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MISSION

The Directors Company is an award-winning not-for-profit theatre company with an extraordinary record in its mission to develop and produce groundbreaking new plays and musicals for the American theatre public.  For 40 years, The Directors Company has mentored and supported emerging artists in the development of original theatre works from inception to production, providing artistic and dramaturgical guidance to promising, new theatre artists and their projects.  The future of American theatre depends on a regular influx of new works, to which The Directors Company is committed, and the collaborative process we encourage involves not only the playwright and director, but audiences as well, who play a part in the emergence of original works giving voice to contemporary concerns.

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Michael Parva

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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

MICHAEL PARVA

(he/his)

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

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LEAH MICHALOS

(she/her)

PRODUCING DIRECTOR

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HEATHER ARNSON

(she/her)

ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

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R.K Greene, Marketing Director

Melissa Paige, Dramaturg

Abby Melbye, Intern

PAST & CURRENT PARTICIPATING DIRECTORS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Pamela Berlin
Arvin Brown
Lynne Taylor-Corbett
Larry Fuller
Andre Gregory
Nagle Jackson
Dan Knechtges
Ron Lagomarsino
Arthur Masella
Marcia Milgrom-Dodge
John Monteith
Brian Murray
Arthur Penn
Stephen Porter
Harold Prince
Austin Pendleton
Scott Schwartz
Ed Sherin
John Tillinger
Paul Weidner
Stephen Wyman
Stephen Zuckerman

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George L. Maness
Marvin Kahan

Stanley Ackert III
Catherine Klein
Louise Kovacs

 

Arnold J. Davis, President Emeritus

 

Dolores Quinton*

*in memoriam

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Michael Parva

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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Douglas Lyons

(he/his)

DIRECTOR/FOUNDER

NEXT WAVE INITIATIVE

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NEXT WAVE INITIATIVE ARTISTS

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