Rebecca Bradshaw.
GLOUCESTER, MASS.: After an intensive nationwide search, Boston-seasoned director Rebecca Bradshaw has been named the brand new inventive director of Gloucester Stage Company, changing actor/director Paula Plum, who was serving because the theatre’s interim inventive director after Robert Walsh stepped down on the finish of the 2021 season.
Bradshaw will be part of managing director Christopher Griffith, who stated in a press release, “Rebecca has been appointed from an exceptionally strong array of candidates. We are incredibly pleased to have Rebecca leading the artistic vision of Gloucester Stage, bringing the experience of an acclaimed directing and producing career. I am especially grateful to have a business partner with such a strong commitment to the artistic community, championing diverse voices, and theater education.”
Said Bradshaw in a press release, “I am thrilled to be back in a theatre community I hold so dear and to have the opportunity to become part of the thriving arts and culture scene in Gloucester. As a leader, I hope to build upon the foundation of GSC’s past while continuing to challenge and inspire audiences to come.”
Bradshaw’s profession in Boston a director, producer, educator, casting director, and advocate consists of helming full productions for the Huntington Theatre Company, Kitchen Theatre Company, Lyric Stage, the Nora Theatre Company, SpeakEasy Stage, Greater Boston Stage Company, A.R.T. Institute, Emerson College, Bridge Rep of Boston, Central Square Theatre/MIT, Weston Drama Workshop, the Umbrella Center for the Arts, and Fresh Ink Theatre, amongst others. Bradshaw spent eight seasons on the Huntington, the place she dealt with line producing, casting, and growing new work. She is part of the affiliated college of Emerson College, the place she teaches directing and producing, and has taught casting seminars at Harvard University, Suffolk University, Boston University, Brandeis University, Lesley University, and Boston Conservatory. She involves Gloucester Stage after most lately performing as the manufacturing inventive director on the Kitchen Theatre Company in Ithaca, N.Y.
Gloucester Stage additionally simply introduced its 2023 season, which runs from June by way of September and was curated by interim inventive director Plum.
Gloucester Stage Company is knowledgeable nonprofit theatre firm primarily based in Boston’s North Shore. Presenting skilled productions of intellectually stimulating and socially related theatre since its inception, Gloucester Stage has developed a extremely engaged viewers desperate to expertise the facility of stay theatre. The theatre’s 2023 price range is $985,000.
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