Jonathan Fox.
SANTA BARBARA, CALIF.: Ensemble Theatre Company has introduced that inventive director Jonathan Fox will depart his place as of June 30, after 17 years within the function. The firm plans to start a seek for a brand new inventive director. In the interim, ETC’s managing director, Scott DeVine, will quickly function the corporate’s govt director, overseeing each the operational and inventive capabilities.
“Jonathan has been a tremendous partner during my time here and has assembled a team of highly talented individuals who will carry on with me during this next act,” mentioned DeVine in a press release. “As we enter this new phase of transition and organizational transformation at ETC, we remain committed to being a vital space for artists, staff, patrons, and our entire community.”
Under Fox’s path, ETC acquired and renovated its dwelling on the New Vic, which opened in 2013. His widespread contacts throughout the American theatre neighborhood, in addition to his worldwide ties, have introduced many distinguished performers to ETC’s stage, and he has constructed relationships with regional theatres in Europe.
“I’m so grateful to ETC for trusting me to lead this beloved organization and for the support of the entire Santa Barbara community and our very talented artists,” mentioned Fox in a press release. “Now that we are coming out of the pandemic, and with audiences returning to the theatre, the time is ripe for a new chapter. I’m extremely proud of all we accomplished during my 17-year tenure, and I leave knowing the company has a beautiful venue and an endowment to support its work for years to come.”
Fox joined ETC in 2006. His most up-to-date manufacturing for ETC was his current stage adaptation of the Woody Allen movie Husbands and Wives. Other ETC productions embrace Porgy and Bess, Macbeth, Sweeney Todd, Woyzeck, Amadeus, A Little Night Music, The Liar, Crime and Punishment, and a dozen others. In 2016, he directed ETC’s manufacturing of Bad Jews, which traveled to Germany for the play’s German premiere. Other European productions embrace Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, A Streetcar Named Desire, Visiting Mr. Green, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof on the English Theatre Frankfurt, and Old Wicked Songs, Crimes of the Heart, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof on the Vienna English Theatre.
Before becoming a member of ETC, Mr. Fox spent 12 years with Two River Theater Company in New Jersey, which he helped set up in 1994. He served as managing director of the corporate 1994-99, and subsequently served as its inventive director. He has served as an adjunct school member in theatre departments at UCSB, Columbia University, University of Utah, and Monmouth University. Fox may also direct Seared, the ultimate manufacturing of ETC’s forty fourth season, taking part in June 8-25.
Ensemble Theatre Company is an expert resident theatre firm in Santa Barbara. ETC seeks to current necessary new performs and progressive interpretations of traditional works for a broad viewers.
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