Technical Rehearsal Stage Manager Virgin Voyages - Red Carpet Studios Orlando, FL

We’re on a mission to create the world’s most irresistible travel brand and searching for a talented, cutting-edge, innovative, resourceful, leader to help make that a reality. Entertainment onboard our lady ships is one of the key elements for providing a brilliant sailor experience, so are you up to the task?

Rehearsal Stage Manager (RSM) contractors oversee rehearsals on land, with opportunities to join our fabulous crew for cast changeovers aboard our beautiful lady ships all over the world. RSMs are responsible for running all rehearsals, ensuring overall artistic quality and efficiency, you know, kind of what stage managers do. We entrust our RSM to run a tight ship and maintain the quality of performance experiences, which is key to the success of the overall entertainment program onboard our Lady Ships.

This is a complex, multifaceted assignment where creativity, strong management skills, and exquisite communication chops are the keys to success.

What You’ll Be Up To:

Lead show rehearsals, technical rehearsals and cast changeovers as needed

Create daily call schedules with rehearsal operations team

Maintain the artistic integrity of each production as originally set by the creative team

Operate and troubleshoot Qlab and audio equipment.

Maintain and update each rehearsal documentation and applicable production paperwork

Maintain and update each prompt script

Send daily rehearsal reports to shipboard and shoreside teams

Maintain rehearsal room cleanliness and organization

General safety duties, as dictated by the rehearsal studios team

Embody the Virgin brand with passion and joy

Superpowers

Required:

Minimum of three years’ experience as a stage manager in professional non-profit or commercial theater

Extraordinary written and verbal communication skills

Creative problem solving and solution

Excellent organizational skills and ability to juggle several tasks at once

Strong knowledge of key business tools (MS Office, Google Apps, Airtable, etc.)

A self-starter, who can roll up their sleeves and make ship happen with little supervision

Great energy and attitude of optimism

Ability to move mountains without relying on others to do the heavy lifting

Ability to move seamlessly between leading and being a member of a team

Experience with automation systems and performer flying a plus

Circus stage management is a plus

Event management experience is a plus

Cruise ship experience is an asset, but not required

Work experience outside of the United States, in cross-cultural settings, preferred

Ability to work in loud, disruptive spaces

Conversational English is required

Lifting/Carrying: (check requirement for this position)

The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job, nor are they intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Management may, at its discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this role at any time.