Theatre Business & Events Manager

The Classic Center Theatre in Athens, Georgia is looking for a Theatre Business & Events Manager to bring big performances to life on a trusted campus venue. The Classic Center Theatre hosts concerts, touring productions and community events, all aimed at delivering memorable guest experiences and smooth event execution. This full-time, onsite role is ideal for someone who loves live events, can oversee both the creative and business sides of a show, and enjoys coordinating with multiple teams to make everything come together.

The Theatre Business & Events Manager will shepherd each show from the earliest plans through final settlements, balancing artistic goals with financial and operational realities. It’s a role that blends event planning with leadership and hands-on supervision, ensuring that every detail supports a high-quality guest experience.

If you enjoy turning complicated event logistics into a flawless performance, this could be the right fit. The job is anchored in Athens and requires you to work on-site as part of The Classic Center team, collaborating with colleagues across Production, Ticketing, Security and Guest Services.

The daily rhythm behind the curtains

You’ll own the end-to-end management of assigned theatre events, guiding them from concept to close. In practice, that means leading the event or house management at shows, setting up comprehensive Event Prep Schedules that keep every department aligned, and ensuring that all financials, revenue, expenses, and settlements, are tracked and reported accurately. You’ll also monitor budgets and look for ways to optimize resources while supervising event staff to uphold a high standard of guest service. Keeping organized files, contracts and reporting systems is part of the job so everything is easy to reference during and after performances.

Cross-functional collaboration is a cornerstone of the role. You’ll coordinate with Production, Ticketing, Security and Guest Services to deliver a seamless experience from arrival to departure, making sure timelines stay on track and contingencies are ready if plans shift. The work requires staying attuned to the needs of the audience as well as the team executing the show, balancing guest satisfaction with operational efficiency.

Your core qualifications

Required experience and capabilities include a track record of planning and running live events, plus the know-how to oversee budgets and financial reporting. You should have two to five years of relevant work in event operations, venue management or a closely related field, with demonstrated ability to lead teams and juggle several priorities at once. Proficiency with Microsoft Office is expected, with Excel being especially useful for tracking revenue and expenses. Because events span evenings and weekends, a willingness to work those hours is essential.

Nice-to-haves

There are no additional nice-to-haves listed in the posting.

Pay, benefits and practical details

The role is full-time and onsite in Athens, GA. The description notes that duties may require evening and weekend hours in line with events. The selection process includes a drug screening and a criminal background check. The Classic Center provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a work environment free of harassment or unlawful conduct. These policies apply to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, promotion and termination.

Advice for applicants

Put your most relevant experience up front on your resume, starting with a summary that highlights your work planning and managing live events from start to finish, along with budget oversight and final settlements. If you’ve led events that required cross-team coordination, call that out first and include a concrete example of how you built and used an Event Prep Schedule to keep departments in sync.

Demonstrate how you’ve led teams and managed multiple priorities by describing a specific project where you supervised staff, coordinated with Production, Ticketing, Security and Guest Services, and kept the event on schedule while tracking the budget. Where possible, quantify results, like on-time settlements or cost savings, to show impact.

Be ready to walk through a real event you managed that required you to serve as Event or House Manager. Explain how you collaborated with multiple departments, how you built the EPS, and how you handled any last-minute changes while preserving guest experience.

Have a thoughtful question prepared about how the EPS process works in practice at The Classic Center and how success is measured for guest experience and event operations, so you show you’ve thought about how the role operates in this theatre environment.