Tony-Winning Director Christopher Ashley Named Artistic Director Of Roundabout Theatre Company, Latest Shake-Up In NYC’s Nonprofit World
deadline.comIn the third major shake-up of leadership in New York’s non-profit theater world in recent months, the Roundabout Theatre Company has announced that Tony Award-winning director Christopher Ashley will become its Artistic Director in July 2026 for the 2027-28 season.
Ashley, the Artistic Director for 17 years in a celebrated run at La Jolla Playhouse in California, will collaborate with Scott Ellis, Roundabout’s Interim Artistic Director, for the 2026-27 season while Ashley honors his previous commitment with La Jolla.
Ellis, who has filled the slot since the 2023 death of his colleague and friend Todd Haimes, will continue solo through the 2025-26 season.
The changes were announced today by the Roundabout’s Board of Directors. The news comes just 15 days after Lincoln Center Theater, another one of the city’s top major non-profit theatrical companies and producers, announced that director Lear deBessonet had been appointed Artistic Director, effective this coming June when longtime AD André Bishop concludes his 33-year-tenure.
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