POSITION: Company Manager
DEPARTMENT: Administration
POSITION TYPE: Full-Time Exempt
SALARY: $45,000, annually
Olney Theatre Center is seeking a Company Manager to join the Administration team. Olney Theatre Center for the Arts produces and curates theatrical performances for the diverse audiences in our community and educates, learns from, supports, and inspires a more inclusive generation of theater-makers. Olney Theatre Center produces nine shows as part of their Main Stage season and additional Curated Events. The Company Manager will report directly to the General Manager and work closely with the Associate General Manager and the Production Department. The successful candidate will join a growing regional theatre that emphasizes artistic rigor, prioritizes equity, diversity, and inclusion, and places collaboration at the center of our work.
As part of a welcoming and creative organization the Company Manager will:
- Serve as OTC’s main point of contact for artists throughout the production process
- Coordinate travel for artists and staff for season productions, workshops, and special events
- Facilitate resident room turnovers and housing assignments at two theater-owned locations
- Oversee company car fleet including, but not limited to maintaining registration and cleanliness, facilitate repairs, and book rental cars as needed
- Participate in regular Facilities and Safety Committee meetings
- Provide hospitality during tech week and for internal events
- Support payroll on submission, processing, and distribution of paycheck, per diems, reimbursements, workers’ compensation claims, and other artist-related expenses to finance staff
- Oversee yearly and show-specific budgets, including tracking and reconciliation
- Supervise Company Management Apprentice
- Handle conflict and maintain professionalism.
- Invest in OTC’s Mission, Vision, and Values, and its Statement on Social Justice and Becoming Anti-Racist.
- Support Administration department as needed.
Minimum Job Requirements:
- Education: Bachelor’s Degree in theatre, the performing arts, or allied field; OR an appropriate level of relevant experience in the field.
- Experience: 2 to 3 years in arts-related management. Direct experience working in company management, production management, and/or stage management is preferred.
- Physical Requirements: This position requires periodic light lifting and climbing stairs.
- Time Requirements: Full-time position, with occasional evening and weekend work requirements.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite and Google Suite. Tech savvy is a plus.
ABOUT OLNEY THEATRE CENTER
Located ten miles north of Washington, DC, in arts-rich Montgomery County, Maryland, Olney Theatre Center is one of the Washington region's most critically acclaimed large theater companies. Founded in 1938 as a summer stock company on the Straw Hat circuit, OTC is now an $8M/year professional regional theater offering nine-member productions annually in three spaces on its fourteen-acre campus. Legendary performers Tallulah Bankhead, Helen Hayes, Sir Ian McKellen, Tandy & Cronyn, and Olivia de Havilland trod the boards in the early days. With a more recent turn towards new work, creatives with Tony and Grammy Awards, OBIEs, and MacArthur Genius Grants have premiered their work here, like Moises Kaufman and Sergio Trujillo, among others. Along with Baltimore's Centerstage, Olney Theatre Center is one of Maryland's two state-designated theaters.
HOW TO APPLY
Please submit by any means you would like (letter, video, video letter, resume, portfolio, etc.) that best represents you and your work to jobs@olneytheatre.org; no calls, please. Include and highlight any skills or experiences most crucial to this position. Depending on the volume of responses, we may only be able to respond to candidates we wish to interview.
