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Diane Paulus to Be New Artistic Director for A.R.T.

By Dan Bacalzo • May 16, 2008 • Boston Metro

Diane Paulus
Diane Paulus
Diane Paulus has been appointed the new artistic director of the American Repertory Theatre (A.R.T.). She will succeed Robert Woodruff, who held the position from 2002-2007. She will begin her responsibilities in the fall with the planning of the 2009-2010 season.

Paulus' work fuses the traditional with contemporary and popular culture across a variety of genres, including theater, opera, rock, and innovative jazz-inflected pieces. Her credits include The Donkey Show, a disco adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream; the Obie-award winning Eli's Comin' featuring the music and lyrics of Laura Nyro; the 40th Anniversary Concert Production of Hair in Central Park for the Public Theatre, which she will also direct a full production of in Central Park this summer; and Don Giovanni, The Turn of the Screw, Le Nozze di Figaro, and Così fan tutte, all for the Chicago Opera Theater.


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