Second Stage Theatre Co-Founder Carole Rothman Leaving Company After 45 Years And Scores Of Accolades
deadline.comCarole Rothman, co-founder of the renowned New York theater company Second Stage responsible for such acclaimed productions as Dear Evan Hansen, Next To Normal, This Is Our Youth and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, is leaving the company she started in 1979. “For 45 years, I have had the great honor of working with countless incredible artists and playwrights, many at the beginning of their careers, who are now among the brightest stars in the industry,” said Rothman in a statement. “The shows we have brought to life have been award-winners, conversation-starters, and groundbreakers.
I’m forever grateful to all the people who have helped make Second Stage the creative springboard it is today. I’m so proud of what we have accomplished together.” Rothman’s announcement did not state a specific reason for her departure or her immediate plans.
Since its founding by Rothman and Robyn Goodman (who left Second Stage in 1992), the company has moved from its Off Broadway perch on the Upper West Side to the heart of Broadway’s theater district, maintaining its mission statement of developing and producing works by living American playwrights.
A sampling of some of Second Stage’s works: the 2015 Pulitzer Prize winner Between Riverside and Crazy by Stephen Adly Guirgis; 2012 Pulitzer Prize winner Water by the Spoonful by Quiara Alegria Hudes; the Off Broadway and Broadway stagings of Dear Evan Hansen by Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul; 2010 Pulitzer Prize winner Next to Normal by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey; Dogfight by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Peter Duchan; Clyde’s and By the Way, Meet Vera Stark by Lynn Nottage; Notes From the Field and Let Me Down Easy by Anna Deavere Smith; This Is Our Youth and Lobby
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