Florida Studio Theatre
Sarasota, FL

DESCRIPTION

CALL TYPE
Stage Manager

CONTRACT
LORT Non-Rep
$995 weekly minimum (LORT D) - Stage manager
$817 weekly minimum (LORT D) - Assistant stage manager
$796 weekly minimum (LORT Experimental) - Stage III Series - Stage manager
$646 weekly minimum (LORT Experimental) - Stage III Series - Assistant stage manager

PERSONNEL
Producing Artistic Director: Richard Hopkins
Managing Director: Rebecca Hopkins
General Manager: Jill Zakrzewski
Casting & Hiring Coordinator: Hershey Vazquez Millner
Artistic Fellow: Jakob Harding
Casting & Hiring Intern, Monitor: Mattie E. Hinckley

See breakdown for production specific personnel.

OTHER DATES
See breakdown for production specific dates.

OTHER
www.floridastudiotheatre.org

Equity’s 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.

SEEKING
All Equity stage managerial positions for Florida Studio Theatre's Spring 2025 Season have been filled.

Please submit for future consideration.

Florida Studio Theatre is working towards becoming a more anti-racist and inclusive theatre. FST is thus committed to developing a work environment that is reflective of the diverse world that it serves. People who share this belief are encouraged to submit.

BREAKDOWN

Florida Studio Theatre Spring 2025 Season
Florida Studio Theatre is an established, five-stage non-profit, operating under LORT D and LORT EXPERIMENTAL contracts located in Downtown Sarasota, FL.

ADVICE [Rights Pending] - (Experimental)
Written by Brent Askari
Directed by TBD
Rehearsals Begin – January 7, 2025
Previews – January 29-30, 2025
Opens – January 31st, 2025
Closes – February 16th, 2025
Possible extension(s) through – February 23rd, 2025

SYNOPSIS: Ron and Joy, a professional couple learn that their biggest screw-up of a friend, Gary, has somehow managed to get a self-help book published by a small press. When the couple attempts to persuade Gary that he should not quit steady employment to pursue dreams of becoming a life coach, they end up uncovering secrets that throw their relationship into chaos.

BAD BOOKS [Rights Pending] - (Experimental)
Written by Sharyn Rothstein
Directed by TBD
Rehearsals Begin – February 4, 2025
Previews – February 26-27, 2025
Opens – February 28, 2025
Closes – March 16, 2025
Possible extension(s) through – March 30, 2025

SYNOPSIS: A worried mother comes to the library for what she thinks will be a reasonable, polite discussion about which books are appropriate for her teenage son. But her confrontation with the town librarian, a woman who cares deeply about her job and her community, sparks a chain reaction of consequences no one expected. A raucous and brash debate in the quietest place in America... the library. (New Play Exchange)

SHEDDING A SKIN - (Experimental)
Written by Amanda Wilkin
Directed by Nancy Rominger
Rehearsals Begin – March 11, 2025
Previews – April 2-3, 2025
Opens – April 4, 2025
Closes – April 20, 2025
Possible extension(s) through – May 4, 2025

SYNOPSIS:
Sometimes you crack. Sometimes you didn't mean to yell that.
Sometimes you have to lay low until you've figured it out. And sometimes, sometimes you have to hibernate until you've healed. This is a new day.
Shedding a Skin is a story for our times. It's a play about finding kindness in unexpected places; about understanding what our elders can teach us; it's new skin honoring old. It's a play about joy, healing and protest.

JERSEY BOYS - (LORT D)
Book by Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice
Music by Bob Gaudio
Lyrics by Bob Crewe
Directed by Ben Liebert
Rehearsals Begin – March 4, 2025
Previews – March 26-27, 2025
Opens – March 28, 2025
Closes – May 11, 2025
Possible extension(s) through – June 1, 2025

SYNOPSIS: With phenomenal music, memorable characters, and great storytelling, Jersey Boys follows the fascinating evolution of four blue-collar kids who became one of the greatest successes in pop music history. Jersey Boys takes you behind the music of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons to discover the secret of a 40-year friendship as the foursome work their way from the streets of New Jersey to the heights of stardom.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Please submit your resume for future consideration

Deadline: 11/27/2024

SUBMIT TO
[email protected]

SALARY

LORT Non-Rep (See Above)

UNION

AEA