Stage Manager Wanted!

Falling Iguana Theatre is seeking a Stage Manager for its upcoming production of Crane Girl, written and directed by Alexa Higgins. Rehear

sals will take place in Toronto, with performances in Hamilton. Crane Girl is part of the Hamilton Fringe Festival, July 17-26, and will have seven performances at the Theatre Aquarius Studio in Hamilton.

This is a profit share production, and each member of the production (five members including the Stage Manager) will split an equal share of 70% of the profits. Transportation costs to and from Hamilton will be covered by FIT. The remaining 30% will be reinvested back into the company for operating costs and expenses incurred. 

HOW TO APPLY:

Please email fallingiguanatheatre@gmail.com with the subject heading “STAGE MANAGER - CRANE GIRL” to apply. In their email, applicants should describe any experience stage managing and attach a resume if relevant. Please note: FIT is open to working with emerging/newer Stage Managers, as long as they possess the required skills. 

Deadline to apply: June 27th.

Position begins: July 1st. 

Contact email: fallingiguanatheatre@gmail.com

STAGE MANAGER INFORMATION:

Rehearsals with the cast are well underway. As FIT’s productions require extensive physical theatre creation, the play is built with just the cast. The Stage Manager will not be called until the final 2.5 weeks of rehearsal (beginning the first week of July), and the rehearsal schedule will be built based on everyone’s availability. The SM must be available for tech/load in and all performance days: July 13, 17, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26 in Hamilton.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

-Operating Theatre Aquarius’ light board to cue lights during the show.  

-Operating sound cueing software during the show. 

-Engaging in a welcoming, supportive work environment.

-Managing the safe and smooth running of rehearsals and performances.

-Demonstrating excellent interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills.

-The successful candidate will have a thoughtful approach to their stage management practice, while being able to adapt to and work as part of a team.

ABOUT THE SHOW/COMPANY:

Crane Girl, Hamilton Fringe’s Best New Play Award Winner, and inspired by a real event, is a fictionalized exploration of what might cause a woman with no training, experience, or equipment, to freestyle climb a crane. It follows Jane, a young married woman who, having witnessed a tragic event, suddenly finds herself feeling untethered, enraged, and trapped. Jane can see no way out of the cage she has built around herself until she realizes she should not have been looking for a way out, but rather, up. Every character lives somewhere on the crane, so as Jane continues her thrilling ascent, she comes face to face with the very past she is trying to climb away from. Crane Girl explores rage and women’s bodies, societal constraints, reproductive rights, and what it means to find your voice. It is an urgent rallying call to speak, to rage, to climb away from an antiquated past and towards a feminist future.

Falling Iguana Theatre is an award-winning Toronto-based physical theatre company founded by co-Artistic Directors Alexa Higgins and Ian Ottis Goff. FIT’s work is known for being highly physical, heart-filled, ambitious, and female-driven. FIT’s previous productions DIANA and 81 Minutes have been performed in three provinces and counting! Crane Girl, FIT’s third original production, won the Best New Play Award at the Hamilton Fringe Festival, where it will have its premiere run this summer!