Brown Theatre Completes All-Women Roster of Directors for 2015-16
Monday, November 02, 2015
Brown Theatre has announced that Kira Hawkridge, founding Artistic Director for Providence-based OUT LOUD Theatre, will be the guest director for A Midsummer Night's Dream, which will be produced next spring as part of the Brown Theatre 2015-16 performance season. The addition of Hawkridge completes an all-women roster of directors for the season.
“It’s such an exciting opportunity to be a part of Brown Theatre. Brown’s Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies is making important strides in closing the gender gap by increasing the visibility of women and promoting opportunities for women in all aspects of the professional theater. It is incredibly rare to find a roster of directors composed entirely of women and I look forward to seeing the vision of these female voices come to life onstage," Hawkridge said.
A Midsummer Night's Dream will run March 3rd-6th and March 10th to the 13th.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTKira Hawkridge
Hawkridge holds a BFA from the University of Rhode Island and most recently directed Fefu & Her Friends with an all-women artistic team.
Hawkridge's career in theatre includes directing played like Rhinoceros and Jane Eyre.
Hawkridge was named "Best Director" by Broadway World Rhode Island Cirtics in 2014 for her 2014 sold-out run of Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses.
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Last month, Brown Theatre finished its performance of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull, directed by Laura Rikard. The season will continue on November 5th with The Road Weeps, The Well Runs Dry and then on December 3rd with The Red Paint. The 2015-16 season ends on May 8th with the Festival of Dance which will be directed by Julie Adams Strandberg.
Brown Theatre's 2015-16 performance season is produced by the Brown University Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies.
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