PURPOSE: To provide support to artists and staff members by assisting in the rehearsal and performance process.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Covers the Rehearsal Department Office so that there is always a staff member present during an opera related activity
- Greets guests upon arrival to the War Memorial Opera House (WMOH) and provides appropriate direction or assistance.
- Assists with scheduling same day rehearsal spaces, coaching studios, & dressing rooms—as well as booking conference room requests into the Outlook calendars
- Unlocks the rehearsal spaces, coaching studios, & dressing rooms at the WMOH and reports any maintenance issues
- Checks, edits, distributes, posts, & archives the daily and weekly schedules.
- Maintains a general awareness of all scheduled activities on a daily basis
- Assists in collecting information for preparing and updating rehearsal and performance documents
- Retrieves and distributes mail, invitations, flowers/gifts, and messages
- Maintains incident report paperwork; disseminates incident report/workers comp documentation to the proper parties
- Assists in ensuring that all artists are accounted for prior to rehearsals and performances; contacts artists the morning of each performance to confirm wellness, call times, and backstage guests.
- Creates and posts dressing room information and signage
- Assists with granting access for backstage guests
- Assists with the recruitment, casting, and management of Child and Adult Supernumeraries, and Child Wranglers and Studio Teachers.
- Assists in the preparation of the performance related paperwork
SHARED REHEARSAL DEPARTMENT FUNCTIONS:
- Collaborates, when necessary, with the Artistic Department to ensure that the personal needs of artists/production teams are met
- Prints and distributes Rehearsal Department reference cards containing important phone numbers & email addresses
- Maintains the Rehearsal Department Call Board by posting the current version of pertinent information
- Managing of Supernumeraries as well as supernumerary database input
- Creates backstage access passes for the company and maintains the access requests database
- Supports the Rehearsal Department with production research, general maintenance issues, parking, and security
- Assists Security and House Management with access and/or clearance for guests
- Responsible for general office maintenance; assists in inventorying, ordering, and purchasing office, hospitality, & medical supplies
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned