Job Description

Reporting to the Technical Production Manager, the Opera Stage Manager provides a professional and safe performance environment to the Peabody Institute students, faculty, staff, patrons and guests. This is a casual/as-needed position; hours are flexible and include daytime and evenings and weekends as appropriate to the staffing needs of the department.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Manages rehearsal/tech including production timekeeping.
• Prepares call script and runs show.
  
• Send out rehearsal and performance reports to appropriate personnel.
  
• Maintain a working list of all show needs, props, scenery, costumes, etc, and communicate needs to appropriate personnel.
  
• Identify crew needs for shows and help staff from students as needed.
  
• Mentor student ASMs and ADs as needed.
  
• Works in close partnership with the Opera Coordinator, the Technical Production Manager, and other members of the production team, conductors, artistic directors and students to support the event production, audio-visual, sound and curricular needs of the school in order to achieve an excellent production and a quality learning opportunity.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Special Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to read music.
• Professional demeanor, superior communication skills, comfort in high-pressure situations, adaptable, solutions-oriented problem solver.
  
• Demonstrated organizational skills with proven ability to effectively prioritize workload.
  
• Ability to work long hours and nontraditional shifts: evenings and weekends due to performance schedule.
  

Physical Requirements

• Ability to walk, stand, climb for extended periods.
• Ability to climb ladders and scaffolding.
  
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor?s Degree in Production (theatrical or event).
  

• Three years related experience.
  

• Additional experience may substitute for required education to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Preferred Qualifications

• Three years technical experience in opera stage management, production, or related field.
• Experience calling shows from a score.

Classified Title: Stage Coordinator 
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Opera Stage Manager   
Role/Level/Range: ACRO37.5/03/CD  
Starting Salary Range: $17.20 - $30.30 HRLY ($30.00 HRLY targeted; Commensurate with experience) 
Employee group: Casual / On Call 
Schedule: variable, up to 987 per year 
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt 
Location: Peabody Institute 
Department name: ???????Production Services  
Personnel area: Peabody 

About Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University remains committed to its founding principle, that education for all students should be grounded in exploration and discovery. Hopkins students are challenged not just to learn but also to advance learning itself. Critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and entrepreneurship are all encouraged and nourished in this unique educational environment. After more than 130 years, Johns Hopkins remains a world leader in both teaching and research. Faculty members and their research colleagues at the university's Applied Physics Laboratory have each year since 1979 won Johns Hopkins more federal research and development funding than any other university. The university has nine academic divisions and campuses throughout the Baltimore-Washington area. The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Whiting School of Engineering, the School of Education and the Carey Business School are based at the Homewood campus in northern Baltimore. The schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing share a campus in east Baltimore with The Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Peabody Institute, a leading professional school of music, is located on Mount Vernon Place in downtown Bal ... timore. The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies is located in Washington's Dupont Circle area.

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