Production Manager

About the role

We believe a story can change what a person can see: not by arguing, but by showing them something true they didn’t have words for. Dream Three is a story studio built to deliver best-in-class, genre-spanning narratives across mediums, including film and series, theater and live events, publishing and music, and digital and immersive. If you’re looking for a team that takes big creative swings and doesn’t settle for less than excellent, keep reading.

Position Summary

We’re seeking a Production Manager with live theater and corporate/industrial experience to oversee the budget, scheduling, vendor coordination, risk management, and on-site execution for high-profile theatrical, music, and live events. You’ll run point from planning through integration, ensuring the show delivers on time, on budget, on spec, and safely.

Key Responsibilities

• Production schedule: including clear approval gates and milestones; maintain calendars and milestone accountability.
• Production budget: assumptions, cost tracking, weekly updates, and contingency management.
• Vendor Coordination: Lead RFPs for staging, rigging, lighting, audio/RF, video/capture, and any other necessary vendor; manage scopes, bids, and COIs.
• Venue Operations: Liaise with the venue contact and coordinate rules, rigging points, power distribution, load-in/out timelines, and dock and fire-lane compliance.
• Audience Operations: Work with the Front of House partner to map and run audience operations, including wristband, queue, and ADA flows. Build a staffing matrix, seating plans, and signage.
• Technical Production Operations: Oversee technical integration with the Technical Director to approve plots/shop drawings, screen maps/media-server specs, RF plan, comms/intercom, and show control.
• Run Of Show: Produce and maintain run-of-show paperwork (run sheets, cue sheets, lineups); plan and enforce cue-to-cue and camera rehearsal timing with Show Caller / Stage Manager and Technical Director.
• Music Operations: Coordinate the Music team to source stems, cue sheets, and live vs. streaming handoff; ensure playback deliverables to A1.
• Safety & Compliance: Own incident command plan, egress/ADA, fire marshal coordination, insurance/permits, and emergency procedures.
• Weekly Production Meetings: Coordinate weekly meetings and issue decisions and action items; manage change control and escalation.
• Reporting: Deliver wrap reports including cost report/reconciliation, vendor evaluations, postmortem (keeps/fixes), and asset/COI archiving.

Tools You’ll Use

Asana, Slack, Dropbox, Microsoft Office, budgeting tools, Vectorworks, Airtable, 1Password, and comms/RF coordination tools.

What You’ll Bring

• Experience: 5+ years producing live theater (touring or large musicals a plus), corporate/industrial shows (ballrooms, multi-camera, LED/IMAG), and music events (proscenium, stadium, outdoor, etc.)
• Budgeting & Scheduling: Proven mastery of budgeting, scheduling, vendor RFPs/awards, and hotel/union house coordination
• Technical Production Literacy: Working literacy in rigging/power, RF planning, ADA/egress, and fire marshal compliance
• Management Skills: Calm, decisive leadership under live conditions; clear written artifacts (run sheets, risk plans, call sheets)
• Values: High integrity, proactive communication, and a bias for well-documented processes

Role Requirements

• Impeccable attention to detail, follow-through, and written communication; you live in checklists and hit deadlines.
• Calm, proactive problem-solver who keeps budget on track.

Pluses

• Experience working with hotels and large event spaces.
• Experience working in union houses (IATSE, Teamsters, etc.) and navigating labor rules, calls, and breaks.
• Comfort working in outdoor or non-traditional venues with weather, noise, and permitting constraints.

Additional Details

• Work Authorization: Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Additional information

If this role feels like a stretch in all the right ways, we’d love to hear from you. Tell us how your skills, experience, and unique point of view can level up this team and the stories we’re bringing into the world.