Job Description

Adjuncts are hired on a course basis. The Theatre and Performance Studies (TAPS) program Production Manager is responsible for a variety of managerial, supervisory, organizational, and assisted support duties related to the three TAPS productions each academic year. The Production Manager works closely with the Division Chair of the Division of Arts and Letters (DAL), the TAPS Artistic Director, TAPS program faculty, and the Center for Performing Arts (CPA) technical, marketing, and box office staff.

Essential Responsibilities

• Talent and Materials Procurement (25%): Coordinate selection of design, directing, consulting, and stage management staff as required per production. Upon identification, work with Procurement Department in contracting all directing, design, and stage management or consulting personnel. In collaboration with DAL support staff, provide all information needed by GSU departments for materials, purchase orders, reimbursements, etc., pertaining to each TAPS production.
• Support and Supervision of Personnel Hired/Registered for Each Production (25%): Provide support to designers and supervision to stage management staff. Supervise Stage Management team throughout the rehearsal and production period. Guide and mentor practicum student stage management staff. Collect all cast biographies and requests for complementary tickets by established deadlines. Serve as primary liaison between the Director/Guest Director, Designers, and TAPS/CPA staff. Assign interested students to running crew positions and monitor their progress. Collect all creative team biographies and ticket requests.
• Organization and Hand-Off of Technical/Production Rehearsal Period (20%): Attend and facilitate hand-off of technical rehearsals and performances to Stage Management staff. Provide initial supervision of student participants of the running crew.
• Coordination of Rehearsal and Performance Space, Auditions, and Production Calendar (10%): In collaboration with the Director/Guest Director, draft, publish, and edit the production calendar. Plan, facilitate, and document two production meetings per production, including follow-up items. Schedule space for auditions, rehearsals, and special events.
• Provide Information and Collaboration to All External Programs as Needed (10%): Collaborate with CPA staff for marketing requests, including draft programs, cast and creative team biographies, production photos, and archival recordings. Set deadlines for complementary ticket requests. Organize and supervise strikes of all TAPS productions. Serve as point-person for questions about the show, space, and logistics.
• Other Duties (10%): Includes budgetary responsibilities such as drafting production budgets and tracking expenditures. Secure rights and scripts for productions.

Supervisory Responsibility

Supervision of Stage Management staff. Coordination of designers, consultants, and guest directors.

Work Environment

The work takes place at various places on campus, including primarily spaces on and off stage in the Center for Performing Arts.

Physical Demands

Organization and timely communications. Serving as liaison between guest artists, CPA staff, and program faculty.

Required and Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications: M.F.A. or terminal degree in Stage Management, Theatre Arts, or a closely related discipline. Documented record of success in production management and stage management through academic/professional productions and credits.
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience with first-generation, culturally diverse, and non-traditional students and performers. Experience mentoring students in stage management.

Supplemental Information

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