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Pacific Ridge School

Visual & Performing Arts Stage Manager (Matilda, The Musical)

Pacific Ridge School, Carlsbad, California, United States, 92002

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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

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

Excellent organizational & leadership skills

Strong understanding of stage management

Interest in educational theatre

Pass Live Scan and Fingerprinting background check

Stage Management Position Details

From February 26, 2026 through May 16, 2026, collaborate with the Arts Department Producer and the director of the play to stage manage the middle-school musical, Roald Dahl’s MATILDA the Musical Jr.

Attend production meetings as mutually agreed upon by the director of the play, the Arts Department Producer, and all relevant design personnel

When applicable, manage and guide the training of student assistant stage managers, providing detailed, effective instruction and delegating responsibilities as appropriate

At all times, strive to ensure and cultivate safe, equitable, inclusive, pleasant, and professional educational and working environments for the students and production staff

In close collaboration with the director of the play, help to maintain order and timeliness during rehearsals and performances

Create, manage, and maintain the production script, recording all blocking and cues

Record all rehearsal notes, line notes, cues, and blocking

Disseminate the production schedule and rehearsal/performance reports to the cast, director, Arts Department Producer, and production staff

In coordination with the Arts Department Producer, director, and designers, 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 and run crew prior to and during performances and facilitate communication between the front- and back-of-house staff

Call all cues during the run of performances

Ensure the continuity of performances

Pay

$18/hour with total earning potential of $4,600

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