Powerhouse Theater - Seeking Seasonal Production Manager - Powerhouse Theater

Powerhouse Theater seeks a Production Manager for the 2024 Powerhouse Season. Now in its 38th season, Vassar College partners with various artists and theater institutions to produce a summer season of new plays and musicals on its campus in Poughkeepsie, NY. Simultaneously, the Powerhouse Theater Training Program is in session, providing 40+ aspiring theater professionals a chance to immerse themselves in acting, directing and playwriting. Learn more about Powerhouse Theater here.



Dates of employment are from mid-June-August 1, 2024. Salary, 3 meals/day and free on-campus housing provided. Exact start date to be mutually agreed upon between candidate and Powerhouse.



The Production Manager oversees all production aspects of the Powerhouse Season, which consists of 8-10 workshops and readings of works-in-process in the professional season and about 5 projects with the Training Program. As a place for new play development, production elements are primarily focused on lighting and sound, and to a lesser extent properties/furniture and costumes. There are no sets or fully produced pieces in the Powerhouse Season.



Production Manager responsibilities include:

- Manage and oversee Powerhouse production staff, which includes: Associate Production Manager (who primarily focuses on the Training Program productions), two Assistant Production Managers, Lighting Supervisor, Lighting Technician, Sound Supervisor, Sound Technician and two Training Program Stage Managers

- Liaise with partner artists and institutions to meet their plays where they are in their level of development, and understand how to best support these pieces with technical elements, with a recognition that each piece will have unique needs and desires.

- Create and implement a production calendar for the Powerhouse Season.

- Oversee all load-in/outs, technical rehearsals and performances across multiple venues.

- Lead all Production Meetings

- Ensure all Vassar College venues are utilized with care and restored to the condition they were received

- Ensure all equipment belonging to the Vassar College Drama Department is inventoried at the start and end of the Powerhouse Season and determine and source all additional equipment that needs to be rented/purchased or replaced.

- Track all production expenses.

- Other duties as assigned.



Production Manager Qualifications:

- Highly organized, has a pleasant, calm demeanor, a can-do attitude, thrives in a fast paced environment, has strong managerial skills, is hands-on, can navigate a multitude of personalities and has a strong sense of humor.

- Previous Production Management experience preferred, but a strong knowledge of technical theater and practices required.

- Ability and willingness to drive and a valid driver’s license



To Apply:

If you are available and have interest in being considered, please send a brief cover letter to powerhouse@vassar.edu along with the following:

1. Attach a resume

2. Confirm availability (mid-June-August 1)



We will be scheduling Zoom/phone interviews immediately, so please submit your materials ASAP.



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For five weeks every summer the Powerhouse Theater Program comes to life on the Vassar College campus to provide a nurturing environment in which passionate theater lovers from students to professional practitioners and audience members learn from one another. The Powerhouse Theater Training Program provides aspiring theater professionals a chance to immerse themselves in acting, directing, and playwriting. The program’s Training Company also offers free performances throughout the season. Since 1985, the Powerhouse Program has brought developmental productions, workshops of plays and musicals, and readings of works-in-progress to the Vassar campus. Together with our adventurous partners, students, and dedicated audiences, we create a crucial community – one that gives time, space and voice to artists of the American theater. Join us for another thrilling Powerhouse summer!



Nearly 30 projects developed recently by Powerhouse have had or will soon have major productions including the 2016 Tony Award-winners Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda and The Humans by Stephen Karam, as well as: Doubt by John Patrick Shanley (Broadway), The Notebook by Ingrid Michaelson and Bekah Brunstetter (Broadway), The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe and Junk by Ayad Akhtar (Lincoln Center Theater); Diana, by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan (Broadway), Sanctuary City, Martyna Majok (New York Theatre Workshop); Head Over Heels by The Go Gos, Jeff Whitty and James Magruder (Broadway), A 24-Decade History of Popular Music by Taylor Mac (St. Ann’s Warehouse & International Tour); The Homecoming Queen by Ngozi Anyanwu and The Great Leap by Lauren Yee (Atlantic Theater Company); etc.
Salary: $97-$1,000/week