Job Description
Visual & Performing Arts Stage Manager
Status : Temporary/Per Diem
Reports To: Arts Department Producer
Revision Date : 1/23/2025
At Pacific Ridge School, our mission statement drives all of our work:
In a community that fosters academic excellence, ethical responsibility and global engagement, Pacific Ridge School prepares students for college and a purposeful life. Position Summary Seeking talented, experienced stage managers. No professional experience required. Student stage managers enrolled in undergraduate- or graduate-level training will be enthusiastically considered. Must have excellent organizational and leadership skills, a strong understanding of the responsibilities of a stage manager, an interest in educational theatre, and the ability to pass a background check.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities (include, but are not limited to, the following)
- Participation in all auditions, rehearsals, and performances
- Management and care of the production script, where the stage manager records all blocking and cues
- Record rehearsal notes, line notes, cues, and blocking
- Help to maintain order and timeliness during rehearsals and performances
- Attend and facilitate production meetings as necessary
- Disseminate the rehearsal schedule and rehearsal/performance reports to the cast, producer, and production staff
- Call all cues during the run of performances
- Oversee the proper care and management of the stage, rehearsal space, props, costumes, set pieces, stagehands, and any other production elements
- Issue calls to the actors prior to and during performances and facilitate communication between the front- and back-of-house staff
Qualifications (minimum requirements)
- Excellent organizational & leadership skills
- Strong understanding of stage management
- Interest in educational theatre
- Pass Live Scan and Fingerprinting background check
Stage Management Positions Available (candidates are free to apply to as many positions as possible)
- MEAN GIRLS: High School Version
- Upper School Musical (9-12 th Grade)
- Location: Auditions, rehearsals, and tech rehearsals will be held on PRS campus (6269 El Fuerte Street, Carlsbad, CA 92009). Performances will be held at the Ritz Theater (301 E Grand Avenue, Escondido, CA 92025)
- Time: Rehearsals are typically held Monday thru Friday from 3:15-6:30pm
- Dates:
- Auditions: December 7-8, 2024
- Rehearsals: February 3, 2025 thru April 4, 2025
- Tech Rehearsals: April 14-17, 2025
- Dress Rehearsals: April 21-23, 2025
- Performances: April 24-26, 2025
Hourly Rate: $18/hour
Total Earning Potential: $5,700
Job Tags
Hourly pay, Temporary work, Monday to Friday,