*PLAYWRIGHTS LOCALSEEKS A PRODUCTION MANAGER / HOUSE MANAGERFOR A MAY 2018 WORLD PREMIEREPlaywrights Local (http://playwrightslocal.org/ <http://playwrightslocal.org/>) seeks a Production Manager / House Manager for a new play opening in May 2018. During the rehearsal period, Production Manager duties include coordinating personnel, scheduling rehearsals and meetings, accounting for expenses, and transporting materials.During the three-week run, House Manager duties include coordinating front-of-house and backstage operations for a small black-box venue. This is a paid position (non-Equity scale) with work beginning in early April and running through the end of May.Reply with a cover email and resume to playwrightslocal@gmail.com <playwrightslocal@gmail.com>. ABOUT THE PRODUCTIONThe Panther DancerWritten by Logan Cutler SmithDirected by Jimmie WoodyMay 11 – 26, 2018Creative Space at Waterloo Arts397 E. 156th StreetCleveland, OH 44110SYNOPSISThe Panther Dancer is an innovative new play that digs deep beneath the iconicity of a childlike American star. A series of inventive, offbeat-but-affecting vignettes, this knowing satire explores how a monolithic entertainer was created by our culture and, in turn, how he redirected that culture towards his own conflicting ends. The Panther Dancer follows a young wonder as he strives to become, in his own person, the very greatest show on earth. Tracing the arc of his campaign, the play becomes a playful synthesis of biography and tabloid journalism–a sidelong glance at a meteoric rise and a catastrophic fall. Come along for this portrait of a timeless pop archetype rendered flatly, mattely, and in fast-forward. ABOUT THE COMPANYPlaywrights Local is a theater company based in Cleveland. Billed as a playwrights’ center, the organization’s goal is to provide a home for dramatic writing in Northeast Ohio. They offer classes and workshops, produce original plays, provide networking opportunities, and engage the community through outreach projects. Tax-deductible contributions to this 501(c)(3) group can be made at http://playwrightslocal.org/donate/ <http://playwrightslocal.org/donate/>.*