MANAGER OF STUDENT PRODUCTIONS

MANAGER OF STUDENT PRODUCTIONS

Organizational Summary:

The Playwrights Horizons Theater School (PHTS) has provided thousands of theater students with intensive theater training through a four-year program that emphasizes professional development and interdisciplinary theater making. The curriculum includes courses in acting, directing, playwriting, design, movement, and voice and speech for nearly 200 students each year. It operates out of Playwrights Horizons’ second location at 440 Lafayette (Downtown).

Playwrights Horizons (Uptown) is a writer's theater dedicated to the support and development of contemporary American playwrights, composers and lyricists, and to the production of their new work.

Reports to:

Director, Playwright Horizons Theater School

Position Summary:

The Playwrights Horizons Theater School is seeking a collaborative, passionate, and self-starting individual to join the administrative team Downtown! Alongside the Director, this role will produce all student productions which includes managing a team of directors, professional artist mentors, stage managers, house managers, designers, and seasonal box office staff. Additionally, this role will serve as the point of contact for the school’s students, faculty, and staff as it relates to production needs.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and oversee the budget for all productions for both the Mainstage and up to 30 student led projects each semester.
• Hire and supervise approximately 30-35 professional artist mentors each semester, ensure new hire paperwork is completed and submitted for payroll processing
• Recruit and onboard designers, stage managers, and other creatives involved with the student and Mainstage productions each semester, ensure new hire paperwork is completed and submitted for weekly payroll processing
• Create and negotiate between 5-10 Mainstage production contracts, depending on the show needs, each semester
• Coordinate the enrollment of Advanced Professional Training students in collaboration with the Manager of Academic Affairs and Lead Seminar Teacher including section placement.
• Coordinate with Lead Seminar and Development Track Teachers regarding producing deadlines and deliverables.
• Manage school production resources and advise students as to their utilization, including space reservations and scheduling.
• Advise students on how to troubleshoot production issues that arise
• Arrange and negotiate rights for production materials.
• Attend and advise Mainstage production meetings
• Design, implement, and maintain marketing strategies for student productions, merch, and monitor assets, and other media.
• Liaise with NYU about student production needs and space usage, and coordinate with NYU to facilitate open call auditions for student productions
• Manage and maintain ticketing websites for all student productions and the Mainstage
• Supports the Administrative Director in managing, tracking, and reconciling specific lines of the larger PHTS budget
• Hire and supervise approximately 2-3 part-time box office staff
• Assist with the execution of various special events and meetings through the school year, including Final Friday and orientation.
• Liaise with Playwrights Horizons Uptown staff to coordinate student rehearsal observance throughout the season
• Provide general administrative support to faculty, staff, and students, as needed

Skills & Qualifications:

• Minimum 5-7 years of practical experience working in theatrical production or management
• Ability to work nights and weekends, based on the production schedule needs
• Able to work from the office a minimum of 4 days a week during the semester
• Strong administrative experience, highly organized with keen attention to detail
• Passion for working with students in an educational environment
• Displays an understanding of both the technical and creative aspects of theater
• Ability to perform manual labor as needed
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, especially with young people
• Comfortable working in a Google Workspace and Slack
• Proficiency in Adobe and InDesign software
• Basic understanding of accounting principles, desired

Compensation:

Playwrights Horizons offers a comprehensive benefits package including 10 days (two weeks) of vacation, four personal days, and 10 sick days. Employees have access to individual medical, dental, and vision coverage, with various plan options available through Oxford Health Plans. Playwrights Horizons partially subsidizes health and dental insurance and provides vision insurance at no charge to employees. Our benefits package further includes life insurance policy, a 403b retirement plan, and flexible spending accounts for medical, dental, and dependent care expenses. Other perks include an employee assistance provider, health reimbursement account, Transitchek for transportation expenses, and complimentary and staff-rate tickets to our productions.

Salary: $60,000

Values Statement:

Playwrights Horizons is committed to building a more just future for everyone -- particularly those from historically oppressed communities, by employing a broad spectrum of voices that will enrich the quality and vitality of our work. Playwrights Horizons is an equal opportunity employer that has a strong institutional commitment to uprooting all systems of oppression by demonstrative equitable and inclusive practices.

The organization is interested in receiving applications from people of all races, sexual orientations, gender identities, ages, classes, religions, and people with disabilities.

The facilities at Playwrights Horizons are accessible and ADA compliant.

To Apply:

Please submit your application materials to our portal HERE. No phone calls please.