Stage Manager – THE PILON

  • Contract / Stipend
  • Chicago

Website Red Theater

We make theater by putting people first.

Red Theater is seeking a stage manager for our Fall 2025 world premiere production of THE PILON by Zach Barr, directed by Jessica Love.

Synopsis: In Fall 2019, the market for basketball cards has never been more volatile – mint condition samples sell for five figures, and the selling and buying of cards has become a fraternal pursuit like no other. Caught in the center of this market is Corbin, the co-owner of a Seattle card shop, doing his best to keep the business afloat along with his aunt, Rhonda. But when a transgender teenage boy, Griffey, pulls a potentially game-changing card in the shop, the ensuing scramble to buy and sell it reveals the fissures around why men collect cards in the first place – and how they aim to define themselves as masculine by doing so. A meditation on how we build our identity by following or running from other peoples’ examples, featuring a queer love story, intergenerational trans friendship, characters overhauling their own identities, and the greatest dream of all: Seattle getting an NBA team again. – New Play Exchange

Production Dates/Locations:

  • Production meetings: starting in August, based on availability
  • First rehearsal: Tues 9/2
  • Load-in: Mon 10/13
  • Actor Tech: Thurs 10/16 – Tues 10/21
  • Previews: Wed 10/22, Thurs 10/23, Fri 10/24
  • Opening: Fri 10/25
    • Performance Schedule: M/Th/F/Sa @ 7:30P, Sun @ 3P; & Sat 5/10 @ 2P
  • Understudy Put-ins: Wed 10/30 + Wed 11/5  @ 6P – 11P
  • Strike: Sun 11/23
  • Rehearsal venue: The Hearth, 1020 W. Bryn Mawr Ave
  • Performance venue: The Edge Off Broadway, 1133 W. Catalpa Ave
Instructions to Apply:

Please send your resume and one professional reference to work@redtheater.org.

To apply for this job email your details to work@redtheater.org

Pay Rate/Range*: $500 stipend
Organization Email Contact: work@redtheater.org