Properties Stock Manager and Artisan - TheatreWorks Silicon Valley

Founded in 1970 by Robert Kelley, TheatreWorks has grown from a truly original Silicon Valley start-up to become the peninsula’s leading professional nonprofit theatre company. In 2019, TheatreWorks was honored to receive the Regional Theatre Tony Award. TheatreWorks presents a wide variety of contemporary plays and musicals, as well as revitalizing great works of the past. We are champions of new work, offering artists support and a creative home as they develop exciting new stories for the American theatre. Offstage, arts education programs in our schools and arts engagement programs in our neighborhoods uplift our audiences and strengthen community bonds. Whether onstage or off, in everything that we do, TheatreWorks seeks to celebrate the human spirit and the wonderful diversity of our Silicon Valley community.



Position Overview: For our productions, the Stock Manager will be resident artisan and be responsible for assisting the Props Director with shopping, building, altering, pulling, or borrowing all props needed. Depending on the scale or needs of a production, the props team can include additional overhire artisans and interns who will work alongside the Stock Manager and Props Director. The Stock Manager is also in charge of the maintenance of the properties stock, as well as, (when working around the production schedule) acts as properties rentals manager for the stock, which is available to the public Bay Area theatre community to rent from.



Qualifications and Skills: The ideal candidate will have experience as a props artisan in a large scale professional theatrical setting. They will have carpentry, finishing, soft goods/upholstery, and prop fabrication skills. Exceptional communication and organizational skills and the ability to work well in a fast-past and ever-changing environment needed. Ability to work both independently and collaboratively. Candidate must be able to lift 75 lbs, have a valid driver’s license, and be comfortable driving a cargo van and 24’ box truck.


Salary: $24 per hour, 32 hour a week, with benefits package and overtime eligible