Production Manager: November 3, 2026- January 1, 2027 Talmi Entertainment seeks an experienced Production Manager for the annual Nutcracker! Magical Christmas Ballet tour. Tour dates are November 3, 2026- January 1, 2027. The tour will visit theatrical venues with varying degrees of equipment, rigging and facility quality. The qualified candidate will be well-versed in rigging, logistics and time management. The successful candidate will have experience setting schedules for local union crews and in directing local union crews for load in and load out. The Production Manager will be responsible for a full technical advance of each venue on the tour in order to develop a day-of plan. Detailed advancing notes will be required, including organizing line set schedules, labor schedules and schedules of each department (wardrobe, LD, carp, props etc).
The Production Manager will lead the crew. The ability to delegate work and resolve conflicts between departments is critical. Must be a ‘team player’ with proven ability to work with all personality types.
The Production Manager will be responsible for:
-Pre- Tour advance work/ Advancing Venues: Gather technical information, learn of and communicate potential challenge
- Overseeing the entire load-in, directing and organizing local crew to begin dumping trucks immediately at the top of the day.
- May share load in oversight with SM and/or Carpenter so that PM can step away to execute technical advances of future performances.
- Setting load in and out schedules - Confirming local labor calls - Direct local crews over the course of the day (load in, show call, load out) - Hanging backdrops and setting trim in tandem with Lighting Department - May need to call show cues over com during performances if Stage Manager is indisposed
- Secure food for cast and crew, if necessary (Tour Manager unavailable, or early AM breakfast for tour crew etc)
- All Carpenter duties including hanging and removing backdrops
- Call Truck pack
- Establish a budget and negotiate labor calls for each venue
Crew will travel overnight from one city to the next on an industry-standard 12-bunk sleeper coach. The tour will travel with 1 semi truck and 1 seated coach for the cast. The Nutcracker! Magical Christmas Ballet tour is a challenging and rewarding engagement, lasting from November 3, 2026- January 1, 2027
The tour will load in, perform, and load out of a new city every day.
Please note: Dates are subject to change
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