Geva Theatre Center 2023-24 Season Equity Stage Managers - Geva Theatre Center Auditions

Geva Theatre Center 2023-24 Season - Stage manager submissions

Geva Theatre Center | Rochester, NY

Notice: Stage Manager

CONTRACT

LORT Non-Rep

$1262 weekly minimum (LORT B) - Stage manager

$1071 weekly minimum (LORT B) - Assistant stage manager

$957 weekly minimum (LORT D) - Stage manager

$786 weekly minimum (LORT D) - Assistant stage manager

SEEKING

Equity stage mangers for Geva Theatre Center's 2023-24 Season (See breakdown).

SUBMISSION

INSTRUCTIONS

Please submit your resume to Thalia Schramm, General Manager, for consideration.

Deadline: 05/15/2023

SUBMIT TO

tschramm@gevatheatre.org

BREAKDOWN

PERSONNEL

Elizabeth Williamson, Artistic Director Chris Mannelli, Executive Director

Thalia Schramm, General Manager

See breakdown for production specific personnel.

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production specific dates.

OTHER

Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to submit.

GEVA THEATRE CENTER 2023-2024 Season - Rochester, NY

Elizabeth Williamson, Artistic Director

Chris Mannelli, Executive Director

THE WIZARD OF OZ (RSC)

By L. Frank Baum

Music & Lyrics by Harold Arlen & EY Harburg

Background Music by Herbert Stothart

Dance and Vocal Arrangements by Peter Howard

Orchestration by Larry Wilcox

Adapted by John Kane for the Royal Shakespeare Company

Based upon the Classic Motion Picture owned by Turner Entertainment Co. and distributed in all media by Warner Bros.

Directed by Zi Alikhan

Wilson Stage, LORT B

First Rehearsal: August 08, 2023

Performances: August 29, 2023-October 01 or October 08, 2023

Synopsis: Contextualized around our country’s conversations about Drag Queen Story Hour, this Wizard of Oz will embark on a journey that starts with celebrating everyone in our queer communities, across identities, experiences, loves, and dreams. Think the gingham dress inside an episode of We’re Here where Greta Gerwig’s Barbie is premiering down the street, hosted by The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. We are excited to explore actors of all gender identities for all roles. Note: The below ranges may be adjusted based on casting.

FRIDA - A SELF PORTRAIT

By Vanessa Servero

Directed by Joanie Schultz

First Rehearsal: October 12, 2023

Performances: October 17, 2023 – November 11, 2023

Wilson Stage, LORT B

Synopsis: Frida Kahlo was her own mysterious and brilliant muse. The iconic Mexican painter captured the difficulties and wonders of her life with incredible vibrancy. Now, she comes to life onstage through playwright and performer Vanessa Severo.

MR. PARENT

By Belinda Lopez with Maurice Emmanuel Parent

Conceived with and directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian

A Boston Playwrights’ Theatre Production

First Rehearsal: October 28, 2023

Performances: November 01, 2023 – November 19, 2023

Fielding Stage, LORT D

Synopsis: A struggling actor turns to teaching for a steady paycheck, thinking “how hard could it be?” It doesn’t take long to realize that the answer is somewhere between “very” and “impossible.”

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

By Charles Dickens. Adapted by Mark Cuddy, Music and Lyrics by Gregg Coffin

Directed by TBD

Music Direction by Don Kot

First Rehearsal: November 14, 2023

Performances: November 28, 2023 – December 30, 2023

Wilson Stage, LORT B

Synopsis: Miser Scrooge's view of the world is changed by the visits of three Christmas ghosts.

DIAL M FOR MURDER

By Frederick Knott

Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher

Directed by Rachel Alderman

Geva First Rehearsal: December 21, 2023

Geva Performances: January 16, 2024-February 11, 2024

Wilson Stage, LORT B

Synopsis: A new adaptation of the celebrated murder mystery that inspired Hitchcock’s masterpiece! Tony is convinced that his wife Margot has been cheating on him. Now it seems that the affair is over, but in his jealousy, Tony spins a web of suspicion and deception that will tighten around them and ensnare them both in danger, recrimination, and murder.

I PUT A SPELL ON YOU (World Premiere)

Book by Harrison David Rivers

Music Arranged by Nubya Garcia

Based on I Put A Spell on You: The Autobiography of Nina Simone by Nina Simone with Stephen Clearly

Directed by TBD

First Rehearsal: February 05, 2024

Performances: March 05, 2024-March 31, 2024

Wilson Stage, LORT B

Synopsis: A world premiere musical by Geva’s Playwright in Residence, Harrison David Rivers, based on the life and music of Nina Simone. From the sticky-keyed upright at Luke C.M.E Church in Fort Tryon, North Carolina, to the sleek concert grand at Carnegie Hall, Nina Simone never met a piano she couldn’t make sing; or a song she couldn’t transform with her signature artistry and unique sound.

SANCTUARY CITY

By Martyna Majok

Directed by TBD

A Kitchen Theatre Production

First Rehearsal: March 16, 2024

Performances: March 20, 2024 – April 07, 2024

Fielding Stage, LORT D

Synopsis: From Pulitzer Prize-winner Martyna Majok comes this poignant and invigorating drama.

NEWTOWN (World Premiere)

By Dan O’Brien

Directed by Elizabeth Williamson

First Rehearsal: March 19, 2024

Performances: April 16, 2024-May 12, 2024

Wilson Stage, LORT B

Synopsis: Newtown engages with recent history: the prologue and aftermath of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012. Derived closely from documentary source material, the play is at once lyrical and unflinchingly realistic. A heartbreaking and powerful interrogation of the complex causes of gun violence in our culture, Newtown offers in the end the possibility of healing and hope.

THE COLOR PURPLE

By Alice Walker

Music & Lyrics by Brenda Russell, Alee Willis & Stephen Bray

Directed by Kelli Foster Warder

First Rehearsal: May 23, 2024

Performances: May 28, 2024-June 23, or June 30, 2024

Wilson Stage, LORT B

Synopsis: The Color Purple tells the story of courageous heroine Celie, as she journeys through joy, despair, anguish and hope in her own personal awakening to discover her unique voice in the world. This intimate version of this landmark musical celebrates life, love, and the strength to stand up for who you are and what you believe in.