Medora Musical | Stage Manager

New York, NY
Contracted
Experienced

RWS Global is a full service, worldwide production company that provides the very best in custom-designed as well as pre-packaged events and live shows for corporations, theme parks, cruise ships, resorts, and the fashion industry. Established in 2003, RWS  Global was built from the ground up through the dedication and devotion of a hard-working team. We have experienced continued growth embracing our mission, Raise Your Experience.

Job Description: Stage Manager

Type of Employment: Seasonal

Location: Medora, ND (housing and transportation provided if needed)

Dates: Workshop: January 22 - February 5 (in NYC); Operation: Late April through late September (in Medora)

Salary: $1200/week

Housing: Included

The Stage Manager oversees rehearsals and daily performance operations and strike for the Medora Musical workshop at RWS Global NYC Studios, the Medora Musical at the outdoor Burning Hills Amphitheatre, and the Medora Gospel Brunch at the Town Square Show Hall. This position serves as the central communication point between the creative team, performers, technical departments, and company management, maintaining a safe, organized, and consistent production throughout the season.

Candidate should be a confident show caller, clear communicator, and practical problem solver who can work with a large company in a fast-paced outdoor theatre environment.

Responsibilities

  • Lead stage management operations from rehearsals through technical rehearsals, opening, and the performance season.
  • Develop and distribute daily schedules in coordination with the creative team, production leadership, and company management.
  • Run rehearsals, track attendance, record blocking and production changes, and distribute rehearsal reports.
  • Build and maintain the prompt book, cue sequences, running paperwork, and emergency procedures.
  • Call performances, coordinating lighting, audio, video, scenic transitions, performer entrances, and special effects as applicable.
  • Lead preshow checks and confirm that performers, crew, and technical departments are ready before each performance.
  • Supervise deck crew chief and coordinate backstage operations with department heads.
  • Maintain the artistic integrity and timing of the production, facilitating notes, brush-up rehearsals, and understudy or replacement rehearsals as needed.
  • Prepare and distribute performance reports documenting show timing, technical issues, injuries, and follow-up items.
  • Work with production and venue leadership to monitor weather conditions and implement established hold, evacuation, cancellation, and restart procedures.
  • Respond calmly to performance interruptions and emergencies, following established protocols and communicating clear instructions.
  • Promote a respectful, professional working environment and reinforce backstage safety practices.
  • Maintain clear, consistent communication with RWS Global leadership, providing timely updates on seasonal operations, challenges, and progress.

Qualifications

  • Professional stage management experience in musical theatre, live entertainment, or comparable productions.
  • Demonstrated experience calling complex shows with multiple technical departments.
  • Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and accurate production documentation.
  • Ability to lead a company with confidence, discretion, and sound judgment.
  • Comfortable using digital scheduling, reporting, and production communication tools.
  • Availability for evening, weekend, and holiday work throughout the contracted season.
  • Ability to work outdoors in changing weather conditions and navigate stairs, backstage areas, and uneven terrain, with reasonable accommodation.

Preferred Experience

  • Large-scale outdoor theatre, amphitheater productions, or summer stock.
  • Timecode-integrated performances and coordination of live and automated cues.
  • Weather-related show holds and emergency response procedures.
  • Understudy, swing, and replacement performer rehearsals.

Diversity and Inclusion Statement: 

At RWS Global, our team of bold makers and mold breakers is made of a diverse group of people who we believe make our work stronger. Our stage actively chooses to uplift applicants with diverse racial, ethnic, and religious backgrounds, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, sexes, national origins, political affiliations, socio-economic status, veteran and Disability status, and other intersectional dimensions of diversity.

We believe the diversity of our people is the most valuable asset we have. The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, inventiveness, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities, and talent that our employees invest in their work represents a significant part of not only our culture, but our company’s achievement as well.

We are committed to ongoing learning and developing and implementing programs and initiatives to promote diversity and inclusion in all areas of employment as well as through our creative process and projects.


 
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