Part-Time Lighting Director for Theatrical Touring Shows

LA 411; San Diego (CA); On-site; Part time

Job summary

At The Copa in San Diego is seeking a Part Time Lighting Director to own the full visual system for the touring production. You will design, advance, adapt, and run a premium lighting show with a consistent identity across different house rigs.

This role requires building a song-by-song cue structure and advancing each room so the show remains seamless. You must coordinate with venue electrics, review rig inventories, and run cues live. Bring your own current board to manage 20 fixtures.

Qualifications

• Strong working knowledge of touring consoles (grandMA3/MA2 or Hog 4) and offline editing software.
• Experience cloning and adapting a master show file to variable house rigs in 500–1,500-seat rooms.
• Theatrical cueing: experience programming structured, cue-heavy performances.
• Advancing rooms directly with venue technical directors and head electricians.

Responsibilities

• Own palette logic, cue architecture, reveal moments, finish hits, and emotional pacing.
• Advance each room to determine venue requirements vs. adaptations.
• Coordinate with venue electrics, review house rigs, consoles, haze, and followspots.
• Program/adapt the cue stack and run or supervise cues live during the show.
• Must have own current board to manage traveling 20 stage fixtures.

Skills

Console Proficiency

Theatrical Cueing

Advancing Skills

Collaborative Mindset

Touring Experience

Cloning Experience

Cue Programming

Tools

grandMA3/MA2

Hog 4

Job description

At The Copa in San Diego is seeking a Part Time Lighting Director to own the full visual system for the touring production. You will design, advance, adapt, and run a premium lighting show with a consistent identity across different house rigs.

This role requires building a song-by-song cue structure and advancing each room so the show remains seamless. You must coordinate with venue electrics, review rig inventories, and run cues live. Bring your own current board to manage 20 fixtures.