Kristin Stewart is company manager for the Broadway revival of “Spring Awakening.” But staying home in New York City is a big change for Stewart after 11 years of managing companies far and wide, from Singapore to the Ozarks, bringing theater to all corners of the globe. “It’s a catchall job,” Stewart says.
What is a company manager? It is a combination of an accountant meets a mom meets a nurse meets a boss figure for those who are directly working on the production day-to-day. I manage everything that happens the minute you hit that stage door and outside of it: bills, payroll, doctor’s appointments for workers’ comp. Marketing and press are arranging things with the company and that goes through me, so elements beyond the actual show, too.
How did you get this job?There are a few different routes to becoming a company manager. I started out as a performer. I went to school for musical theater at Illinois Wesleyan University. I had success on the tour circuit in musical theater, but I became a little more interested in this aspect when a producer-mentor suggested I give it a try. So I started as a manager for the company I’d started out touring with. I traveled the U.S. and a
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