Assistant Production Manager

About New York Theatre Workshop:

At New York Theatre Workshop, we work relentlessly to empower visionary theatre‐makers and bring their work to adventurous audiences through productions, artist workshops and education and community engagement programs. We’re proud to be a home base for many of the most significant theatre‐makers of our time, nurturing groundbreaking writers like Nathan Alan Davis and Celine Song alongside powerhouse playwrights like Amy Herzog and Ayad Akhtar. From Rachel Chavkin and Lileana Blain‐Cruz to Whitney White and Rubén Polendo, we empower inimitable auteur‐directors and give invaluable support to tremendous talents in the earliest days of their careers. We’ve maintained decades‐long relationships with legendary theatre‐makers like Will Power, Ivo van Hove, Dael Orlandersmith, and Caryl Churchill, who have shaped our very understanding of what theatre can be.

Since our founding in 1979, we've produced over 150 fully‐realized productions including Jonathan Larson's Rent; Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul; Doug Wright's Quills; Claudia Shear's Dirty Blonde; Rick Elice’s Peter and the Starcatcher; Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová and Enda Walsh’s Once; and David Bowie and Enda Walsh’s Lazarus. Enabling our artists to push boundaries generates work like Nathan Alan Davis’s Nat Turner in Jerusalem, Anaïs Michell’s Hadestown, Mfoniso Udofia’s Ufot Family Cycle, Heidi Schreck’s What the Constitution Means to Me, Jeremy O. Harris’s Slave Play, Kristina Wong's Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord and Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich’s Here There Are Blueberries. NYTW productions have received a Pulitzer Prize, 25 Tony Awards, 2 Grammy Awards and numerous Obie, Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Awards.

But that’s not what we’re proudest of. We take the greatest satisfaction from the community we’ve built, and the perspective‐shifting experiences we’ve delivered along the way. We think that theatre can bring people together, change the conversation, and have a profound impact. We feel fortunate to get to support it. If that sounds like something you’re interested in, we’d love to meet you.

About the Team:

Our four-person production staff oversees all aspects of technical and logistical production at NYTW, including a season of fully-realized productions alongside supporting artistic development workshops and outside shop build projects in our state-of-the-art scenic and costume shops. These production facilities are located directly across the street from NYTW’s 199 seat theatre, 65 seat theatre, rehearsal room, and administrative offices. The production staff is composed of a full-time Production Manager, Technical Director and Costume Shop Supervisor. Additionally, NYTW engages Lighting, Audio, Props, and Video supervisors as applicable for each production in our season. The Assistant Production Manager reports directly to the Production Manager.

About the Position:

• Collaborates with the Production Manager and Producer on planning all aspects of NYTW’s productions including budgeting, scheduling, and reporting
• Manages the technical operation of the Fourth Street Theatre
• Acts as the primary point of contact for projects taking place in the Fourth Street Theatre, needing production management support, in collaboration with the Producing Department, Artistic Department, and Education Department, including but not limited to Youth Artistic Instigators, For the Culture programming, artistic workshops
• Facilitates technical needs for the rehearsal studio for both fully realized and workshop productions
• Assists with all production office responsibilities, including payroll, expense tracking, petty cash and credit card reconciliations, research, purchasing, and vendor relations
• Hires run crew personnel and aides in scheduling and staffing crew calls in conversation with production department heads
• Attends staff meetings, production meetings, tech rehearsals, and previews
• Assist in the writing and distribution of production notes and schedules to appropriate departments
• Facilitates crew calls and covers tech rehearsals in Production Manager’s absence.
• Serves as liaison between production department and facilities personnel on operational needs in both theatres, as well as shared production spaces.
• Long weeks, early mornings, nights, and weekend hours required at times, particularly while in load-in, load-out, tech rehearsals and previews
• This position requires the ability to perform physical activities such as moving equipment weighing up to 50 pounds, utilizing ladders, scaffolds, and personnel lifts to access equipment at height, maneuvering heavy equipment, and using hand and power tools. Additional activities include walking, lifting, bending, crouching, climbing, and standing. Personal protective equipment will be provided as applicable. NYTW offices and production spaces are currently accessible only via stairs. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job or to discuss alternative solutions
• Complete other related duties as assigned
  
  

About You:

• You are committed to an equitable and inclusive community
• You are committed to open and honest communication
• You build strong, collaborative relationships with crew members, over-hire staff, directors, designers and all other members of a production team as well as with institutional co-workers
• You have a passion for theatre as an art form and a desire to solve problems uniquely and collaboratively, recognizing that the obvious solution may or may not be the required solution at that time
• You have strong planning, organizational and communication skills as well as knowledge of Microsoft Office programs (Outlook, Word, Excel)
• You have a desire to translate the creative needs and ambitions of artists and the institution into actionable plans and help lead those plans within the constraints of the schedule and budget
  
  

Bonus:

• You have experience working in any aspect of the theatre industry, recognizing that a multi-disciplinary background can shape the best leaders and managers
• You have ability to read artistic and technical drawings and/or have knowledge of AutoCAD/Vectorworks
  
  

This position is overtime eligible. Salary is $45,000 to $47,500. Benefits include employer paid medical, dental and life insurance and paid time off. NYTW has several affinity spaces as well as a Core Team of staff members across the organization committed to moving specific initiatives forward in our focus on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.

We know there are great candidates that may not have all of the qualifications listed above but possess intuitive knowledge or other fully transferable skills. If that’s you, don’t hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself.

To apply, please use the following hyperlink and fill out the required fields on the job application:

Please note that NYTW is in a hybrid work environment based on position. However, this position, in support of the productions and performances, will require onsite, in‐person activity (including some evenings, weekends and holidays), so the applicant should intend to reside in the greater NYC area.

NYTW provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, and pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, genetic information, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training.

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