Stage Manager

Berklee College of Music; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 57,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Berklee College of Music is seeking a collaborative Stage Manager to support rehearsals and performances within a creative performing arts community. The role includes managing productions, mentoring students, and ensuring high standards of execution in various events, providing valuable experience in a professional environment.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Professional development resources

Supportive and creative work environment

Work-life balance

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of stage management experience across theater, dance, and/or opera.
• Experience in mentoring students in educational settings.
• Proficient in blocking notation and calling performances.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Production Stage Manager and/or Manager on Duty.
• Supervise and mentor staff and student assistant stage managers.
• Oversee rehearsals and ensure a smooth run-of-show.

Skills

Communication

Organization

Leadership

Education

B.A. in Theater or equivalent professional experience

Tools

FileMaker Pro

Job description

Overview
Boston Conservatory at Berklee is seeking an experienced and collaborative Stage Manager to join its Performance Services team. This full-time, mission-driven role is at the heart of a creative, student-centered performing arts community. The Stage Manager will support and oversee rehearsals, performances, and production activities for a range of high-impact Conservatory productions—including theater, dance, opera, and musical works.

At Berklee, creativity, innovation, and excellence are core to everything we do. The Stage Manager plays a key role in bringing artistic visions to life while helping students gain hands-on experience in a professional-caliber production environment. Working closely with faculty, staff, and students, this position ensures the seamless execution of rehearsals and performances and upholds the highest standards of safety, organization, and communication.

Key Responsibilities

Serve as Production Stage Manager and/or Manager on Duty for assigned productions

Supervise and mentor staff and student assistant stage managers (ASMs)

Oversee rehearsals, including technical and dress rehearsals, ensuring smooth run-of-show

Prepare and maintain Prompt Books, performance reports, and rehearsal schedules

Attend and communicate updates from production meetings to stakeholders

Coordinate rehearsal space reservations and rehearsal prop organization

Collaborate with the full production team and department leaders

Support additional events such as Summer Programs and Orientation performances

Qualifications

B.A. in Theater or equivalent professional experience

3–5 years of stage management experience across theater, dance, and/or opera

Experience working with and mentoring students in higher education or professional training environments

Proficiency in blocking notation and calling performances from scripts and scores

Excellent communication, organization, and leadership skills

Ability to work independently, lead under pressure, and support late-night and weekend events

Familiarity with FileMaker Pro is a plus

The expected hiring range is $57k - $62k.

Why Berklee
Berklee is a place where artists and innovators thrive. With a global community of creators, Berklee values inclusion, diversity, and collaboration. We offer a culture that supports work-life balance, lifelong learning, and mission-driven work that directly impacts the next generation of performing artists.

Our mission is to educate, train, and develop students to excel in music and the performing arts. Our vision is to shape the future of arts education through creativity and excellence. As Stage Manager, you’ll be part of this vision—ensuring every production is a professional, empowering, and inspiring experience for students and audiences alike.

Berklee offers a competitive benefits package, access to professional development resources, and the chance to work in a supportive, creative, and values-driven environment.

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” employment relationship.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Equal Employment Opportunity at Berklee :

We support an inclusive workplace where everyone excels based on personal merit, qualifications, experience, ability, and job performance.Berklee affirms that inequality is detrimental to our faculty, staff, students, and the communities we serve. Our goal is to make lasting change through our actions. Berklee is committed to providing fair and equitable consideration of all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, ancestry, age, national origin, place of birth, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, or status as a member of the armed forces or veteran of the armed forces, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.

As part of this commitment, Berklee will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact the Human Resources Team at [e-mail] or call 617-747-2375.

Berklee is committed to increasing the diversity of our institution, community, and the curriculum. Candidates who can contribute to that goal are encouraged to apply and to identify their strengths in this area.

