New School Names Jermaine Hill Dean of Drama
The acclaimed music director and former interim dean of theatre at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee will join the New School faculty this summer.
The acclaimed music director and former interim dean of theatre at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee will join the New School faculty this summer.
Cohen will remain with the Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis through June 2024, even as he begins programming for Ojai.
After leading the flagship TYA theatre for 27 years, he’ll step down at the end of June.
When the busy director succeeds Daniella Topol in the position as of May 1, he will be the first transgender leader of a major non-LGBTQ-specific theatre.
Currently an associate artistic director at the theatre, he will succeed Janet Allen as of July 1.
Kaas-Lentz will succeed Cynthia Fuhrman in the role, after having served as PCS’s interim managing director since March 2022.
Succeeding the theatre’s founding artistic director, he will have led the company through nearly 17 years and several cycles of community-collaborative shows.
The administrators will work in a three-pronged model of shared leadership.
She joins Classic Stage Company after years as managing director of the new-play-focused Page 73.
After a year-long search process, Fadul joins Gillis, who has been serving as interim artistic director since William Carden stepped down last year.