Major Production Staff

• Major Production Staff

  • Producer
  • Managing Director
  • Artistic Director
  • Playwright or Writer
  • Director
  • Production Manager
  • Stage Manager
  • Technical Director
  • Property Master
  • Performer
• Producer


  Ultimate authority who initiates the production and secures the rights and financial backing for the production
• Managing Director


  Handles business functions of program like contracts, fund raising, ticket sales, box office management, development, education outreach, publicity, and marketing.
• Artistic Director


  Hires directors, designers and actors and oversees progress of play
• Playwright or Writer


  Creates and develops the written script
• Director


  Oversees the overall vision of the production
• Production Manager


  Oversees technical staff.
• Stage Manager


  Records all blocking during rehearsals and responsible for all backstage activity once the show opens
• Technical Director


  Adapts scenic designs into working drawings and ensures the safety of all technical elements like lights and sounds on and off stage
• Property Master


  Oversees the construction of all props and costumes
• Performer


  Does what the director/choreographer asks him to do. Lead performer may improvise and make his own interpretation of the role while the supporting cast must follow strictly the instructions of the director/choreographer, or else it might upstage the lead role.
• Elements of production

  • Lighting
  • Stage types and directions
  • Sound
  • Scenery
  • Make-up
  • Costumes
  • Props
• Who's in the Production?

  • Producer
  • Managing Director
  • Artistic Director
  • Playwright or Writer
  • Director
  • Production & Stage Manager
  • Technical Director
  • Property Master
  • Performer