Marthas Vineyard Playhouse
Vineyard Haven, MA
Notice: Stage Manager
CONTRACT
NEAT
$666 weekly minimum (Cat. 5) - Stage manager
$632 weekly minimum (Cat. 5) - Assistant stage manager
$539 weekly minimum (Cat. 4) - Stage manager
$525 weekly minimum (Cat. 4) - Assistant stage manager
$26.40 per hour - Stage reading - Stage manager
$24.20 per hour - Stage reading - Assistant stage manager
SEEKING
All Equity stage managerial positions for Marthas Vineyard Playhouse's 2025 Season have been filled.
Please submit for future consideration.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Please submit your resume for future consideration.
Deadline: 04/15/2025
SUBMIT TO
,
PERSONNEL
MJ Bruder Munafo, Artistic Director
OTHER DATES
See breakdown for production specific dates.
OTHER
Equity鈥檚 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.
BREAKDOWN
Martha's Vineyard Playhouse 2025 Season
AMERICAN ARTIST - LOIS MAILOU JONES
A new play by Elaine Savory Jones
Directed by MJ Bruder Munafo
Commissioned by Martha鈥檚 Vineyard Playhouse
SYNOPSIS: To achieve her goal to become a significant American artist, Lois Mailou Jones had to battle racism, sexism, and the conditions of the art market at home. Her mother, her Haitian husband, and her French friend gave her a secure base where she could strategize successes, cope with defeats, and embrace the making of her unique work.
May 5-17
2-week NEAT staged reading contract - 25 hours weekly
3 public readings May 15, 16, 17
DEAR EDVARD
A World Premiere
Richard Michelson, Librettist
Steven Schoenberg, Composer
Directed by Kevin Newbury
Musical Direction by David Sytkowski
SYNOPSIS: Equal parts music theatre, performance art, and gallery installation, Dear Edvard is an intimate, 80-minute piece 鈥� an art history biopic, love story, psychological exploration, and family drama.
June 9 鈥� July 5
1st Rehearsal: June 10
Performances: June 20 鈥� July 5
4-week contract, NEAT (Cat. 5)
CHILMARK
Written and Directed by Catherine Rush
SYNOPSIS: In nineteenth-century Chilmark, deafness was not a disability. Some people could hear, others could not. And everyone learned sign language as a matter of course. A compelling drama that premiered at MV Playhouse in 2018 about a remarkable community, based on historical events.
July 7 鈥� August 16
1st Rehearsal July 8
Performances from July 25 鈥� August 16
6-week contract, NEAT (Cat. 5)
UNCLE CHRIS
A new play by Allison Snyder and Christopher Hemphill
Featuring the Journals and Letters of Christopher Hemphill
Directed by Michael Herwitz
SYNOPSIS: Sometime between 1982 and 2022, in a building between Lexington and Park, a brother and a sister find themselves living together once again. Adapted from the letters and diaries of ghost writer Christopher Hemphill, Allison Snyder tells her uncle鈥檚 story in this zany and tender comedy about a family desperate to stay together whilst also staying apart.
August 18 - 30
2-week NEAT staged reading contract / 25 hours weekly
3 public readings August 28, 29, 30
MV Playhouse presents, in Association with Luna Stage
MRS. STERN WANDERS THE PRUSSIAN STATE LIBRARY
By Jenny Lyn Bader
Directed by Ari Laura Kreith
September 1 鈥� 27 (4-week contract NEAT (Cat. 4)
NEAT $666 weekly minimum (Cat. 5) - Stage 锘縨anager, $632 weekly minimum (Cat. 5) - Assistant 锘縮tage manager; $539 weekly minimum (Cat. 4) - Stage 锘縨anager, $525 weekly minimum (Cat. 4) - Assistant 锘縮tage manager; $26.40 per hour - Stage reading - Stage锘� manager, $24.20 per hour - Stage reading - Assistant 锘縮tage manager