Great news. Rising star director Kate Whoriskey has been tapped by the Intiman Theatre in Seattle to take over as Artistic Director when current star director Barlett Sher leaves in 2010.
She will join a small club of female artistic directors in charge of major theatres in this country.
The 38-year-old’s current play, the Pulitzer Prize winning play Ruined by Lynn Nottage can currently be seen in NYC.
In an “unusual” move according to the Seattle Times, Whoriskey and Sher will work together for one year before she takes over. That sounds like a smart plan to me. First, it will help her with the transition from director for hire to acclimating herself to running the artistic vision of a theatre. She’s never run a theatre before and Sher has been very successful and since he’s directing on Broadway all the time I bet he won’t be around that much. It seems like a win-win situation to me but but terming it “unusual” it makes it seem like she needs extra help.
Her reputation is stellar and growing and according to her predecessor Sher she is “one of the best younger directors in the country.”
Congrats Kate and Seattle.
N.Y. director to replace Bartlett Sher at Intiman (Seattle Times)
