Lamos and Ross Appointed to Leadership Positions at Westport Country Playhouse

The Westport Country Playhouse has announced that Mark Lamos and Michael Ross have been named artistic director and managing director, respectively, beginning February 1.

Lamos will succeed Joanne Woodward and Anne Keefe, who served as interim artistic directors during the 2008 season. He is the former artistic director of Hartford Stage, and during his tenure there accepted the 1989 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theater on behalf of Hartford’s body of work. He received a Tony nomination for his direction of Our Country’s Good, while his production of Seascape received a Tony nomination for Best Revival. Additional Broadway credits include Cymbeline, The Rivals, and The Deep Blue Sea. The telecast of his production of Madama Butterfly won a 2008 Emmy Award for New York City Opera. Upcoming projects will include directing Adriana Lecouvreur, at the Metropolitan Opera. He also recently directed Westport’s production of Of Mice and Men.

Ross most recently served for six years as managing director of Center Stage in Baltimore and previously worked in management with Long Wharf Theatre and Hartford Stage. He currently serves on Theatre Communications Group’s board of directors. He succeeds Jodi Schoenbrun Carter, who served as managing director from 2006 to 2008.

For more information, visit www.westportplayhouse.org.