Job Description
Visual & Performing Arts Stage Manager
Status : Temporary/Per Diem
Reports To: Arts Department Producer
Revision Date : 10/17/2025
At Pacific Ridge School, our mission statement drives all of our work:
In a community that fosters academic excellence, ethical responsibility and global engagement, Pacific Ridge School prepares students for college and a purposeful life. Position Summary Seeking talented, experienced stage manager. No professional experience required. Student stage managers enrolled in undergraduate- or graduate-level training will be enthusiastically considered. Must have excellent organizational and leadership skills, a strong understanding of the responsibilities of a stage manager, an interest in educational theatre, and the ability to pass a background check.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities (include, but are not limited to, the following)
- Participation in all auditions, rehearsals, and performances
- Management and care of the production script, where the stage manager records all blocking and cues
- Record rehearsal notes, line notes, cues, and blocking
- Help to maintain order and timeliness during rehearsals and performances
- Attend and facilitate production meetings as necessary
- Disseminate the rehearsal schedule and rehearsal/performance reports to the cast, producer, and production staff
- Call all cues during the run of performances
- Oversee the proper care and management of the stage, rehearsal space, props, costumes, set pieces, stagehands, and any other production elements
- Issue calls to the actors prior to and during performances and facilitate communication between the front- and back-of-house staff
Qualifications (minimum requirements)
- Excellent organizational & leadership skills
- Strong understanding of stage management
- Interest in educational theatre
- Pass Live Scan and Fingerprinting background check
Stage Management Position Available - THE TEMPEST by William Shakespeare
- Middle School Play (6-8 th Grade)
- Location: Auditions, rehearsals, and performances will be held on PRS campus (6269 El Fuerte Street, Carlsbad, CA 92009).
- Time: Rehearsals are typically held Tuesday thru Friday from 3:15-5:15pm
- Dates:
- Auditions: November 13-14, 2025
- First Rehearsal: December 2, 2025
- No rehearsals December 19, 2025 thru January 4, 2026
- Tech Rehearsals: January 27-30, 2026
- Dress Rehearsals: February 2-4, 2026
- Performances: February 5-7, 2026
- Hourly Rate: $18/hour
- Total Earning Potential: $3,800
Job Tags
Hourly pay, Daily paid, Temporary work,