Job Opportunities

Event Advancing and Planning:

• Lead assigned event advances from initial information through the final production plan.
• Serve as the theatre’s primary production contact for touring personnel, promoters, clients, vendors, and internal departments.
• Review riders, plots, schedules, contracts, and technical requirements and translate them into labor, equipment, rental, access, transportation, and scheduling plans.
• Manage concurrent advances, priorities, deadlines, and routine decisions within approved parameters.
• Coordinate public-area readiness, hospitality, backstage access, security, and related dependencies with Patron & Event Services.

Communication and Documentation:

• Maintain the authoritative event record, including current decisions, changes, risks, owners, deadlines, schedules, crew calls, specifications, and production updates.
• Lead readiness meetings as needed, assign follow-up, and confirm completion.
• Provide show-day leadership with finalized labor, schedule, technical, rental, vendor, and risk information.
• Document material issues and provide final labor, rental, and production-cost information when appropriate.

Budgeting, Procurement, and Staffing:

• Develop and manage production budgets; monitor labor, rentals, supplies, transportation, and technical services; and report material variances.
• Hire, train, schedule, and supervise production staff and coordinate personnel and vendor crews within approved plans and budgets.
• Procure equipment, rentals, supplies, and services; confirm compatibility, timing, and pricing; and arrange alternatives when house equipment is insufficient.

Show-Day Support:

• Remain available during events for advance questions, client communication, budget impacts, and material scope changes.
• Lead or support show-day operations, breaks, late-night strikes, and technical setup, operation, or strike as staffing and training permit.

Safety and Facility Protection:

• Identify safety, access, rigging, electrical, life-safety, structural, and facility concerns; consult the Director on feasibility, exceptions, and controls.
• Document and communicate approved restrictions, elevate unresolved material concerns, and protect the historic building, technical assets, and property.
• Report equipment maintenance, repair, replacement, and inventory needs.

What you will get:
This is an incredible time to join and have an impact on “The Crown Jewel” and cultural center of Tucson, as they continue to gain momentum in the expansion that will have an impact for generations to come! Learn more: The future is right around the corner!

• Salary Range: $58 – $71K with room to grow as they do
• Health and Dental with up to 75% employer contribution to employee premium
• 401K following 6 months of employment
• Generous PTO: Vacation + Sick Time + 11 Paid Holidays

Values: Togetherness & Community · Growth · Partnership · Respect & Inclusion · Quality & Craftsmanship · Sustainable Legacy

Required Qualifications:

• At least 3 years of progressively responsible live-event production experience, including supervision.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent education and experience.
• OSHA 10 certification.
• Ability to manage concurrent event advances, budgets, labor plans, schedules, procurement, staff, hire personnel, and vendors.
• Working knowledge of rigging, stage systems, audio, lighting, video, power distribution, digital cinema/video, and live-event practices, with judgment to consult specialists.
• Ability to interpret riders, contracts, plots, schedules, and blueprints and convert them into executable plans.
• Knowledge of workplace, fire, life-safety, rigging, structural, electrical, and OSHA requirements.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and event, scheduling, task, document-sharing, and production-communication systems.
• Ability to prioritize, resolve conflicts, communicate under pressure, maintain records, and work independently with diverse partners.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Vectorworks, CAD, or similar drafting software.
• Schedule and Work Environment
• Ability to work event-driven hours, including evenings, weekends, holidays, early mornings, late-night strikes, and extended shifts.
• Ability to move between planning, supervision, coordination, and hands-on show leadership in active stage, backstage, loading, and technical environments.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to stand or walk for extended periods; climb stairs and ladders; use approved lifts; access restricted areas; and reach, stoop, crawl, push, and pull.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 25 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation.

The Fox Theater Tucson: We make memories. We make connections. We make Tucson proud.

MISSION
We enliven Tucson, fostering community growth and connections by shaping exceptional, live arts experiences in a celebrated setting.
VISION
Our vision is to serve as a leader and collaborative partner in a thriving Tucson cultural landscape.

Central to our purpose is the ongoing enjoyment and continued vitality of a cherished and historically significant venue. Our success rests in how the theatre and its programs embody and facilitate a positive sense of place and connectedness, holding cherished memories and creating transformational new arts experiences for Tucsonans of all ages and backgrounds.

