Flying Leap Productions Board Search
Flying Leap is a nonprofit family theater company led by a dynamic, passionate team of artists. Together, we make and produce site-specific, radically accessible, participatory theater for families around tough topics. Our work serves marginalized families through collaboration with diverse artists, audiences, and community partners.
Flying Leap is building a thoughtful, collaborative, values-aligned inaugural board with diverse lived experiences and skills that will support our growth.
Flying Leap Productions makes and produces thoughtful, participatory performance around complicated or difficult subject matter, for families to experience together. Our performances take place in the community, outside traditional theater spaces, and we make them in direct collaboration with our artists and our audience. With a core emphasis on accessibility and joy, our performances offer a foundation for discussion between children and families.
Our Vision: Families are empowered to leap across perceived boundaries together and towards each other, into a more liberated world where young people have the agency to ask challenging questions and take action, and adults have the tools to navigate tough topics alongside them.
When you see a Flying Leap Production: You and your family come together at a unique site in your neighborhood, for a high-quality production made by artists who share your family’s lived experiences. No matter where you’re from, what language you speak, what your family looks like, or your disability status, you and your family are welcome. Young people leave our work having engaged something that adults find tough to talk about, and adults leave with play-based tools to continue the conversation.
Board Search Overview
We are seeking dedicated, thoughtful visionaries with skills that will help us practice our values and increase stability as we continue to grow.
As a board member of Flying Leap Productions, you will put your skills and network into service for marginalized families outside the mainstream theater audience. You will help kids access arts experiences they wouldn’t normally be able to enjoy, and you’ll help parents and caregivers learn how to navigate tough conversations with their children through play. More formally, you will advise, oversee policy and direction, and assist with the growth of Flying Leap Productions, in support of our mission.
We’re seeking expertise in:
Legal – Contract review, compliance, founding HR documents. Support can come from the board member or from their network.
Fundraising – Our annual operating costs are currently $30k, and we expect to grow to $60k over the next 3 years. Individual project budgets range from $10–40k.
Arts/Educational go-to-market strategy – We have significant assets in our work that, with the right guidance, could become earning properties that increase our reach.
To support our growth, we are specifically prioritizing board members and staff with diverse lived experiences, particularly BIPOC folks and parents.
Board Commitment:
Attend four quarterly board meetings per year, held virtually, with the option to join in person at our annual retreat in the Catskills.
Commit to a fixed give-get amount that feels personally meaningful to the member
Dedicate 1 hour/month to mentorship of a staff member and 45m monthly with the Producing Artistic Director (all virtual)
Volunteer additional time as available to put your skills to work for the organization, whether that’s hosting a fundraiser, reviewing documents, drafting a strategy, etc.
Dream big, work collaboratively, and occasionally play silly theater games.
