Production Manager

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.