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Here's a quick bit of news from PDX. Another, " You heard it here First!" moment:


Allen Nause plans to retire in 2013
at 25 years as Artistic Director at Artists Rep
calls this an ‘opportunity’ for the theater




FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE –Portland, Oregon –
December 31, 2011. By the time Allen Nause retires in June 2013, he will

have been at the helm of Artists Rep for 25 years, leading the theater by
bringing Portland the newest and most challenging plays, featuring the highest
caliber local theater artists, and creating a highly regarded mid-sized theater
that attracts enthusiastic and dedicated theater audiences.


“Now is the time for me to put my retirement plans in motion, Artists Rep is
healthier than ever these days helped by the strongest start to a season ever
thanks to a clarity of artistic vision supported by a dedicated, professional
staff, a committed Board of Directors, and a growing, adventurous
audience, said Allen Nause. "These factors allow me to retire with the
confidence that Artists Rep will continue to serve our community with
provocative, challenging theater for many years to come." Nause continues, "It
has been an honor and privilege to serve as Artistic Director of a theater I
love so much, it has been an incredible journey and this next step holds
great opportunity for Artists Rep’s future.”

On the threshold of Artists Rep’s 30th year of challenging artists and audiences
with adventurous and provocative plays staged in intimate environments, the
theatre’s Board of Directors will seek a new Artistic Director to begin in
2013. Artists Rep’s Board of Directors ‘Artistic Director Search
Committee’ will begin a national and international exploration of candidates
beginning in January 2012. Nause will lead the play selection in the
2012-13 season with Associate Artistic Director Jon Kretzu and Literary Manager
Stephanie Mulligan, and will remain at his post until the end of the 2012-13
Season, likely overlapping time with the incoming Artistic Director.

“Our key quest is to find a leader who is a ‘fit’ for Artists Rep,” said Kris Olson,
Artists Repertory Theatre Board Chair. “We want someone who can stand
comfortably on the considerable shoulders of Allen Nause, as the company enters
its fourth decade of intimate, challenging theater.”


Locally, regionally, nationally and internationally, Nause is well-respected for his
artistic leadership, as well as his strong abilities as a director and actor.
Nause says he will work with the Board of Directors to find the best person for
Artists Rep with both leadership and artistic strengths that complement both the
professionalism and philosophy of Artists Rep.

“Allen Nause is one of the most talented and influential leaders in American regional theater today, having built Artists Rep into a highly respected company producing
consistently exciting and thought-provoking plays that engage the audience,”
said Ronni Lacroute, Artists Rep donor and patron. “Allen has a talent
for finding compelling scripts and attracting superb actors as well as highly
creative technical theater professionals, so I am thrilled to have been invited
to underwrite productions at Artists Rep since 2005,” Lacroute
continues, “what sets Artists Rep apart is the connection that patrons
feel to the company, which feels more like an extended family.”


About Allen Nause

Allen Nause has been Artists Repertory Theatre’s Artistic
Director since 1988. He has performed in many plays at Artists Rep including:
Frankie and Johnny in the Claire De Lune, Breaking The Code,
Art, The Drawer Boy, Death Of A Salesman, Blackbird, Vanya and most
recently No Man’s Land. Allen has appeared in many other Northwest
theaters including: Portland Center Stage, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Seattle
Repertory Theatre, The Empty Space, A.C.T. Seattle and the Intiman Theatre.
Nause joined Artists Rep as the company’s first Artistic Director in 1989 and
has directed many of its most popular productions. He directed Our Town
with Mahesh Dattani in Bangalore, India and led two international tours to
Africa and the Near and Middle East, representing American regional theater for
U.S.I.A. Arts America. In 2000, Nause traveled to Vietnam and co-directed a
bilingual, bicultural production ofA Midsummer Night’s Dream and a
Vietnamese production of A Glass Menagerie as part of the Vietnam/America
Theater Exchange. In May 2007 he directed All My Sons with the
Palestinian National Theater in Jerusalem. Nause recently returned from
Islamabad, Pakistan where he directed The Odd
Couple.


About Artists Repertory Theatre

At the heart of Artists Rep’s almost 30 years is its mission of challenging artists

and audiences with adventurous and provocative plays staged in an intimate
environment. Audiences are asked to examine assumptions, biases, and comfort
zones, and be open to a theatrical experience that illuminates the human
condition, in all its beauty and difficulty. Due to Allen Nause’s commitment to
theater artists, Artists Rep has a four-member resident acting company, who work
on substantive, challenging roles throughout the season. Artists Rep is also
deeply committed to nurturing the development of new plays and emerging
writers.


Intimacy is a key component in Artists Rep’s work and identity in the theater community.
Artists Rep owns its newly renovated facility, which encompasses a full city
block and includes two theater venues: The Alder Street Theatre (220 seats) and
the Morrison Street Theatre (164 seats); and two beautiful lobbies,
including two new bars. With such close physical proximity, the emotional and
intellectual divide between the audience and the play narrows, and the
experience becomes all the more rewarding with the feeling of a shared
experience both on stage and in the seats. It’s what our patrons cite again and
again as their favorite thing about Artists Rep: The opportunity to experience
top-caliber stagecraft up close. That sense extends to our “extracurricular”
activities too.
Artists Rep audiences enjoy an access to our artists unparalleled in the regional
theater world. Actors, directors and designers participate enthusiastically in small educational and social gatherings from pre-show chats to post-show receptions and panel discussions, and they often can be found having conversations with patrons in
the lobby.
Artists Rep has a year-round staff of 20 (of whom nine are artistic/production staff),
an acting company of four, and an annual budget of $2.2 million. It operates
under a Small Professional Theatre 8 contract with Actors Equity Association.
The theater is governed by a Board of Directors of 15. The Artistic Director and
Managing Director are co-equal partners in the management of the theater and
both report directly to the Board of Directors.
For more information about our current season, our history and other aspects of
Artists Rep, including a complete list of all our productions since 1982, visit
www.artistsrep.org.


 

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