Production Manager
Purpose
To coordinate, liaise and maintain all production resources in an efficient, effective manner within budgetary parameters.
Responsibilities
- Work as facilitator between director and designer for production components
- Negotiate production staffing with advice from designers and the artistic director
- Help designers with organization and pricing
- Work as facilitator between designers and director with close communication with the stage manager
- Supervise budgets and production staff time sheets in cooperation with designers, production staff and the artistic director and office manager
- Collect all theater drawings and working instrument lists
- Attend all design meetings
- Act as chairperson for production meetings
House Manager
Responsibilities
- To efficiently manage the front of house areas for all theater productions and events
- To organize and supervise the arrangements of proper staff, equipment, space and supplies to meet the theater's needs for all front of house functions
- To liaise with all departments concerning use of front of house areas duties
- To select, train and supervise a volunteer staff of ushers, to staff the front of house areas as required for all performances and theater functions
- To have a thorough knowledge of fire regulations, safety regulations and evacuation plans
- To make all staff aware of these regulations and to operate all front of house functions abiding by these regulations
- To ensure the safety of all theater patrons while inside the building or on theater grounds
- Before each function, all washrooms, auditoriums and front of house areas must be checked to ensure their suitability for the public
- To supervise the handling of all patron problems and to personally deal with any particularly delicate situation
- To ensure that the house is returned to the stage manager as close to prescribed performance times as possible
- To regulate the entry of latecomers and control disruptive patrons
- To ensure the return of all patrons after intermission
Technical Director
Responsibilities
- Assist in the preparation of production budgets
- Manage production budgets in all matters pertaining to set construction, lighting, props and technical personnel
- Prepare, oversee and coordinate the technical schedule in cooperation with the artistic director and stage management
- Supervise the scenic carpenter, props builder/buyer and any technical assistants
- Liaise with designers and directors in consultation with the artistic director and general manager
- Coordinate efficient production maintenance program
- Prepare weekly schedules
- Coordination of all technical components of the season
- Coordinate construction schedules and updates