Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Uncategorized Dad's Garage taps new artistic director Kevin Gillese
Posted by Debbie Michaud @DebsMichaud on Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 7:52 PM
Dad's Garage announced last February that then artistic director Kate Warner would be leaving the neighborhood theater staple in April 2009 to become artistic director of Boston's New Repertory Theatre. In June, Curt Holman's CL cover story on the playhouse's changing lineup asked, "Can Dad's Garage bridge the generation gap in its second decade?" The answer to that question may not be far off. Dad's Garage announced today that its search for artistic director has come to an end: Kevin Gillese, current artistic director of sister theater Rapid Fire Theatre in Edmonton, AL, Canada, has been tapped to fill the vacancy.
From the press release:
[Kevin's] background includes improvisation, theatre and video work and his core strengths include ensemble growth and development, collaborative creation and the production of new and original work across multiple disciplines. “In addition to Kevin’s talent and intellect, he’s a whole lot of fun to be around,” said Managing Director, Lena Carstens. “In a time when we are presenting all new and original work, we’ll benefit from having fresh perspective from someone who’s already in the Dad’s family…even if he has been a distant cousin north of the border.”Gillese plans to focus on strengthening the current ensemble-based infrastructure of the theatre while incorporating more new media into what the company creates. Gillese’s hire comes as a result of an international artistic director search and on the heels of the creation of a strategic plan, which took over the course of a year and included over 100 people. His experience in writing and developing shows, touring, and teaching fits well within our strategies, which include the development and production of original artistic work, the expansion of our education program and giving a life to our work outside the theatre.
(Photo by Meryl Lawton)
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