HR Force NY

Embedded HR for Broadway
& Touring Productions

HR Force NY is your experienced and trusted HR partner for leave, accommodations, investigations, and high-risk people decisions.

HR Force NY was built for the way shows actually run.

Raul Argudin, founder of HR Force NY
Our Services

What We Do

You run the show. You shouldn't have to be the entire HR department. HR Force NY provides embedded, fractional HR leadership for Broadway, tours, and live-entertainment organizations — senior-level judgment, not handed off to a bench of generalists.

HR Force NY also provides HR and fractional HR leadership to small businesses and nonprofit organizations.

Service

Embedded HR Support

Ongoing, production-literate HR so producers, GMs, and company managers aren't improvising people decisions alone.

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Service

Leave & Accommodations Support

Integrated leave and accommodation decisions that keep the show running while staying compliant with FMLA, ADA, NY Paid Family Leave, sick leave, workers' comp, and CBAs.

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Service

Investigations & Workplace Concerns

Trust-first, theatre-savvy investigations and complaint handling that protect both people and the production.

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Service

HR Advisory for Live Entertainment Orgs

Senior-level HR judgment for nonprofit theatres and presenters.

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Who We Serve

Who We Support

We work with leadership teams who carry employer and reputational risk, but don't have a dedicated, show-literate HR partner.

Producers & General Managers

  • Need a credible HR point person on each show
  • Want fewer gray-zone decisions and fewer avoidable grievances, claims, or headlines
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Company Managers

  • Are acting as intake, investigator, counselor, and leave administrator on top of running the show
  • Need a partner who understands both the paperwork and the backstage reality
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Nonprofit Theatres & Presenters

  • Operate with limited internal HR
  • Need practical HR support sized to their staff, budgets, and visibility
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Why Us

Why productions choose us.

Productions call us when:

Senior judgment on every engagement

Senior Broadway League HR and regulatory experience, now focused on embedded support for specific productions, not passed off to a junior associate.

Leave & Accommodations Support

Leave and accommodation coordination handled as one integrated service, built for the realities of Broadway and touring shows.

Trust-first, theatre-credible style

Warm, casually professional, non-corporate voice with serious legal and contract precision.

"Raul is thoughtful, clear, and dependable on the most sensitive HR issues. When a situation turns complex, I'm relieved he's in the room."
Executive Director

You don't have to improvise HR.

Share what's happening on your production, and we'll help you see which service is the right fit, retainer or project.