Charles Dillingham to Serve as Interim Executive Director of Pasadena Playhouse

The board of directors of The Pasadena Playhouse has announced that Charles Dillingham will serve as interim Executive Director of the theater during the transition period following Stephen Eich’s previously reported departure and as The Playhouse launches a national search for a new Executive Director.

Dillingham is currently the vice president of Arts Consulting Group. Until he joined ACG in June of 2011 he had been managing director of Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles for 20 years, where he supervised all development, marketing, administrative and financial operations for the company’s three theaters – the Mark Taper Forum, the Ahmanson Theatre and the Kirk Douglas Theatre.

“Charles brings to us a wealth of experience, knowledge, theatrical savvy and influence that will be of tremendous value to the continuing growth and stability of The Playhouse,” said Artistic Director Sheldon Epps in a statement. “He is a true gentleman of the theatre and I very much look forward to working with him, learning from him, and having the benefit of his enormous gifts in service to what will now be OUR theatre.”