Overview
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:
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Collaborates with the Production Manager
and Producer on planning all aspects of NYTW’s productions including budgeting,
scheduling, and reporting.
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Manages the technical operation of
the Fourth Street Theatre.
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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.
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Facilitates technical needs for the
rehearsal studio for both fully realized and workshop productions.
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Assists with all production office
responsibilities, including payroll, expense tracking, petty cash and credit
card reconciliations, research, purchasing, and vendor relations.
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Hires run crew personnel and aides
in scheduling and staffing crew calls in conversation with production
department heads.
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Attends staff meetings, production
meetings, tech rehearsals, and previews.
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Assist in the writing and
distribution of production notes and schedules to appropriate departments.
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Facilitates crew calls and covers
tech rehearsals in Production Manager’s absence.
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Serves as liaison between
production department and facilities personnel on operational needs in both
theatres, as well as shared production spaces.
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Long weeks, early mornings, nights,
and weekend hours required at times, particularly while in load-in, load-out,
tech rehearsals and previews.
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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.
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Complete other related duties as
assigned.
About You:
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You are committed to an equitable
and inclusive community.
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You are committed to open and
honest communication.
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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.
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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.
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You have strong planning,
organizational and communication skills as well as knowledge of Microsoft
Office programs (Outlook, Word, Excel).
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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:
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You have
experience working in any aspect of the theatre industry, recognizing that a
multi-disciplinary background can shape the best leaders and managers.
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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: https://www.nytw.org/about/work-nytw/
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.