So I’m a little behind this year, but I thought we could do our bi-annual dig into the Stage Manager Survey Report. You might be wondering, what is the Stage Manager Survey Report. Run by David J., McGraw, the report has been happening since 2006 in an effort to better share info about the industry…
Profile I am thirty-nine years old, a digital event producer and occasional freelance stage manager. I make $55/hour at the digital production company I work with, though work has been very slow this year. I work a variety of small side hustles and am a full-time student working on a PhD in Drama. Spending &…
Profile I am thirty six years old and I’m a freelance digital event producer. I make $40/hour and generally work about 16-20 hours a week. I’m still living at my dad’s house. I am so not sad to say good-bye to this year. Spending & Saving This has been another weird month where my net…
Ya’ll, lets look at the 2019 Stage Manager Survey today. “The what?” you might say. Every couple of years, David J. McGraw and whatever university he’s working at (I believe it’s currently Elon), conduct a fairly extensive survey of stage managers polling everything from education level, frequency of wearing show blacks, types of training, how…
Profile I am thirty five years old and I work as the General Stage Manager for a touring circus. I make $2,000 a week and have an approximate $40 per diem (issued in local currency). I’m currently living at home with my dad when I’m not on road, which Is a major factor in why…
Profile I am thirty four years old and I started a new job with a touring circus on the last day of June. I’m pretty excited because it’s part time, so I get to go to crazy and amazing places for a few weeks and then come home for a few weeks. I make $2,000…
Profile I am thirty three years old and the Performance Director at Big Apple Circus. I make $70,000 a year and live in a show provided RV. I also have health insurance through this job that’s deducted straight from my paycheck, so I don’t really count it in my bills since it’s never money I…
Profile I am thirty three years old and the Performance Director at Big Apple Circus. I make $70,000 a year and live in a show provided RV. I also have health insurance through this job that’s deducted straight from my paycheck, so I don’t really count it in my bills since it’s never money I…
Profile I am thirty three years old and the Performance Director at Big Apple Circus. I make $70,000 a year and live in a show provided RV. I also have health insurance through this job that’s deducted straight from my paycheck, so I don’t really count it in my bills since it’s never money I…
Sometimes I feel a little unsure about what to write about these days on brokeGIRLrich because I am on the most solid financial footing of my life. And I feel a little weirdly guilty – or like a fake personal finance blogger – and trying to shake that guilt is strangely hard. BUT the entire…
Profile I am 33 years old and the Performance Director at Big Apple Circus. I make $70,000 a year and live in a show provided RV. They also feed me. Saving & Spending This was an odd month. The odd month started last month when a choreographer I worked with last year posted that she…
Profile I am thirty three years old and I am a Stage Manager at Sleep No More in New York City. I make $115/show and work 7-8 shows a week. I also work very part time at The Ride – a ridiculous tourist trap bus in Times Square that’s actually pretty fun. Saving & Spending…
Profile I am thirty-two years old and I am a Stage Manager at Sleep No More in New York City. My contract just extended through January. I make $115/show and work 7-8 shows a week. Saving & Spending So on the plus side, life does not feel like I’m on a runaway roller coaster anymore.…
Profile I am thirty two years old and I started out this month as the Assistant Stage Manager/Props for Susannah with Opera Roanoke and finished it out as a Stage Manager at Sleep No More in New York City. I’m on contract there through the end of August. I make $115/show and work 7-8 shows…
Profile I am thirty two years old and I started out this month as the Production Stage Manager of Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical. I am now the Assistant Stage Manager/Props Master for Susannah with Opera Roanoke, a regional opera company in Roanoke, Virginia. At the end of this show, I’ll receive a $1,000…
Profile I am thirty two years old and I’m unemployed. It’s cool though. Well… no it’s not. But I’m surviving. Saving & Spending 2017 might be cursed. I’m not sure yet. For the first time in my career, a job got cancelled at the last minute. And by last minute I mean, like… less than…
Profile I am thirty two years old and I was the Production Stage Manager for the national tour of FAME until the middle of this month. I made $700 per week and a $300 weekly stipend, though the job ended a little less than 3 weeks into the month. I start my next gig the…
Profile I am thirty two years old and I am the Production Stage Manager for the national tour of FAME. I make $700 per week and a $300 weekly stipend. Saving & Spending This month man. I don’t even know. This was the hardest month of work I’ve ever done. We did three weeks straight…
Profile I am thirty one years old and I am the Production Stage Manager/Production Manager for The Marriage of Figaro! I received a $3,000 stipend at the end of my contract (and am a dork who read her contract wrong and thought it was $500 more but it wasn’t) and a $300 travel stipend. Saving…
Profile I am thirty one years old and I am the Production Stage Manager/Production Manager for The Marriage of Figaro! I will receive a $3,500 stipend at the end of my contract and a $300 travel stipend (hopefully that check should turn up by the first week of July). Saving & Spending After finishing up…
Profile I am thirty one years old and I am the Stage Manager/Lighting Director for Clifford the Big, Red Dog! I make $700 a week and receive a $30/day per diem. I also finished up Potted Sherlock the first week of this month and am now on the hunt for something to do this summer!…
Profile I am thirty years old and I am a stage manager for an Off-Broadway show called Ziegfeld’s Midnight Frolic. I have no rent and no real bills. I make $300 a week (the job is part time) and am not sure whether or not I’m going to still have a job after this weekend,…
A few weeks into this tour, I was out to dinner with the other two crew and somehow wages came up. While none of us actually stated what our wages are (although, as tour manager, one of them already knew what all of our wages were), we primarily discussed how low we’re willing to go…
A few months ago I tossed out the idea “how much do stage managers make?” Because as one, I’m generally pretty curious. There’s a wide variety of pay scales among us (and the job itself varies widely), but I’ve always been a little puzzled about why we keep what we make such a secret. If…
Salaries are a pretty closely guarded secret for most people – although clearly not me, since I’ve been posting my salary for the better part of a year. I can understand wanting to do so anonymously, but it would really be helpful for people interested in going into the arts to be able to get…