Fox Tucson Theatre’s commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access
The Fox Theater Tucson is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering an environment that is inclusive and welcoming for board and staff members with different backgrounds, identities, and lived experiences. Their culture embraces differences in gender expression and identity, age, culture, ancestry, ethnicity, race, color, sexual orientation, physical ability, learning style, religion, familial status, marital status, occupation, veteran status, nationality, citizenship, socio-economic status, and the many forms of composite subjectivity and life experiences.

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Position Overview
The Event Production Supervisor is the Fox Tucson Theatre’s primary on-site production leader for assigned events. The position receives the finalized production plan from the Venue Production Manager and directs safe, coordinated show-day execution from crew call and load-in through performance, load-out, strike, and venue close.

The position supervises in-house production personnel, overhire stagehands, department leads, and vendor crews; serves as the principal show-day production contact for touring and technical representatives; verifies that labor, schedules, equipment, access, and safety controls are implemented as planned; and coordinates production activity with affected Fox departments. Routine matters are resolved within the approved plan and delegated authority. Significant safety, contractual, budget, facility, staffing, or scope concerns are elevated to the Venue Production Manager or Director of Production & Facilities.

Requirements: Minimum two (2) years progressively responsible experience in live-event or performing arts technical production, including crew leadership or event-production supervisory responsibilities.

Schedule and Start Date: Full-time. Desired start date no later than November 2, 2026

Compensation: $25-$28/hr, plus generous benefits package

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How to Apply: Submit cover letter highlighting interest and relevant qualifications and resume to [email protected]; or submit via Indeed.com application portal. Preference given to applications received by October 21, 2026. The Fox Tucson Theatre is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Women, BIPOC, individuals with disabilities, veterans, and those underrepresented in the live events field are strongly encouraged to apply.

Job Description
Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned:

• Review the Venue Production Manager’s finalized production plan, confirm show-day readiness, and resolve outstanding questions before crew call.
• Lead assigned events from load-in and technical setup through performance, load-out, strike, and venue restoration.
• Brief, assign, coordinate, and supervise in-house personnel, overhire stagehands, department leads, and vendor crews.
• Serve as the primary show-day production contact for touring personnel, clients, vendors, and affected Fox departments. Implement the approved schedule and technical plan, coordinating labor, equipment, access, deliveries, changeovers, and other operational requirements.
• Resolve routine show-day matters within delegated authority and elevate significant safety, budget, contractual, staffing, facility, or scope concerns.
• Promote safe work practices, stop or redirect unsafe activity, and enforce approved venue and production requirements.
• Maintain essential show-day records and provide the Venue Production Manager with a post-event handback covering labor, costs, incidents, changes, equipment issues, and follow-up needs.
• Support technical production, maintenance, inventory, smaller events, relief coverage, and other venue operations as assigned without compromising show-day leadership.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The qualifications listed below are representative of the education, experience, knowledge, skill, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience leading technical production crews and coordinating load-ins, performances, changeovers, load-outs, and strikes in a live-event environment.
• Ability to interpret and implement production plans, technical riders, schedules, crew calls, plots, equipment specifications, and related event documentation.
• Working knowledge of theatrical stage systems, rigging, audio, lighting, video, electrical power distribution, and accepted live-event production practices.
• Ability to assign work, establish priorities, communicate clearly, resolve routine operational issues, and coordinate effectively with employees, overhire personnel, touring representatives, clients, and vendors.
• Sound independent judgment, including the ability to remain composed under pressure, recognize the limits of delegated authority, and promptly escalate significant safety, budget, contractual, staffing, facility, or scope concerns.
• Knowledge of applicable OSHA requirements, fire and life-safety requirements, rigging and structural limits, electrical safety, and industry-recognized safe-work practices.
• Ability to work the schedule and perform the physical activities required by event operations, including evenings, weekends, holidays, extended or late-night shifts; prolonged standing or walking; climbing stairs and ladders; using approved lifts; accessing restricted work areas; and lifting and carrying up to 25 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation.

**This position description is a general guideline for work behavior and is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of all job duties. Therefore, it is also not, nor can it be implied to be, a contract of employment. The contents of this position description may be changed without notice, and employment may be terminated by either party, at will.

Does this describe you?

