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Robert Woodruff to Step Down as A.R.T.’s Artistic Director in June

Robert Woodruff
Robert Woodruff

Robert Woodruff, the artistic director of the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts, will step down in June 2007 to return to New York, where he will continue to direct and teach. A search for his successor will begin in January.

Woodruff joined A.R.T. in 2001. During his tenure, he has not only programmed the past five seasons, but directed such works as Highway Ulysses, Sound of a Voice, and Orpheus X. Prior to joining A.R.T., Woodruff founded the Eureka Theatre in San Francisco as well as the Bay Area Play Festival. He has also worked at many of the country’s top theaters, including Lincoln Center, the Mark Taper Forum, the La Jolla Playhouse, the Guthrie, and the Goodman.

“It has been an honor and a privilege for me to work with this community of artists, students, and supporters; the staff of the theater, the actors, the visiting directors and designers, and the directors and actors in training here,” said Woodruff in a statement. “I’m proud of the work we did and of the art we created together. I want to thank everyone involved both in Cambridge and in the distant corners of the world for the opportunity to make such exciting and innovative theater.”