Call for Stage Managers & Assistant Stage Managers

at  Stratford Festival

WHO WE ARE:

Based in Stratford, Ontario, the Stratford Festival is one of the world’s foremost repertory theatre companies. It operates year-round, presenting a season of about a dozen plays each year between the months of April and November, a rich stream of digital content and hundreds of events designed to deepen understanding of the plays. For every person a theatregoer sees on our stages, we have seven people working behind the scenes, some of the world’s most dedicated and experienced arts workers.
The Stratford Festival is committed to ongoing work to support equity, inclusion, anti-racism and anti-oppression in all areas of our work. These areas include play selection, casting, marketing and public relations efforts, education programs, production, design, recruitment of staff and volunteers, and the composition of the Board of Directors.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Qualified Canadian Actors’ Equity Association Stage Manager
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
  Posting closes 5:00pm, Monday, October 14, 2024.

• Stage Manager responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Overseeing a production during the rehearsal period and during performances
• Maintain and assemble prompt scripts including detailed notes on blocking
• Maintain artistic and technical intentions of the director, producer, and designers after opening
• Coordinate and communicate with heads of all other departments
• Maintain records as necessary to advise the theatre and Equity on matters of company discipline, overtime, meal breaks, working environment, health and safety
• Adhere to, implement, and enforce the Stratford Festival’s Health & Safety Commitment and Procedures, and ensure that safe work practices and policies are supported and enforced within the reporting structure
• Assistant Stage Manager responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Organizing a production during the rehearsal period and backstage during performances
• Prepare and maintain detailed notes and lists on props, costumes, scene timings, costume changes, actor entrances/exits, and scene changes
• Coordinate and liaise all aspects of a production by communicating information to all departments involved on a daily basis
• Oversee an efficient backstage area during a production by paging scenes and accounting for props and costumes
• Adhere to, implement, and enforce the Stratford Festival’s Health & Safety Commitment and Procedures, and ensure that safe work practices and policies are supported and enforced within the reporting structure