Actors' Shakespeare Project
Watertown, MA

DESCRIPTION

Notice: Stage Manager

CONTRACT

NEAT

$666 weekly minimum (Cat. 5) - Stage manager

$632 weekly minimum (Cat. 5) - Assistant stage manager

SEEKING

Equity stage managers for Actors' Shakespeare Project's 2026-27 Season.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Please submit your resume for consideration to Regine Vital, Manager of Artistic & Community Programs.

Deadline: Tuesday, June 30, 2026

SUBMIT TO

[email protected]

PERSONNEL

Christopher V. Edwards: Artistic Director

Regine Vital: Manager of Artistic & Community Programs

See breakdown for production-specific personnel.

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production-specific dates.

Typical Rehearsal Schedule: Weekday Evenings: Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday evenings - Weekend Days / early Evenings: Saturday and Sunday

Each production schedule will include at least 2 weekday morning student matinees, for which actors must be available.

OTHER

If you have any questions, please email [email protected].

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.

Breakdown

Actors' Shakespeare Project 2026-27 Season

ASP’s Anti-Racism Statement: Actors’ Shakespeare Project (ASP) is committed to actively examining and combating the multifaceted nature of racism in our company, our community, the theater industry, and the United States. Racism dehumanizes everyone it touches and creates an environment not conducive to creative expression. Actors’ Shakespeare Project seeks to dismantle organizational systems, processes, structures, and cultures that discourage any person from engaging with us. We pledge to foster diversity, inclusivity, and equity across our board, staff, artists, productions, educational programming, and business operations. The stories of all people will be reflected in all the work that we do.

Please note: All Rehearsal and Performance Dates below are TENTATIVE.

DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS

Written by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen

Directed by Christopher V. Edwards

First Rehearsal: Wednesday, September 9th, 2026

Opening: Thursday, October 8th, 2026

Closing: Sunday, November 1st, 2026

SYNOPSIS: Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors is a 90-minute, small-cast, gender-bending parody of Bram Stoker’s novel, in which meek estate agent Jonathan Harker travels to Transylvania, unleashing a narcissistic Count Dracula on modern-minded Lucy Westfeldt, her sister Mina, insect-obsessed Renfield, and vampire hunter Jean Van Helsing in a whirlwind of quick changes and broad physical comedy. The piece satirizes Gothic horror while centering capable female protagonists and queer-coded humor, ending with Lucy and Van Helsing driving the story’s moral and emotional resolution.

Content Advisory: ASP will hire an Intimacy Director for all instances of sexually/emotionally charged intimacy.

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF JANE AUSTEN, ABRIDGED

Written by Jessica Bedford, Kathryn MacMillan, Charlotte Northeast, and Meghan Winch

Directed by Regine Vital

First Rehearsal: Wednesday, November 11th, 2026

Opening: Thursday, December 3rd, 2026

Closing: Sunday, Sunday December 27th, 2026

SYNOPSIS: The Complete Works of Jane Austen, Abridged is an 80–90 minute, three-actor “romp” in which two die-hard Janeites and a bewildered understudy crash through all six major Austen novels, switching roles at high speed while sending up Regency romance, class satire, and fan culture itself. The show blends affectionate parody, direct address, and sketch-like sequences to compress the Austen canon into a single, big-hearted evening that welcomes both devotees and newcomers.

HAMLET

Written by William Shakespeare

Directed by David R. Gammons

First Rehearsal: Wednesday, January 6th, 2027

Opening: Thursday, January 28th, 2027

Closing: Sunday, February 21st, 2026

SYNOPSIS: Hamlet follows Prince Hamlet of Denmark as he confronts the ghostly revelation that his uncle Claudius has murdered his father, forcing him into a spiral of grief, moral doubt, feigned (or real) madness, and political paralysis that ultimately destroys the royal family and state. The play interrogates corruption in power, surveillance, mental health, and the difficulty of acting ethically within a broken system, themes that remain powerfully resonant in 2026.

Content Advisory: This production will feature scenes with nudity. ASP will hire an Intimacy Director for all instances of nudity, simulated sexual interaction, and sexually/emotionally charged instances of intimacy as well as all states of partial undress. This production will feature scenes of violence. ASP will hire a Fight Director for all instances of physical violence.

JITNEY

Written by August Wilson

Directed by Christopher V. Edwards

First Rehearsal: Wednesday, March 10th, 2027

Opening: Thursday, April 8th, 2027

Closing: Sunday, May 9th, 2027

SYNOPSIS: August Wilson’s Jitney, set in a worn-down 1970s jitney cab station in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, chronicles a group of unlicensed cab drivers, their dispatcher Becker, and his estranged son Booster as they confront imminent building demolition, generational conflict, racism, economic precarity, and the possibility of community self-determination. Over a few weeks, the men’s intersecting struggles—Youngblood’s attempt to buy a house for his family, Turnbo’s gossip-driven conflicts, Becker and Booster’s tragic rift—build toward both personal loss and a collective decision to fight for their space.

Content Advisory: ASP will hire an Intimacy Director for all instances of sexually/emotionally charged intimacy.

SALARY

NEAT $666 weekly minimum (Cat. 5) - Stage manager; $632 weekly minimum (Cat. 5) - Assistant stage manager

UNION

AEA