About the Project

Crescent Moon Theater Productions is seeking a Tour & Production Manager to help bring What We Carry into the world.

What We Carry is a documentary theater work created with refugees, displaced civilians, wartime allies, and U.S. veterans shaped by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Built from years of interviews and restorative gatherings, it uses live performance, storytelling, movement, music, and community dialogue to explore the human cost of war — and to hold space for dignity, complexity, and reconciliation.

Bay Area premiere: Winter 2026 | East Coast tour: Spring 2027

Learn more: crescentmoontheaterproductions.com/what-we-carry

The Role

This is a role for someone who loves both big-picture strategy and granular logistics. You'll shepherd an ambitious, socially engaged production from premiere through tour — securing venues, building presenter relationships, coordinating the moving pieces of a large-scale production, and helping ensure that the work reaches the audiences it was made for.

We're looking for someone proactive, collaborative, and genuinely moved by the intersection of art, live performance, and community.

Responsibilities

• Research and secure venues across theater, university, festival, and alternative performance contexts

• Conduct presenter outreach and track pricing, availability, specs, capacity, and logistics

• Build relationships with presenting organizations, festivals, and touring partners

• Coordinate travel, lodging, transportation, production schedules, and on-the-ground logistics

• Manage contracts, budgets, timelines, and production calendars

• Support communication across collaborators, venues, and creative partners

• Support production logistics as they arise, including load-ins, technical rehearsals, and day-of coordination

• Contribute to audience engagement planning and long-term touring strategy

Qualifications

• Experience in theater production, touring, live events, or arts administration

• Strong organizational and communication skills; comfortable managing multiple concurrent timelines

• Fluent with spreadsheets, scheduling tools, and budget tracking

• Self-directed, resourceful, and collaborative

• Genuine interest in documentary theater, socially engaged art, or community-centered performance

• Existing presenter or touring network connections are a plus

Position Details

Part-time contract | Remote-friendly (Bay Area preferred) | Compensation commensurate with experience

To Apply

Send a brief introduction, your resume or relevant experience, examples of tours or productions you've coordinated (if applicable), and a few words about why this project speaks to you.

Polina@crescentmoontheaterproductions.com

Overview of the Organization

Crescent Moon Theater Productions (CMTP) has been a Bay Area–based performing arts company since 2018, creating work that uplifts true stories of resilience, belonging, and the shared human spirit. Over the past several years, we’ve grown from a small ensemble of artists into a community-rooted nonprofit producing deeply meaningful documentary and immersive theater.

Most recently, we’ve received grant support for two major projects:

• What We Carry, a documentary theater production that brings together refugees and U.S. veterans impacted by the same conflicts, exploring healing and reconciliation through shared storytelling.
  

• The Hidden Network, an immersive audio and performance project unfolding in California’s redwood forests, illuminating unseen stories of interconnection between humans and nature.
  

These projects have positioned us for an exciting next chapter — one that calls for a strong, values-aligned board of directors to help steward our growth with vision, integrity, and sustainability.

We’re seeking someone with experience in board development and nonprofit growth who can help us:

• Formalize and strengthen our governance structure
  

• Recruit an engaged, mission-aligned board
  

• Establish clear systems for fundraising, accountability, and long-term impact
  

This is a pivotal and creative moment for our organization. We’re ready to move from a grassroots model to a thriving nonprofit that can sustain meaningful, socially engaged art for years to come.

If this speaks to you — or if you know someone who might be the right partner in this stage of CMTP’s journey — we would love to connect. To apply, please send a resume and cover letter to polina@crescentmoontheaterproductions.com by November 23, 2025. 

Key responsibilities:

• Board recruitment and design

• Make recommendations for board and organizational structural buildout

• Develop and manage the annual development department budget.

Desired qualifications:

• Experience growing and establishing a small nonprofit primed for growth

• Strong communication and collaborative skills

• Relationship and trust-building with partners, donors, and community members

• Mission-driven and mission-excited!

To apply, please send a resume and cover letter to polina@crescentmoontheaterproductions.com by November 15, 2025

Crescent Moon Theater Productions is seeking a Production Manager for What We Carry, a new documentary theater project bringing together the real stories of refugees and displaced civilians from Iraq and Afghanistan alongside U.S. veterans of those wars.

www.crescentmoontheaterproductions.com/what-we-carry

Created through interviews, a three-day retreat that brought veterans and refugees together, and an ensemble devising process, What We Carry explores the human impact of war from multiple sides—what people lived through, what they carry with them, and what becomes possible when people who experienced the same wars from very different perspectives come together.

You can watch a 6-minute video about the retreat and project here:
https://vimeo.com/1224774962?fl=ip&fe=ec

We are currently developing the production toward a Spring 2027 premiere, with plans to bring the work to communities throughout the Bay Area, Washington, and potentially Portland.

The Role

We’re looking for a Production Manager who can join the project in the coming months and help us move the production toward its premiere and touring.

A major initial focus will be helping book the production—identifying potential theaters, presenters, and community partners; reaching out to venues; following up on leads; and helping secure presenting opportunities in the Bay Area, Washington, and Portland.

Experience with theater booking, touring, venue outreach, producing, or presenter relationships is especially appreciated.

As we move closer to production, the Production Manager will also help coordinate the logistics necessary to bring the show to different venues, communicate with presenters and collaborators, keep track of schedules and production needs, and help ensure that the touring process stays organized.

We’re Looking for Someone Who

Has experience in production management, producing, theater administration, booking, touring, or venue/presenter outreach. Someone who is highly organized, communicative, reliable, proactive, and comfortable keeping track of many moving pieces.

Experience helping book theater productions or develop touring opportunities is a major plus.

Pay: $25/hour
Location: Bay Area
Initial commitment: Approximately 5–10 hours/week
Schedule: Flexible
Timeline: Fall/Winter 2026 through Spring 2027, with the possibility of continuing with touring

To Apply: Send a bit about yourself and relevant experience to Polina@crescentmoontheaterproductions.com