*Currently enrolled Berklee students are not permitted to apply for staff or faculty positions.*

Employee Type:

Staff

Job Description:

Overview
Boston Conservatory at Berklee is seeking an experienced and collaborative Stage Manager to join its Performance Services team. This full-time, mission-driven role is at the heart of a creative, student-centered performing arts community. The Stage Manager will support and oversee rehearsals, performances, and production activities for a range of high-impact Conservatory productions—including theater, dance, opera, and musical works.

At Berklee, creativity, innovation, and excellence are core to everything we do. The Stage Manager plays a key role in bringing artistic visions to life while helping students gain hands-on experience in a professional-caliber production environment. Working closely with faculty, staff, and students, this position ensures the seamless execution of rehearsals and performances and upholds the highest standards of safety, organization, and communication.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as Production Stage Manager and/or Manager on Duty for assigned productions

• Supervise and mentor staff and student assistant stage managers (ASMs)

• Oversee rehearsals, including technical and dress rehearsals, ensuring smooth run-of-show

• Prepare and maintain Prompt Books, performance reports, and rehearsal schedules

• Attend and communicate updates from production meetings to stakeholders

• Coordinate rehearsal space reservations and rehearsal prop organization

• Collaborate with the full production team and department leaders

• Support additional events such as Summer Programs and Orientation performances

Qualifications

• B.A. in Theater or equivalent professional experience

• 3–5 years of stage management experience across theater, dance, and/or opera

• Experience working with and mentoring students in higher education or professional training environments

• Proficiency in blocking notation and calling performances from scripts and scores

• Excellent communication, organization, and leadership skills

• Ability to work independently, lead under pressure, and support late-night and weekend events

• Familiarity with FileMaker Pro is a plus
  

The expected hiring range is $57k - $62k.

Why Berklee
Berklee is a place where artists and innovators thrive. With a global community of creators, Berklee values inclusion, diversity, and collaboration. We offer a culture that supports work-life balance, lifelong learning, and mission-driven work that directly impacts the next generation of performing artists.

Our mission is to educate, train, and develop students to excel in music and the performing arts. Our vision is to shape the future of arts education through creativity and excellence. As Stage Manager, you’ll be part of this vision—ensuring every production is a professional, empowering, and inspiring experience for students and audiences alike.

Berklee offers a competitive benefits package, access to professional development resources, and the chance to work in a supportive, creative, and values-driven environment.

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” employment relationship.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Equal Employment Opportunity at Berklee :

We support an inclusive workplace where everyone excels based on personal merit, qualifications, experience, ability, and job performance.Berklee affirms that inequality is detrimental to our faculty, staff, students, and the communities we serve. Our goal is to make lasting change through our actions. Berklee is committed to providing fair and equitable consideration of all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, ancestry, age, national origin, place of birth, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, or status as a member of the armed forces or veteran of the armed forces, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.

As part of this commitment, Berklee will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact the Human Resources Team at [e-mail] or call 617-747-2375.

Berklee is committed to increasing the diversity of our institution, community, and the curriculum. Candidates who can contribute to that goal are encouraged to apply and to identify their strengths in this area.

*Currently enrolled Berklee students are not permitted to apply for staff or faculty positions.*

Employee Type:

Staff

About Us

Berklee is the preeminent institute of contemporary music and the performing arts, offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs at its campuses in Boston, Massachusetts and Valencia, Spain, and through its award-winning distance learning program, Berklee Online. Dedicated to nurturing the creative and career potential of the world’s most inspired artists, Berklee’s commitment to arts education is reflected in the work of its students, faculty, and alumni—hundreds of whom have been recognized with Grammy, Tony, Oscar, and Emmy Awards.

At Berklee College of Music and Boston Conservatory at Berklee, students explore interdisciplinary approaches to music, dance, theater, film, business, healthcare, education, technology, and more. Our pioneering youth programs reach underserved classrooms throughout the U.S. and beyond. With students and alumni from more than 100 nations and educational partners across the world, we are forging new connections among art forms, musical traditions, and technologies to build a dynamic, diverse, and collaborative global arts community.