Production Stage Manager

1 Month ago • 1-3 Years • Events

Job Summary

Job Description

The Production Stage Manager ensures the show director's artistic vision is realized and maintained. Responsibilities include coordinating events from pre-production to operational handover; leading event delivery, including rehearsal scheduling and on-site management; overseeing cast and crew; serving as a key contact during rehearsals, performances, and strikes; tracking event information; interacting with talent and leadership; making quick decisions under pressure; building rehearsal schedules and prompt books; delivering show notes; creating production books; communicating with the production team; proactively resolving issues; monitoring cast timelines; and ensuring adherence to work rules. This role requires experience in large-scale show production, managing rehearsals, and working with diverse teams.
Must have:
  • 1-3 years Stage Management experience
  • Large-scale show production knowledge
  • Cue script reading & stage plot creation
  • Adaptability to rapid show changes
  • Excellent leadership & problem-solving skills
Good to have:
  • Musical script reading
  • Corporate event experience
  • Budgeting & cost forecasting
  • Knowledge of licensing & regulations
Perks:
  • Health and savings benefits
  • Educational opportunities
  • Special Disney extras

Job Details

Job Summary:

About the Role & Team

Through innovative storytelling and a culture of collaboration, Disney Live Entertainment creates, produces, and delivers remarkable and engaging entertainment experiences. From the intimate to the spectacular, our work can be seen at Disney theme parks, resort hotels, cruise ships, and other locations worldwide! This diverse team – representing a wide variety of disciplines and talents from technical directors, writers, and lighting designers to choreographers, cosmetologists, and music producers – brings magical worlds to life through technical expertise, performance excellence, incomparable ingenuity, unparalleled spectacle… and a dash of pixie dust!

As the Production Stage Manager, you will have a complete understanding of the Show Director’s Artistic intent and be skilled in the practical implementation required to realize and maintain that vision. We look to the Production Stage Manager to ensure an easy transition from the production team to the operating team.

This is a full-time salaried role that will report to the Producer.

What You Will Do

  • Coordinate entertainment events and show elements for new or remounted projects/events from pre-production, load-in, execution, strike, and/or operational handover
  • Lead aspects of the delivery of an event or show, from planning and scheduling rehearsals to performing the role of in-field Manager on Duty
  • Provide leadership oversight to Cast and Crew for production deliverables in coordination with vendors, Park Event Operations, Marketing, and park entertainment operations teams
  • Supervise and support the Entertainment Cast on their assigned projects/events, including Performers, Technicians, Costuming, Cosmetology, and Stage Managers
  • Serve as the point of contact during all rehearsals, installations, performances, and strikes to key partners and clients
  • Track, update, and revise event information and client need
  • Interact with various types of talent and all levels of Leadership for offerings/events occurring both on and off Disney property
  • Make quick decisions under pressure and respond effectively in situations such as weather, executive changes, contingencies, cast injuries, etc. while keeping safety at the top of mind
  • Build detailed rehearsal schedules and run rehearsals efficiently
  • Prepare prompt books, and "call" complex show cues
  • Deliver show notes to the Cast and Crew
  • Build a detailed production book including a script breakdown for all show production elements as needed
  • Communicate with Production team members continually, including Production Assistants, Production Managers, Producers, and technical and design team members
  • Proactively find solutions to difficult or complex issues and take action to resolve
  • Monitor Cast in/out times to ensure timelines and schedules are adhered to by all
  • Deliver consistent application of work rules associated with the Walt Disney World® collective bargaining agreements

Required Qualifications & Skills

  • 1-3 years of experience as a Stage Manager and/or Entertainment Event Management
  • Knowledge and understanding of large-scale show production
  • Ability to create and read stage plots, complex cue scripts, and blocking for prompt scripts
  • Capable of adapting to rapid show-flow changes in a live and fluid environment
  • Experience in live event corporate settings, working with high-level talent and technology
  • Expertise in managing rehearsal processes and experience with large groups
  • Outstanding leadership, problem-solving, influencing, and negotiating skills
  • Ability to give effective feedback and share creative and new ideas
  • Ability to facilitate a seamless, integrated transition from the Production team to the Operations team on projects
  • Knowledge of lighting, audio, SFX, scenic, costuming, rigging and staging
  • Good interpersonal relationship skills with talent, vendors, clients, production teams, reports, technicians, and executives
  • Working knowledge of Collective Bargaining Agreements including Equity, AF of M, IATSE & Service Trade

Preferred Qualifications

  • Music or musical script reading ability
  • Comfortable to call live cues to jump between presentation content, video playback content, camera IMAGs, and a various combination of each
  • Able to call corporate-style events including, but not limited to, all changes to in-room projection, LED screens, DSMs, speaker timers, etc.
  • Experience in influencing and building budgets, forecasting costs, and tracking project financials in special events and shows
  • Knowledge of licensing, copyrights, and local government regulations
  • Ability to adapt to a continuously changing scope and parameters in a fast-paced environment
  • Ability to take on many projects and balance the workload

Education

  • High school diploma or equivalent

Additional Information

Benefits and Perks: We offer a rewards package to help you live your best life. This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities, and special extras that only Disney can provide. Learn more about benefits and perks at

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