*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. Interested parties should reach out with their resume by emailing makeshiftakron@gmail.com