Posted: 7/3/23 at 12:04am
Barbara Gaines formally exited her position on June 30th, is there any idea who her replacement is or when they'll announce who is taking over?
Posted: 7/3/23 at 11:43am
Call_me_jorge said: "Barbara Gaines formally exited her position on June 30th, is there any idea who her replacement is or when they'll announce who is taking over?"
No word yet. In another era, creative producer Rick Boynton (whose husband is outgoing MD Criss Henderson) would've succeeded her, but you can't do that these days, so the alleged "international search" is either still occurring or they're waiting a few weeks before they make the announcement. I'm guessing that the already-announced 2023-24 season was programmed by Boynton with Gaines' assistance.
Posted: 7/19/23 at 1:59pm
Per Chris Jones in the Chicago Tribune:
Chicago Shakespeare hires Edward Hall, a celebrated director from London, as its new artistic director
In a coup for Chicago at a crucial moment, Edward Hall, a 57-year-old British director with extensive experience running theater companies, will be the new artistic director of Chicago Shakespeare Theater.
Hall is the son of the late, legendary British director Sir Peter Hall, who founded Britain’s Royal Shakespeare Company and also ran the National Theatre. He will succeed founding CST artistic director, Barbara Gaines, who was at her post for 37 years. The nonprofit theater’s board of directors makes the announcement Wednesday.
“I am going to move to Chicago, immerse myself in the Chicago theater community and make my life there,” Hall said in a telephone interview.
Posted: 7/19/23 at 5:18pm
JasonC3 said: "Per Chris Jones in the Chicago Tribune:
Chicago Shakespeare hires Edward Hall, a celebrated director from London, as its new artistic director
In a coup for Chicago at a crucial moment, Edward Hall, a 57-year-old British director with extensive experience running theater companies, will be the new artistic director of Chicago Shakespeare Theater.
Hall is the son of the late, legendary British director Sir Peter Hall, who founded Britain’s Royal Shakespeare Company and also ran the National Theatre. He will succeed founding CST artistic director, Barbara Gaines, who was at her post for 37 years. The nonprofit theater’s board of directors makes the announcement Wednesday.
“I am going to move to Chicago, immerse myself in the Chicago theater community and make my life there,” Hall said in a telephone interview."
And considering how much Chicago actors have complained about Gaines being more interested in New York, Stratford and Brit actors instead of local actors on social media in the last few years (and about her hefty annual salary), I will bet that there will be the social media complaints about an old white man being made artistic director. That is par for the course these days.
Posted: 7/20/23 at 7:30am
Related news: Their new Executive Director will be Kimberly Motes, who is currently the Managing Director of the the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis (the same company that debuted A Year with Frog and Toad, and most recently the stage adaptation of An American Tail).
