Internships
Our Program
For more than 45 years, Hudson Scenic Studios has engineered, built, and automated custom scenery and environments for immersive experiences, themed entertainment, and Broadway.
Our summer internship program exists because a craft like ours only lasts if we invest in the people who'll carry it forward. We bring students into the real work, help them sharpen the skills they need to succeed in their field, and do our part to keep exceptional talent in the industry — and often, at Hudson. Many of our interns go on to long careers in live and themed entertainment, and a good number find their way back to us.
Hands-On, Real-World Experience
From day one, you're on the shop floor and across our departments, learning the craft from our experienced team while working on active projects. To learn more about the different areas of our shop and what interning in each might entail, check out our Internship Opportunities.
If you love creating, building, and problem-solving — and want to kick-start your career while having fun doing it, apply to intern with us!
Opportunities
Work alongside Hudson's automation and engineering teams on the systems that make scenery move: the motion control behind lifts, turntables, winches, and other automated effects for theater and themed entertainment. As an Automation Intern, you might:
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Create technical drawings for automated elements in 3D AutoCAD and/or Inventor
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Provide floor support for console and control setup
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Help integrate motors, winches, turntables, and other automation systems into built elements
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Support electrical layouts and systems planning for motion-controlled scenery
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Join design reviews and participate in on-the-floor problem-solving
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Support Hudson's technical design team in designing and implementing large-scale, technically complex theatrical productions, themed attractions, and experiential environments. As a Technical Design Intern, you might:
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Draft drawings in AutoCAD and/or Inventor
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Help develop shop drawings for wood and steel scenic structures
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Work with our engineers, production managers, and shop crews to maintain design integrity throughout fabrication
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Join design reviews and participate in on-the-floor problem-solving
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Gain professional production management experience, helping our team coordinate the labor scheduling, fabrication, installation, and load out of large, technically complex, and fast-paced builds. As a Production Management Intern, you might:
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Support labor tracking, timekeeping, and crew management across all departments
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Help build and maintain union crew schedules
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Join internal meetings and client shop walkthroughs
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Update project documentation and reporting
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Coordinate labor needs and availability with department heads
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Assist with trucking, delivery, and vendor coordination
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Assist our project management team in guiding projects from initial client conversations to bids to presenting awarded scopes to the shop floor. You'll get a window into pre-project processes, supporting client relationship-building, bidding, estimating, and project planning. As a Project Management Intern, you might:
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Help project managers and estimators compile bids and proposals
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Join meetings and shop visits with clients and design teams
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Document internal project meetings
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Produce the interdepartmental documentation that keeps projects moving
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Work on Hudson’s shop floor alongside our experienced carpenters, welders, and electricians. You'll gain hands-on experience with the materials, tools, and techniques used to build large-scale scenery, stage mechanics, and custom fixtures for major theatrical productions, themed attractions, and immersive experiences. As a Shop Intern, you might:
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Fabricate, assemble, and finish scenic elements
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Participate in woodworking projects with our Carpentry Shop
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Support metal fabrication and rigging in our Iron Shop
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Help wire, solder, and integrate lighting in our Electrics Shop
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Maintain a clean, safe, and organized workspace
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How to Apply
Thanks for your interest! Please check back for updates on our next internship application period.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the internship application process, please email Human Resources.
FAQs & Info
All internships take place in-person at our facilities in Yonkers, NY, just north of New York City.
Internships are typically up to three months over the summer, beginning after Memorial Day. Hours are 7:30/ 8:00 a.m. to 3:30/4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Our interns contribute to real projects, working alongside professionals in our carpentry, iron, electrics, automation, technical design, production management, or project management departments. Detailed descriptions of each type of internship opportunity are here.
We work primarily in the theater and live entertainment, themed entertainment, and experiential sectors, so as an intern, you'll get hands-on experience in these markets, too. Check out our portfolio to learn more about our work.
The number of internship openings and the fields we offer them in varies year-to-year, based on our projects' and team's needs.
Yes, our internships are paid. Interns are responsible for their own housing and transportation.
Students who are at least 18 years old on or by the internship start date, currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program, and who are U.S. citizens or U.S. student visa holders are eligible to apply.
As an equal opportunity employer, Hudson Scenic Studios is committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and collaborative workplace where great ideas can become extraordinary experiences. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
Applications open seasonally for our summer internship program. Please check the How to Apply section above for updates and application deadlines.
We receive a high volume of internship applications every cycle, and our staff review and respond to each one. This usually takes us several weeks. We share our decisions with all applicants by email and/or phone in late April/early May.