Festival Orchestra Stage Manager (Seasonal)

About This Role

Support Lincoln Center's Festival Orchestra by stage managing concerts and rehearsals during its summer season. This role involves advance planning, on-site implementation of stage plots, and ensuring a safe and effective working environment for musicians, crew, and guest artists.

Responsibilities

• Review potential hurdles and track large production items for the upcoming season
• Build production schedules for each program, ensuring appropriate crew staffing
• Assist in tracking the production budget
• Work with Event Production Managers to secure production elements and manage day-of schedules
• Oversee all crew calls, including presence at start and end of each call and overseeing crew moves
• Create and ensure adherence to run-of-show for each program, double-checking lighting cues
• Ensure safe and optimal stage and backstage conditions (lighting, ventilation, temperature, equipment)
• Proactively identify and address potential concerns about musicians' working conditions
• Liaise with stage crew to adapt plans and troubleshoot emergent issues
• Oversee set-up and tear-down of rehearsal and performance spaces, with special attention to orchestra needs

Requirements

• 3+ years of stage management experience in orchestral, opera, and/or ballet settings
• Familiarity with orchestral staging, instruments, carpentry, and audio/video systems
• Basic knowledge of lighting and electrical systems
• Ability and willingness to work a robust schedule including evenings, weekends, and overtime
• Ability to read music and call technical cues from a score
• Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to self-direct

Qualifications

• 3+ years of stage management experience in orchestral, opera, and/or ballet settings