Congratulations to alum Elizabeth Williamson (BCP ’97)! She has been named the new Artistic Director of A.C.T. in San Francisco. Her tenure will being in January 2027.
“Elizabeth is an OBIE Award-winning director, producer, dramaturg, and adapter. She is currently the Artistic Director of Geva Theatre in Rochester, NY. She has worked on Broadway, London’s West End, Off-Broadway, regionally and abroad. Williamson is internationally known for her work developing and premiering major new plays and musicals, which have won the Tony Awards for Best Musical and Best Play, and the Olivier, Critics Circle, Evening Standard, GLAAD, and Drama Desk Awards for Best Play. She also has extensive experience working on reimagined productions of Shakespeare and the classics with artists including JoAnne Akalaitis, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Doug Hughes, Lorin Maazel, Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar, Dominique Serrand, Darko Tresnjak , Mary Zimmerman, and others. Her own translations and adaptations include Charlotte Brontë , Molière, Marivaux and Michel Azama for Hartford Stage, Geva Theatre, the Alley Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and elsewhere.”
Read more:
Elizabeth Williamson’s personal website: https://elizabethwilliamson.org/
BroadwayWorld: A.C.T. Names Elizabeth Williamson as New Artistic Director
