prop master/prop mistress

Prop masters/mistresses setup, prepare, check and maintain objects used on stage by actors or other small movable objects called props. They cooperate with road crew to unload, set up and prepare the props. During a performance they position props, hand them over or take them back from the actors.

The most in-demand skills for this role include work ergonomically, understand artistic concepts, safeguard artistic quality of performance, set up pyrotechnical equipment, change over props, adapt props. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives prop master/prop mistress a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.