Visual & Performing Arts Stage Manager (Matilda, The Musical)
Carlsbad, CA
Temporary
Experienced
 | 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 (include, but are not limited to, the following)
- 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 (minimum requirements)
- 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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