Gretna Productions Inc. | Mount Gretna, PA
Mount Gretna, PA

DESCRIPTION

Notice: Stage Manager

CONTRACT
LOA

$760 weekly minimum (Ref. to COST) - Stage manager

$690 weekly minimum (Ref. to COST) - Assistant stage manager

SEEKING

Equity stage managers for Gretna Theatre's 2026 Season.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Please submit your resume for consideration

to Michael Philip O’Brien, Producing Artistic

Director.

Deadline: 02/02/2026

SUBMIT TO

[email protected]

Gretna Theatre

Michael Philip O'Brien, Producing Artistic

Director

PO Box 578

Mount Gretna, PA 17064

PERSONNEL

Michael Philip O’Brien - Producing Artistic Director

Makenzie Mettler - Associate Producer

See breakdown for production specific personnel.

OTHER DATES

See breakdown for production specific dates.

OTHER

For 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

Gretna Theatre 2026 Season

About The Theatre: Gretna Theatre is located in the arts/resort community of Mt. Gretna, PA and is one of the oldest summer theaters in the country. The season is produced at the Gretna Playhouse, a 700-seat covered amphitheater built on the same location where theater has thrived since 1927. Gretna Theatre serves a wide patron base from the Central Pennsylvania area and employs artists and technicians from all over the United States.

ALWAYS...PATSY CLINE

Created and originally Directed by Ted Swindley

Director: TBD

Music Director: TBD

Rehearsal Dates: May 19-31, 2026

Tech Dates: June 2-3, 2026

Performance Dates: June 4-7, 2026

MURDER AT ACKERTON MANOR

American Premiere

Written by Steven Gallagher

Director: TBD

Rehearsal Dates: June 23-July 5, 2026

Tech Dates: July 7-8, 2026

Performance Dates: July 9-12, 2026

SYNOPSIS: On a dark and stormy night at Ackerton Manor, the loathed Roger Ackerton meets a deadly end. Enter Detective Pierre Pierrot, armed with only a corpse, a missing diamond, and five eccentric to Agatha Christie, three actors bring seven outrageous characters to life. Twists, turns, and mistaken identities keep the laughs, and bodies, coming.

HAIR

Book and Lyrics by Gerome Ragni & James Rado

Music by Galt MacDermot

Director: Michael Philip O’Brien

Choreographer: Joshua William Green

Musical Director: Dan Kazemi

Rehearsal Dates: July 7-July 19, 2026

Tech Dates: July 21-22, 2026

Performance Dates: July 23 - Aug 2, 2026

NOTE: Some characters may be asked to appear semi-nude in underwear or bathing suit–style costumes; however, final costuming decisions will be determined by the actor’s comfort level with showing skin on stage.

SALARY

LOA $760 weekly minimum (Ref. to COST) - Stage manager $690 weekly minimum (Ref. to COST) - Assistant stage manager

UNION

AEA