Job Description of the Company Manager For a Theatre
A company manager coordinates human resources and other logistical details for the company of artists and technicians associated with a given production or series of productions. She is employed by a theatrical producer or professional theater-producing organization.
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Scope of Work
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The scope of a company manager's job depends on the size and location of the production or producing organization. For example, company managers for Broadway and commercial touring shows have much broader job responsibilities than those working in nonprofit resident theaters.
Human Resources Function
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The company manager may be responsible for ensuring that employment contracts are properly drafted, executed and adhered to; administering payroll and artists' other compensation and benefits; processing worker compensation claims; creating budgets associated with staff-related expenses and assuring compliance with applicable union regulations.
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Logistical Management Function
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A company manager is often responsible for coordinating staff travel arrangements, assuring appropriate housing accommodations are provided when necessary, arranging tickets for guests of the producer or other staff, planning social events and coordinating other special projects for the producer or producing organization.
Producer's Representative
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The company manager serves as the producer's representative to the artists and technicians employed by the production or organization. Communications between a producer and employees, as well as outside contractors, unions and regulatory agencies, are often mediated by the company manager.
Union Jurisdiction
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A professional company manager working on Broadway and in certain other theatrical markets is within the jurisdiction of the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers (ATPAM), a labor union affiliated with AFL-CIO. Not all company managers are members of the union.
Compensation
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Compensation for a professional company manager varies widely, depending on geographic location and union jurisdiction. The minimum weekly salary for ATPAM union members working in New York's Off-Broadway theaters under the as of 2006 contract is $815.41. Broadway and touring company managers may earn two or three times as much.
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