Free For All volunteers perform a variety of tasks, including distributing tickets, answering phone calls, and greeting the crowds. Each shift lasts approximately three hours, with the first beginning at 11:30 a.m. and the last ending around 10:30 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday. When you volunteer, you have the option to choose which job you would like to perform, as well as the day and time. Volunteering guarantees you two tickets without having to wait in line.

Please note that we cannot accept children under age 13 as volunteers. Minor volunteers 14+ must be accompanied by a supervising parent or guardian.

To volunteer, fill out the online form or call our volunteer coordinator at 202.547.3230 ext. 2319 or email us.

Job Descriptions:

Box Office at Carter Barron Amphitheatre
(16th Street and Colorado Ave. NW)
Hours: 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Duties: Hand out tickets, answer phones, give directions, and insert flyers into playbills. Daytime volunteers also hand out prize drawing cards.

Box Office at the Shakespeare Theatre Company's Sidney Harman Hall
(610 F Street NW)
Hours: 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Duties: Hand out tickets, give directions and insert flyers into the programs

Weekday Information Table
(In front of Carter Barron Box Office)
Hours: 5:25 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday through Friday
Duties: Welcome and direct guests to the Amphitheatre, picnic areas, restrooms, telephones, etc. Pass out Shakespeare Theatre Company literature and braille and large print programs. The information table is staffed only with volunteers who are very familiar with the Shakespeare Theatre Company. There are no chairs at the information table; this job requires standing.

Weekend Information Table
(In front of the Carter Barron Box Office)
Hours: 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. or 5:25 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday
Duties: same as the weekday information table volunteers.

Ticket Takers
(At Amphitheatre turnstiles)
Hours: 5:25 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Duties: Tear and count tickets. These volunteers miss the first part of the show, but are encouraged to see the entire show on another evening if they wish. At the end of each night, ticket-takers may reserve a ticket to another evening's performance. Note: Ticket-takers must stand in the beautiful park setting for the entire period.

Prize Drawing Cards
(In front of the Carter Barron Box Office)
Hours: 5:25 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.
Duties: Hand out prize drawing cards as guests arrive. Each evening those patrons who have filled out the prize drawing cards are entered into a drawing for free tickets to next season's performances. Note: Prize Drawing volunteers must stand in the beautiful park setting for the entire period.

Greeters
(In the back of the Amphitheatre)
Hours: 5:25 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.
Duties: Monitor the back of the Amphitheatre and keep the general public out of the seating area until the house manager announces over the loudspeakers that the house is open. Help ushers pre-seat Sponsors, Friends of Free For All and audience members with disabilities. Note: Greeters must stand in the beautiful park setting for the entire period.

Ushers
(Inside the Amphitheatre)
Hours: 5:25 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.
Duties: Handing out programs, helping patrons to their seats, and showing Sponsors and Friends of Free For All to their correct section.

Floaters
Hours: 5:25 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.
Duties: Fill in wherever needed.

To volunteer, fill out the online form or call our volunteer coordinator at 202.547.3230 ext. 2319 or email us.