Christie Brown Named New Dramatists Executive Director
The company’s current finance and HR director, she will succeed Joel Ruark after his 26 years in the executive role.
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Giovanna Sardelli Named Artistic Director of TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Weeks after stepping into the role on an interim basis after Tim Bond’s departure, Sardelli and the board have made the leadership transition official.
Eric Ting, Caleb Hammons Join Soho Rep Leadership
Working alongside Cynthia Flowers, they will succeed Sarah Benson and Meropi Peponides as co-directors, continuing the theatre’s shared leadership model.
Huntington Names Christopher Mannelli Next Executive Director
Currently co-leading Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, N.Y., Mannelli wiill follow Michael Maso’s 41-year term in the Boston post.
TCG Executive Director/CEO Teresa Eyring to Step Down in June 2024
Her leadership, which spanned the Great Recession, recovery, COVID, and other ups and downs, focused on audiences and equity, diversity, and inclusion.
David Beardsley Named SpeakEasy Stage’s First Executive Director
With experience in marketing and audience engagement, Beardsley joins a leadership that includes producing artistic director Paul Daigneault and new board co-chair Constance Gist Guindo.
Katie Maltais Named Managing Director at 5th Avenue Theatre
Maltais suceeds Bernadine C. Griffin, who retired after 21 years at the Seattle company.
Ayana Parker Morrison Named WP BOLD Associate Artistic Director
The WP Producers Lab alumna succeeds Rebecca Martinez after her 3 years in the role.
Seattle Rep Names Dámaso Rodríguez Its New Artistic Director
The former leader of Portland, Ore.’s Artists Repertory Theatre, he takes the reins of the theatre, and its already booked next season, from Braden Abraham.
Sarah Scafidi Is Waterwell’s New Managing Director
A recent Yale MFA grad, she succeeds Adam J. Frank as co-leader, with artistic director Lee Sunday Evans, of the civic-oriented NYC theatre.
