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Job Description / Duties

The Shaw Festival is Seeking A Stage Manager for the 2024 Season. This position will include fulfilling the role of Stage Manager for our Cabaret programming (performing in rep up, to 5 performances per week), act as an occasional Rehearsal Assistant Stage Manager (8 rehearsals in total) for our production of Candida and will also include stage management understudy tracks. This contract runs from April 30, 2024 to October 13, 2024.

Stage Management is part of the Creative Management Department and reports directly to the Production Stage Manager and Producer.

Stage Manager responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Creating a welcoming, supportive work environment
• Organizing and managing the safe, and smooth running of both rehearsals and performances
• Liaising and communicating the production’s needs across all departments
• Creating and maintaining any and all paperwork required to ensure the safe running of a show
• Running Understudy Rehearsals

Qualifications / Required Skills

• A member of Canadian Actors' Equity Association
• 7 years of experience working professionally in Stage Management
• Exceptional interpersonal, organizational and communication skills
• The successful candidate will have a thoughtful and precise approach to their stage management practice while being able to adapt to and work as part of a team
• Responds well to high pressure situations
• Comfort working outdoors
• Experience working in a unionized theatre (IATSE) is an asset

Additional Information

Fee Range: $1600 minimum per week, customized to align with the successful candidates level of expertise.
Assistance with finding housing will be provided.
As a condition of hire, all new hires must be fully vaccinated + booster against COVID-19 and provide proof of full vaccination at least five days prior to their start date. Must be willing to live in the Niagara area.

Salary: Fee Range: $1600 minimum per week, customized to align with the successful candidates level of expertise.

Contact Information

To be considered for these positions, please submit your cover letter and CV to Production Stage Manager, Kim Smith ksmith@shawfest.com with the subject line ‘Application Stage Management

Employer Profile

As one of the world’s leading theatre companies and Niagara’s 20 largest employers, The Shaw is dedicated to an ongoing process of increasing diversity and inclusion in our audiences, our programs, and in all our hiring for staff, artists, and in the recruiting of board members. The Shaw is committed to a future when our theatres joyously draw on and include all peoples, fully reflective of the world around us. As such, the Shaw Festival is an equal opportunity employer committed to a barrier-free recruitment and selection process. We encourage and invite applications from applicants from across Canada who identify as Indigenous, Black or as persons of colour (IBPOC), the LGBTQ2+ communities and those identifying as gender fluid. In accordance with Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), and in keeping with our wish to ensure a fully inclusive environment, please advise Human Resources if you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process. We will be happy to assist.