Emily Comisar Named Exec Artistic Director of Oklahoma City Rep
The company’s current managing director will merge that role with that of artistic director, which Kelly Kerwin will leave in June.
The company’s current managing director will merge that role with that of artistic director, which Kelly Kerwin will leave in June.
The executive director has been with the company for 23 years.
The former Timber Lake Playhouse artistic director succeeds Matthew Scott Campbell in the position, who left to join Barter Theatre in December.
The writer of ‘Slave Play’ will helm a new multidisciplinary programming model at the Berkshires festival, to be previewed this summer for a 2025 launch.
A Southern California native whose career has taken her to the Bay Area and the Twin Cities, she will succeed Snehal Desai in leading the L.A. company.
Co-artistic director Jay Duffer will take over as the company’s sole leader.
Berry comes to New York from Minnesota’s Penumbra Theatre.
After serving for 3 years as the successor of founder Donald Jordan, she’ll leave the company to be closer to her family in New York.
Ezzard will lead the New Jersey company with artistic director Ricardo Khan.
He’ll step down this summer after a decade in the position to join Audible Theater as the head of live creative producing.