Stagecraft Event Labor Ltd.

What Stagecraft Event Labor Ltd. does

Stagecraft Event Labor Ltd. is a privately held, women-owned and family-owned event labor management and payroll services company founded in 2017 by Morgan Duffy and headquartered in Morrison, Colorado (with operations tied to Lakewood, CO). The firm serves live event producers, venues, and promoters across the Denver/Colorado Front Range and Mountain Communities, providing stagehands, technicians, and event professionals under both open-shop and IATSE Local 7 union signatory arrangements. Its named enterprise client base includes Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Colorado Convention Center, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Fillmore Auditorium, Ogden Theater, Bluebird Theater, and Hyatt Regency, among other regional venues and event producers.

The company organizes its offering around three integrated pillars: Payroll Services (Employer of Record, Basic Payroll, and Timekeeping), Event Staffing (event labor staffing, IATSE labor brokerage, and recruiting/permanent placements with a 90-day guarantee), and Consulting (audio and team management consulting, including IATSE labor negotiation assistance). The underlying technology is a web-based payroll platform with online I9/W4 onboarding, an employee portal for W2s and pay stubs, timekeeping integration, and a custom report writer; there is no disclosed AI or ML capability. Revenue is generated through subscription-based payroll processing fees, insurance markups (notably workers' compensation), and professional services fees for staffing placements and consulting.

Stagecraft is bootstrapped and founder-led, with no disclosed institutional funding rounds, parent company, or acquisitions. Its GTM is sales-led and event-driven: dedicated account managers handle inbound inquiries from event producers, venues, and promoters, with content marketing through a blog and a local SEO-optimized website supporting top-of-funnel demand. Competitive positioning is built on the founders' 25+ years of combined live-event experience, the IATSE signatory relationship with Local 7, women-owned business identity, and a deliberate anti-scale message that clients will not be treated as a number by a larger national firm.

Name

Stagecraft Event Labor Ltd.

Legal name

Stagecraft Event Labor Ltd.

Website

https://stagecraftltd.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Stagecraft Event Labor Ltd. is a Colorado-based, women-owned firm providing event labor staffing, payroll, and Employer of Record services to live event producers, venues, and promoters across the Denver/Front Range market, including as an IATSE Local 7 signatory.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Event Labor Staffing & Payroll Services

NAICS

Convention and Trade Show Organizers (561920)

SIC

Services-Allied To Motion Picture Production (7819)

akta.pro primary industry

Event Stagehands & Production Support Crew (HSACAEAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Event Technical Production Management & Crew (MPAGAKAH)

Keywords

• Event labor staffing
• Live event payroll
• Employer of record services
• IATSE labor brokerage
• Event production staffing

Headquarters

HQ city

Morrison

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Employer of Record (EOR) Payroll Services: Full-service payroll processing including tax management, Workers' Compensation insurance, timekeeping, and W2 processing. Client enters joint employer relationship with Stagecraft. Revenue generated through payroll processing fees and insurance markups.
2. Basic Payroll Services: Payroll check management, tax withholdings and filings, and W2 distribution. Lower tier service without insurance components.
3. Event Labor Staffing: Full service staffing for stagehands and event technicians. W2 employees provided to clients with Workers' Comp and General Liability coverage included.
4. Labor Brokerage Services: Signatory on IATSE contracts providing union labor. Handles payroll, union obligations (Health and Welfare, annuity, TTF), and reporting to IATSE funds.
5. Consulting Services: Audio consulting and team management consulting. Also provides assistance with labor issues and IATSE contract negotiations.
6. Recruiting/Permanent Placements: Industry-specific recruiting for temporary or permanent placements with 90 days money back guarantee.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Stagecraft Event Labor Ltd. provides event labor management, payroll processing, and staffing solutions for live event producers, venues, and promoters. The company supplies stagehands and event technicians (audio, lighting, video, rigging, carpentry), acts as an Employer of Record handling payroll taxes, Workers' Compensation, and W2 processing, and serves as a signatory on IATSE union contracts for union labor brokerage.

Product overview

Stagecraft Event Labor Ltd. is a family-owned labor management and payroll solutions company serving the live events industry in the Denver/Front Range Colorado area. The company operates as a single integrated service offering organized around three core pillars: Payroll Services (Employer of Record, Basic Payroll, and Timekeeping), Event Staffing (Labor Provision, Labor Brokerage with IATSE union signatory services, and Recruiting/Permanent Placements), and Consulting Services. The company was founded in 2017 and is women-owned, providing both union and non-union labor solutions for venues including Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Colorado Convention Center, and Denver Center for the Performing Arts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Employer of Record Payroll Services

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• IATSE Local 7coreOthersStagecraft holds the IATSE contract as a signatory. This is a labor union relationship where Stagecraft acts as the employer of record for union workers, handling all payroll, taxes, union obligations including Health and Welfare, annuity, TTF contributions, and reporting. They have a positive long-standing relationship with the local for decades.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• PRG (Production Resource Group): Global provider of production services and crew for live events, concerts, theater, and broadcast. Supplies technical labor similar to Stagecraft but as part of a broader equipment-and-crew production package for touring productions.
• HireQuest: Franchise-based staffing firm providing temporary labor across commercial, industrial, and event segments. Operates a multi-brand national staffing platform comparable in payroll-processing and W-2 labor deployment capabilities, though without Stagecraft's IATSE specialization.
• ADP: The dominant US payroll and Employer-of-Record technology platform serving SMBs and enterprises. While ADP does not provide event staffing, it competes in the payroll-processing tier of Stagecraft's EOR offering, and could enable prospective clients to unbundle the payroll component from labor supply.
• Labor Finders: Long-established temporary labor provider specializing in light-industrial, construction, and event-setup crews. Operates a franchise model across the US and competes with Stagecraft for the same day-labor and event-setup workforce in non-union categories.
• Tradesmen International: National skilled-trade labor-staffing franchise model that sources craft workers and manages payroll/insurance for project-based deployments. Comparable operational model (craft-labor staffing with employer-of-record services) but serves construction and industrial clients rather than live events.
• PeopleReady (TrueBlue Inc.): A large-scale temporary and skilled labor staffing provider with event and entertainment labor offerings. Operates nationally across multiple verticals; offers a much broader footprint and capital base than Stagecraft but lacks Stagecraft's specialized IATSE brokerage and live-event focus.
• Encore Global: The largest provider of event technology, production services, and venue labor in North America (formerly PSAV). Directly competes with Stagecraft for venue labor assignments at convention centers and hotels but operates at portfolio scale rather than as a specialized IATSE signatory.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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