Cafe Staff -Line Cook

The Commons Bar & Café, nestled within TheatreSquared, is actively seeking enthusiastic individuals primarily skilled in line cook duties, with a minimum of one year experience in such roles or an equivalent. This position entails working in a fine-casual, counter-service food and beverage program. Reporting to Commons Bar management, the successful candidate will contribute to enhancing the food and beverage experience in TheatreSquared’s state-of-the-art venue in Fayetteville, Arkansas. As an integral part of TheatreSquared’s mission to cultivate a cultural common-space and foster community cohesion, this role will embody our commitment to social change and inclusivity.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Display excellent customer service skills and ensure standards and consistency of food items.
• Responsible for the preparation of ingredients and stations used in the cooking process, as well as maintaining the kitchen and ensuring it is clean and sanitized.
• Communicate effectively with Front of House staff, Head Chef, and Sous Chef.
• Collaborate with T2’s marketing, development, and front-of-house teams to ensure a seamless service experience during performances, peak hours, and special events.
• Foster effective team communication.
• Adhere to health codes, beverage control laws, and COVID-19 protocols enforced by T2.
• Embrace and promote TheatreSquared’s mission, vision, and principles of inclusion, diversity, equity, anti-racism, and access.

QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum age requirement of 21.
• Flexibility to work days, nights, weekends, and/or holidays.
• One year experience in a fast-paced food-service position, preferably with line cook duties.

DESIRABLE SKILL SETS

• Interest in composing food menu items for seasonal menus and weekly specials.
• ServSafe certification or familiarity with local health codes.
• Expertise in pandemic-related restaurant safety measures.
• Passion for live theatre.

TheatreSquared is committed to fostering diversity and inclusivity in our workplace. We actively encourage applications from individuals of all genders, abilities, ethnicities, socio-economic backgrounds, religions, and educational levels. We believe that a diverse team enhances our organizational growth and aim to attract, develop, and retain talent from a broad spectrum of candidates. Please note that all interviews will be conducted via video conferencing platforms (Google, Zoom, etc.).

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience. The base pay for this part-time, non-exempt position is $15 per hour, with tips. Benefits include shift meals, flexible scheduling, holiday pay, paid time off, complimentary show tickets, access to the company's employee assistance program, and regular opportunities to experience live theatre.

THEATRESQUARED MISSION

We believe that theatre—done well and with passion—can transform lives and communities. At the theatre, in schools and online, we create remarkable performances; broaden access; foster empathy, equity and cohesion; and gather with one another around art, conversation, food and other shared experiences in a welcoming, inclusive space.

ABOUT THEATRESQUARED & NORTHWEST ARKANSAS 

Now entering its 16th season, TheatreSquared’s challenging, heartfelt, and intimate productions reach 60,000 patrons each year, including more than 20,000 students and their teachers. T2 fills a crucial niche in the region’s cultural landscape as the only year-round, producing professional theatre within a 150-mile radius, operating on an annual budget of $6 million. TheatreSquared employs trained artists from across the country to create its 330 annual performances and is contracted with Actors' Equity Association. The theatre is also Arkansas’s home for professional playwrights, developing scripts through the Arkansas New Play Festival in Fayetteville and Bentonville and producing new works and world premieres each year. TheatreSquared’s architecturally significant, 50,000-square-foot, two-venue permanent home was completed in 2019. For details on the facility, visit ournextstage.org. 

Fayetteville and Northwest Arkansas were ranked 8th by US News and World Report in its 2021 "Best Places to Live in the US.” Located in the scenic Ozarks and offering a low cost of living and high quality of life, this vibrant metro area recently surpassed the half-million population mark and is home to the headquarters of Fortune 100 companies including Walmart Stores, J.B. Hunt, Tyson, and peer world-class cultural institutions such as Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.