South Atlantic

Coverage of theatres in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.

Theatrical Outfit Managing Director Lee Foster to Depart

Foster will leave in the fall, and a search for a new managing director will begin in January.

The season will include a world premiere, classic plays, farces, and more.

Warren, who co-founded the theatre in 1988, will depart at the end of the year.

The Atlanta native will take the reins as managing director, replacing Jenn Dwyer-McEwen.

Under Jackie Alexander’s leadership, North Carolina Black Rep’s biennial gathering aims to connect playwrights and producers.

Virginia Rep’s new show for kids takes inspiration from the iconic ‘I think I can’ tale, whose roots are deeper than even its makers knew.

Among the offerings is a remount of the Helen Hayes-winning production of ‘Word Becomes Flesh’ by Marc Bamuthi Joseph.

After nine years with the Altanta company, she’s taken a culture post with the city of Hilton Head.

The season will feature a collaboration with En Garde Arts and a play by a local playwright.

The artistic director of the D.C. theatre will leave the institution he cofounded at the end of the 2017-18 season.