Signature Theatre Names Beth Whitaker Interim Artistic Director
Whitaker will serve in the 2024-25 season while Signature searches for a successor to Paige Evans.
Whitaker will serve in the 2024-25 season while Signature searches for a successor to Paige Evans.
A seasoned arts leader, including at TCG, he joins artistic director Karen Azenberg as co-leader after a tumultuous period for the Salt Lake City theatre.
Tague, who served in an interim capacity when Resident Ensemble Players founder Sanford Robbins stepped down in 2022, is now his official successor.
LaTeshia Ellerson and Emilya Cachapero will head up national engagement and national & global programming, respectively, with an operations & business development leader yet to be hired.
She’ll leave her post at NYC’s Vineyard Theatre to succeed Paula Tomei at the Southern California new-play powerhouse.
The performing arts presenter and producer will be led by an artistic-administrative team that includes Annalisa Dias, Lanxing Fu, Lauren Miller, and Jesse Cameron Alick.
Among her duties will be overseeing a renovation and expansion of the company’s downtown L.A. space.
Meanwhile, artistic director of programming Rick Hammerly has been promoted to artistic director.
The theatre has simultaneously laid off multiple staff members and announced other cost-saving measures.
Doukas will take over from longtime artistic director Bill Brochtrup.