About
Broadway and touring productions sit at a crossroads of law, contracts, schedules, and human realities. One decision about leave, accommodations, or a complaint can ripple across:
Most shows and live-entertainment organizations don't have a dedicated, theatre-literate HR partner to hold all of that. HR Force NY exists to change that.
We focus on one thing: embedded, trust-first HR for Broadway, touring productions, and live-entertainment organizations.
We're not a training vendor or a generic HR help line. We offer a focused set of services that plug directly into your world:
Everything we do is designed to protect both people and the production: fair, defensible processes that keep shows and organizations moving.
HR Force NY is led by Raul Argudin, an HR leader with:
What that means for you: when you work with HR Force NY, you get senior-level judgment from a team that already speaks both Broadway and HR, not an account handed down to junior staff.
A few principles guide every engagement:
The riskiest decisions often happen quickly. You deserve a plan and a partner before that moment.
When people know how concerns are handled, trust and compliance both go up.
Advice that ignores your contracts, unions, budget, and schedule isn't useful. We start from your reality, not generic policy.
Sensitive issues don't need more heat. Our job is to lower the temperature, clarify options, and move you forward.
Clients come to HR Force NY when they need an HR partner who is:
We're here so producers, GMs, company managers, and nonprofit leaders don't have to carry the hardest HR decisions alone.
If you see your world in this description, the next step is simple. Tell us what's happening on your production or in your organization, and we'll help you see whether embedded HR support, focused leave and accommodations help, an investigation, or advisory is the right place to start.