we can use your help as well!
Volunteer Sign Up
To sign up to volunteer for Moisture Festival, please complete our new volunteer application here.
A member of our team will reach out to you with registration information, volunteer orientation scheduling, and will be able to answer any additional questions you may have.
Seeking: Artist Housing / Hosts
We are especially looking for housing hosts for the 2024 festival. If you are interested in housing a visiting artist in your home, read more on our Housing Host Info Page. You can indicate your interest on the application form!
Board of Directors
Of course we also have a volunteer Board of Directors. The Seattle Moisture Festival Board of Directors is actively seeking passionate, diverse, and experienced board members to help guide our nonprofit organization. We are especially seeking professionals in Fundraising/Development, Law/Governance, Technology, Real Estate, Airlines, or Hotels/Hospitality.
Questions?
For questions about volunteering for the Moisture Festival, email: volunteers@moisturefestival.org
These are some Festival-time Volunteer Jobs:
(Learn about more at the Volunteer meeting)
Doors, greeters/ticket takers:
We welcome the guests, keep them company while they wait in line outside the theater, take their tickets as they enter and help them to find seats, as necessary. We are the face of the festival and the beginning of the show. Costumes are encouraged and playful attitudes are a must! Everyone helps with setting up the theater and cleaning up after the show.
Security/Safety:
Our security crew is primarily there to keep everyone safe and happy. In 2022 this team will doing vax card checks/gate checks, and Covid safety reminders. Everyone helps with setting up the theater and cleaning up after the show. We are stationed both outside the theater and inside before the show, but inside during the show.
Box Office:
We run an onsite box office at every show, both selling tickets for the current show and handling the will-call list from advance ticket sales. If you have box office or cash handling experience and work well with people, this may be the job for you! Unfortunately (and fortunately) we have many sold-out shows, so we have often have to be the bearer of bad news to walk-ups. We aim to do it with grace and style. Warm costumes are encouraged – our box office is in a circus caravan outside the theater. The box office volunteers are responsible for setting up and shutting down the box office.
Stage Crew:
If you have experience as a stage hand please drop us a line! We have an ever-changing lineup with frequent last-minute additions/changes. We will keep you on your toes with glee!
Food Team/Hospitality:
Help with the care and feeding of artists in the Green Room. One of the greatest joys of the festival is the gathering for dinner at the end of the show – we make it happen. Help set up the Green room and keep it stocked with snacks and drinks during the show, and prepare for, serve, and clean up after the meal. You’ll be everyone’s favorite!
Building:
Our Hammerheads literally ‘make art work’, building sets, decor, theater improvements, etc before the festival.
Driver:
Being a Moisture Festival volunteer driver is a great way to meet interesting and talented people, make new friends and really help the Moisture Festival show some Moisture Festival and Northwest hospitality to arriving out of town performers and staff. The Moisture Festival needs drivers to pick up and drop off performers and out of town staff at the airport, or transport performers and staff around town. Basic Requirements: Drivers license, vehicle in safe working condition with insurance, working cell phone, vehicle able to accommodate passengers and baggage, ability to be flexible, working email address, knowledge of greater Seattle area.
Important things to know
*Most volunteer roles are completely volunteer and do not receive tickets to attend shows. You do get the watch the show(s) you are working and enjoy a hot meal with the artists and your fellow volunteers at the end of the night. The only roles that receive compensation in the form of complimentary tickets are roles that do not take place during a show such as airport driving, pre/post-festival construction, and office work.
* No matter what volunteer team you are on, please come wearing something you can push a broom in. You can change into your festive duds before the show.
* You may be asked to help in an area other than the one you signed up for, especially if we are over or under-staffed in a specific area. We all pitch in where we can, so please be flexible!
* When you arrive for your shift, please check in at the volunteer desk immediately inside the theater. You will need to read and sign the volunteer agreement/waiver, which will be provided by the on-site volunteer coordinator.
* We have a space where volunteers are able to stash their personal items while they work.
* Our volunteers work hard, but are able to watch most of the show. Although you are able to see most of the show, you are still “on duty” – please remain where the volunteer leads can find you, and be sure to check in periodically.
* Volunteers are welcome to join the cast for a hot dinner after the show (or between shows on Fridays and Saturdays), but are not permitted to go backstage during the show, or after the show until the theater is cleaned and set for the next show. Space is very limited backstage, and performers need the area to dress, warm up and prepare for their acts.
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. (EIN: 20-3366934)