Makeshift Theater (732 W Exchange St, Akron, OH 44302)
Production Manager
Job Description:

• Independent contractor. Part-time up to 10 hours per week.
• Salary $20.00 per hour. No benefits.
• Reports to Executive Producer.
• Coordinate scheduling the theater for rehearsals and performances.
• Establish/maintain an email list of supporters.
• Assist in organizing fundraisers and soliciting contribution
• Assist in identifying and submitting grant requests.
• Inventory and arrange storage for props.
• Requires own computer available to work remotely.

Makeshift Theater solicits directors and playwrights for plays that are suitable for production.
We do not pre-select shows for a season and then produce them. Currently, we have several types of productions in regular rotation:

• Senior Matinees on Saturdays and Sundays, performing plays that are suitable for general audiences but of particular interest to seniors. These are rehearsed readings. We have a grant to underwrite these shows.
• We are developing a program of radio plays which can be produced without sets. We have agrant to underwrite these shows.
• We produce plays as workshop performances so that playwrights can evaluate the play-in-progress and receive feedback from audiences. 
• We collaborate with Point of No Return to produce improv and stand-up comedy.
• We encourage creative people to expand their skills and try new things. 
• We plan to have workshops offering training in sound and light technical work and stage managing,

We have one part-time House Manager who also runs sound and light.