Embedded HR Support: HR Force NY

Broadway and touring productions live in a constant people-risk minefield.

When a tricky leave request, complaint, or conflict lands on your desk, you shouldn't be workshopping HR between half-hour and curtain.

Embedded HR Support gives your production or office direct access to a single, trusted HR partner who understands League contracts, theatrical unions, and how shows actually run, so you can make confident people decisions without burning time, trust, or box office.

This is usually the right move if:

You're a lead producer, GM, or company manager on a Broadway or touring production

Company managers and GMs have quietly become "the HR department"

You're handling leave, accommodations, or complaints often enough that every answer feels risky

You've already had at least one situation where you thought, "If this goes wrong, we could be facing a grievance, claim, or headline"

If that sounds like your reality, you don't have an HR "question" problem, you have an HR capacity and judgment problem. Embedded HR Support is built for that.

Think of this as "your show's HR person," on a fractional basis.

Day-to-day HR advisory

Real-time guidance on discipline, performance, conflict, and sensitive conversations
Help planning and documenting people decisions so they're fair, consistent, and defensible

Leave & accommodations support

Practical answers on how FMLA, ADA, NY Paid Family Leave, sick leave, workers' comp, and CBAs interact for this person on this show
Return-to-work and accommodations plans that protect both people and the production

Complaint intake & triage

A clear path for cast and crew to raise concerns to a dedicated HR partner
Triage to decide when informal resolution is appropriate and when a formal investigation is required

Coordination with counsel, unions, and the League

Translation between legal guidance, union obligations, and what's workable for tonight's performance
One HR "command center" that connects all the pieces into a single, coherent plan

Structure, rhythm, and where we fit.

Structure

Monthly retainer, sized to production or office size and complexity, and phase of the work, pre-production, rehearsal, run, tour, wind-down.

Rhythm

Regular check-ins with your GM and/or company manager. Ad-hoc access for time-sensitive decisions and emerging issues. Clear lines for what's included vs. when a separate project is scoped.

Where We Sit

Engaged by producers and GMs to protect the production by ensuring fair, compliant, trusted processes. Supports company managers and internal HR; doesn't replace them or your attorneys.

With Embedded HR Support in place,
productions typically see:

Fewer gray-zone decisions made under pressure

Lower risk of grievances, claims, and public crises

Less HR burden on company managers and GMs

More consistent people practices across the life of the production

Clearer coordination among League, unions, counsel, and internal teams

Embedded HR Support for Broadway & Touring Productions

Broadway and touring productions live in a constant people-risk minefield.

This is usually the right move if:

Think of this as "your show's HR person," on a fractional basis.

Day-to-day HR advisory

Leave & accommodations support

Complaint intake & triage

Coordination with counsel, unions, and the League

Structure, rhythm, and where we fit.

Structure

Rhythm

Where We Sit

With Embedded HR Support in place,
productions typically see:

Next Step

Embedded HR Support for Broadway & Touring Productions

Broadway and touring productions live in a constant people-risk minefield.

This is usually the right move if:

Think of this as "your show's HR person," on a fractional basis.

Day-to-day HR advisory

Leave & accommodations support

Complaint intake & triage

Coordination with counsel, unions, and the League

Structure, rhythm, and where we fit.

Structure

Rhythm

Where We Sit

With Embedded HR Support in place,productions typically see:

Next Step

With Embedded HR Support in place,
productions typically see: