Klaus Peter Schuller. (Picture by Virginia Repertory Theatre.)
RICHMOND, VA.: Virginia Repertory Theatre has named Klaus Peter Schuller their new managing director. Schuller will start his tenure on Aug. 1.
“We’re past thrilled to welcome Klaus to Richmond and honored to nominate him as our managing director,” Virginia Rep’s board chair Martha Quinn mentioned in a press release. “His expertise and repute for creating collaborative arts venues and interesting the communities wherein he’s lived align completely with our imaginative and prescient for Virginia Rep.”
Schuller served as government director and producer of Randolph Leisure from 2018 to 2023. He additionally beforehand served as government director and producer for the Second Metropolis Canada in Toronto. Schuller has greater than 20 years of expertise in reside, touring, and televised occasions manufacturing.
“Virginia Rep’s distinctive repute and the range and high quality of its choices instantly appealed to me,” Schuller mentioned in a press release. “I’m humbled to have the chance to contribute to the unbelievable legacy the group has constructed and its affect on the humanities neighborhood in Central Virginia and past.”
Schuller replaces co-founding managing director Phil Whiteway, who left the group final summer season after the theatre’s board of administrators voted to take away him. Amy Wratchford is at present served as interim managing director. Virginia Rep has additionally introduced that they may return to a shared government management mannequin. Former creative director of programming Rick Hammerly has been promoted to creative director, and can lead alongside Schuller. The place of creative director for neighborhood, previously stuffed by Desirée Roots, has been dissolved.
Virginia Repertory Theatre is a regional skilled theatre firm headquartered in downtown Richmond and is among the largest performing arts organizations in Central Virginia. Virginia Rep seeks to entertain, problem, and uplift its communities by means of the facility of reside theatre. As of 2022, Virginia Repertory Theatre had an approximate price range of $4.6 million.
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