• A good grounding in daily and monthly accounting processes
• Attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
• Looking for growth in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment
• Able to be flexible
• Tech savvy
• Willing to learn
• Looking to help your community, protect its heritage, and be part of the future

How you will make an impact in this role:

• You will be responsible for accounts payable, accounts receivable, sales tax, credit card transactions.
• You will perform a variety of accounting and transactional posting duties according to established procedures.
• You will perform assigned monthly reconciliations.
• You will get to work with technology including MS Office apps, QuickBooks Online, Bill.com, Adobe Acrobat and other industry-specific software.

Summary of qualifications:

• Pay Rate: $23-$27/hour plus a generous benefits package.
• 2 years of hands-on accounting experience, preferably at a nonprofit organization, especially in performing arts.
• Associate degree or demonstration of solid understanding of basic accounting principles; additional experience may qualify.
• Expertise in QuickBooks Online and MS Excel; knowledge of other typical financial software
• Ability to work under pressure while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills and ability to meet deadlines.

Position Summary
The Patron experience team member is a part-time, event-based, frontline operational role responsible for on-site execution of approved front-of-house operations during performances and public events. Reporting to the Director of Patron & Event Services and taking direction from the Patron Services Supervisor, this position focuses exclusively on show floor leadership, physical implementation of event setups, patron service delivery, and real-time operational support.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The following duties represent show level and operational responsibilities only. Other duties may be assigned:

Event Setup & Readiness

• Physically implements and verifies each event’s approved front-of-house setup, including lobby configuration, furniture placement, signage, stanchions, queuing elements, accessibility accommodations, and other event specific needs, in accordance with event plans and venue standards.
• Conducts pre-event walkthroughs of assigned front-of-house areas to confirm readiness, accessibility, and safety prior to doors opening.
• Conducts event strike and reset of patron facing areas following performances using established procedures.

Front-of-House Operations

• Oversee courteous, safe, and efficient front-of-house operations during assigned events in accordance with theatre policies.
• Opens and closes public patron areas as directed, following established event day procedures.
• Sets and communicates curtain timing in coordination with the Patron Services
• Supervisor and production staff.
• Supervises patron entry and exit procedures, seating flow, ticket taking and counts, donor and VIP access, program distribution, and informational signage to ensure orderly and positive patron experiences.
• Makes pre-show, intermission, and other public announcements as necessary.

Show-Floor Leadership & Service

• Represents the organization’s service-focused brand with consistent professionalism and welcoming approach with all patrons.
• Acts as a primary point of contact for patron questions, concerns, and service recovery needs during the event.
• Serves as a visible, approachable, on-site contact for team members, volunteers during events.
• Provides real-time direction and guidance to ushers and vendor team members to support smooth, safe, and welcoming operations.
• Supports accessibility of accommodations and responds to patron access needs in alignment with established policies and procedures.
• Monitors lobby conditions and patron flow during intermissions and dismissals to maintain safety, comfort, and service quality.
• Troubleshoots show-floor front-of-house issues and escalates concerns to the Supervisor as appropriate.

Safety & Emergency Response

• Be aware of, and follow, safety procedures and emergency evacuation protocols.
• Serves as an on-site communication point between ushers, security, ticket office, production staff, artist services, and bar staff during events.

Qualifications

• Ability to maintain a positive attitude and calm demeanor in a fast paced, high-volume environment.
• Capable of communicating professionally, positively and enthusiastically with patrons, donors, theatre staff, volunteers, agencies, and other stakeholders.
• Ability to follow established procedures, identifying and troubleshooting issues as they arise.
• Excellent customer service, interpersonal, and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in working with the public in a retail or customer service environment, performing arts industry preferred.
• Maintain professional appearance and demeanor.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 50 lbs. occasionally and up to 25 lbs. frequently; frequent and prolonged standing and walking; ability to frequently climb and descend stairs, and bend, stoop, and reach.
• Position requires hearing to accurately understand information at normal spoken word levels and visual observation for reviewing, checking, preparing, and maintaining service areas.
• Evening, weekend, and irregular hours required.

**This position description is a general guideline for work behavior and is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of all job duties. Therefore, it is also not, nor can it be implied to be, a contract of employment. The contents of this position description may be changed without notice, and employment may be terminated by either party, at will.