Desirée Roots Is First of 3 New Co-Artistic Directors at Virginia Rep
Roots’s focus will be on leading community efforts at the Richmond-based company.
Roots’s focus will be on leading community efforts at the Richmond-based company.
A marketing leader in New York City, she joins the San Diego Rep team after a national search.
The D.C.-based director, who comes to Mosaic from the Studio Theatre, promises a new chapter for the company.
Robert Walsh steps down and Paula Plum will serve as interim artistic director.
The embattled artistic director will be replaced by interim leader Jenny Gersten.
Ensemble member Brittany N. Williams will step up to the new role for the company.
If confirmed, Lowe will be the first Native American head of the NEH, and Jackson the first African American and Mexican American to lead the NEA.
An artist and leader who first joined the company in 2019, she will oversee the efforts of the theatre’s artistic development.
Promoted from his previous position as managing director, Subramanian will co-lead with artistic director Shawn LaCount.
Clare Drobot and Monteze Freeland will join artistic director Marc Masterson in a tripartite leadership model.