Does anyone know a good place to find Job Descriptions for Community Theater? More specifically, our theater has never used a producer position on its shows. It has been suggested that we do.
Got a source? Thanks

Ditto for our theater -- producer is sort of the "head organizer," taking care of the nuts-and-bolts details so the director doesn't go nuts trying to do everything and making sure cast and crew have what they need when they need it. Our producers are generally responsible for finding a head of house, someone to do the program, someone to help with props, someone to head set construction, and often does the calling around to track down hard-to-find items or costuming. Some directors like for the producer to also recruit a lighting/sound director and stage manager for the production, but most prefer to choose their own technical team, and will ask the producer to recruit everyone else. Many times, the producer is rarely seen, because they can accomplish pretty much everything on the phone; other producers become a real part of the team, coming in and actively conferring with the director on a nightly basis (those kinds are GEMS!). We do know one thing -- on a few (very few) occasions, our directors have had to work without a producer because there was just no one available, and it about killed them!

You don't really appreciate what you've got until you don't have it, hmmm?

Chris

Several years ago our board approved a detailed set of job descriptions, including producer. They are available on our website, www.act1.org. The job descriptions can be found at www.act1.org/jobs.htm.