AMERICAN THEATRE | Casey York Named Playwrights Horizons Managing Director

NEW YORK CITY: Playwrights Horizons has named Casey York their new managing director. She succeeds Leslie Marcus, who introduced she would retire this summer season after 30 years with the theatre.

“On this time of seismic change within the economic system and tradition of theatre, I really feel impressed by Casey York’s imaginative and prescient—not only for the monetary and inventive well-being of Playwrights Horizons, however for the function that theatre performs in a vibrant and wholesome metropolis,” Playwrights Horizons inventive director Adam Greenfield mentioned in an announcement. “As Playwrights Horizons faces a brand new chapter, we’re fortunate to be geared up with the power and solidity of Leslie Marcus’s longtime management—and with the creativity and may of Casey York’s.”

York returns to Playwrights Horizons, having served as the corporate’s affiliate common supervisor from 2011-2014. She most just lately served as the overall supervisor after which managing director at Ars Nova. She has additionally held the place of president of the Off-Broadway League since 2020 and the vp of the Affiliation of Not For Revenue Theatre Firms since 2019. York can be a member of New York Metropolis’s inaugural Reside Efficiency Business Council.

“I’m humbled and delighted to affix the management of Playwrights Horizons, one among our nation’s cultural treasures, and to construct on Leslie Marcus’ exemplary 30-year legacy,” York mentioned in an announcement. “I’ve devoted my complete profession to supporting and advocating for brand new Off-Broadway theatre in NYC, and I’m so excited to work with Adam Greenfield, the Playwrights Horizons board, and the group’s unimaginable, hard-working employees towards the development of visionary playwrights and theatremakers and the sector.”

York’s appointment comes alongside the announcement that Playwrights Horizons laid off 5 employees members and can institute momentary furloughs for division heads. Greenfield additionally took a voluntary pay minimize. The announcement stunned the theatre group after the Off-Broadway firm noticed their hit manufacturing Stereophonic switch to Broadway this season, bringing dwelling a number of Tony Awards.

Playwrights Horizons is a author’s theatre devoted to the event of latest American playwrights and to the manufacturing of recent works. As of 2022, Playwrights Horizons had an approximate funds of $11.3 million.

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