Aaron H. Lyerly
Production Stage Manager
New York, NY · (212) 555 0166 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/aaronhlyerly
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Fifteen years stage managing on Equity contracts
CONTRACTS
Production, off Broadway, League of Resident Theatres and touring agreements
SPECIALTIES
Calling musicals, understudy and put in rehearsals, company management liaison
PAPERWORK
Prompt book, rehearsal and performance reports, tracking sheets, contact sheets
SYSTEMS
QLab, ProductionPro, StageWrite, Microsoft Excel, Dropbox
CREDENTIALS
Actors Equity Association, cardiopulmonary resuscitation certified
Executive Summary
Production stage manager with fifteen years on Actors Equity Association contracts, most recently on a commercial musical running eight performances a week. Calls the show, runs the room, and keeps a company of forty on schedule and inside the rulebook. Known for reports that producers read and for a calm headset.
Signature Achievements
- Called more than nine hundred performances of a musical with four hundred and twenty cues a show.
- Ran seventy one understudy and put in rehearsals across two years with no missed performance.
- Maintained a production for three cast replacement cycles without a rehearsal day added to the budget.
- Managed a company of forty two including twelve children and their guardians on a child performer schedule.
- Trained nine assistant stage managers who went on to their own calling contracts.
- Kept a house crew and a cast inside Equity break and span of day rules across a fourteen week tech and preview period.
Professional Experience
Production stage manager, commercial musical
Broadway Row Theatrical Productions, New York, NY 2023 to present
Eight performances a week in a 1,100 seat house with a company of forty two and a crew of thirty.
- Calls every performance from a book of four hundred and twenty cues across lights, sound and automation.
- Runs weekly maintenance notes, understudy rehearsals and put ins for replacements.
- Writes performance reports the same night and distributes them to producers and departments.
- Serves as the point of contact for the child performer schedule and guardian requirements.
Stage manager, off Broadway premiere
Bowery Lane New Plays, New York, NY 2021 to 2023
New play in a 199 seat house with a four week rehearsal and a three week preview period.
- Kept the prompt book current through daily script revisions during previews.
- Coordinated the fight call and a nightly preset check with two departments.
- Ran the room for a director who worked with an unusually long improvisation process.
Assistant stage manager, national touring musical
Empire State Touring Company, National tour 2017 to 2020
Sit down and one week engagements in forty three cities with a company of thirty four.
- Ran deck track and quick change choreography on a two truck automated set.
- Rehearsed local crews and swing performers in each new venue.
- Kept the tracking paperwork that allowed three swings to cover eleven roles.
Stage manager, resident theater season
Riverside Bank Theater Company, Newark, NJ 2014 to 2017
Three productions a season on a League of Resident Theatres agreement in a 500 seat house.
- Called nine productions including two musicals with a live orchestra.
- Scheduled rehearsals within Equity hours for a company that included guest artists.
Licensure and Certification
Actors Equity Association, member since 2013
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid certified, American Red Cross
Child performer supervision training, current
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts in stage management, Ithaca College, 2011
Continuing training in automation safety and calling from video
Core Skills
Calling cues · Prompt book notation · Rehearsal reports · Performance reports · Understudy rehearsals · Put in rehearsals · Equity rule compliance · Automation safety calls · Company communication · Conflict resolution