Kevin E. Moore Will Be Actors Theatre of Louisville's New Managing Director

Kevin E. Moore will join Actors Theatre of Louisville as Managing Director this summer in advance of the Tony Award-winning theatre's 53rd season. The appointment was announced Wednesday by Beth Davis, President of the Board of Directors, and Les Waters, Artistic Director. Moore, who for the past six years has been the Managing Director of Theatre Communications Group (TCG) in New York City, will transition to this position effective July 6, 2016.

The extensive national search for Managing Director was one of only two during the fifty-three year history of Actors Theatre. Moore joins a prestigious lineage of leaders who have led Actors Theatre from its humble beginnings to a nationally recognized regional theatre.

Moore has over twenty-five years of experience in performing arts administration and has proven himself a strong proponent of the American theatre. During his time at Theatre Communications Group, Moore was responsible for all business functions of the national organization for non-profit theatres in America, including finances, research and collective action, as well as human resources, fundraising and marketing. Prior to that, he spent ten years at Arizona Theatre Company in various capacities starting as Marketing Director and eventually becoming Managing Director of the prestigious company.

Waters said, "I'm thrilled that Kevin E. Moore will be joining me and our dedicated team at Actors Theatre here in Louisville. Kevin not only has a passion for new plays but an understanding that theatre needs to belong to the community in which it lives. During his time at TCG, Kevin gained a national perspective from theatres throughout the country. He will bring the best of those experiences here to Actors Theatre. He is a nationally respected and inspired arts leader and I very much look forward to our partnership."

"I have long admired Actors Theatre of Louisville for balancing a deep commitment to its local community with a transformative vision for the new play sector and theatre field," said Moore. "I look forward to bringing the national networks I developed during my tenure at TCG in support of that vision, and to partnering with Les and the exceptional Actors Theatre board and staff. To TCG's executive director Teresa Eyring, and to the entire TCG board and staff, I extend my gratitude for an extraordinary six years, and know we'll find new opportunities to work together."

"Following a thorough national search and conversations with an impressive roster of candidates, we are excited to announce the appointment of Kevin E. Moore as our Managing Director." said Davis, President of the Actors Theatre Board of Directors. "Kevin brings an outstanding range of administrative experience and dedication to theatre. His national perspective from his time at TCG will be a tremendous asset for best practices and innovative ideas. I believe he will be an extraordinary partner with Artistic Director Les Waters and a talented addition to the thriving arts community here in Louisville. We all look forward to this dynamic team's leadership as we enter the next phase of organizational and artistic excellence."

The national search process was led by a committee of Actors Theatre board members comprised of chair Chris Kay, co-chair Jaleigh White, Laura Douglas, Jan Grayson, Elizabeth Rounsavall, Allan Tasman, and Artistic Director Les Waters. They were assisted by Greg Kandel, Partner in Management Consultants for the Arts, one of the premier executive search firms in the field of performing arts.

Moore replaces Jennifer Bielstein who stepped down in March 2016 after ten years at Actors Theatre to take the position of Managing Director of the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Kevin E. Moore joined Theatre Communications Group as Managing Director in the fall of 2010. Prior to joining TCG, Moore was with Arizona Theatre Company where he worked for ten years in various capacities, ultimately serving as Managing Director. In addition to Arizona Theatre Company, Moore is also a founding board member and former Board President for Alliance for Audience/ShowUp.com in Phoenix, a service organization for the arts in the Valley.

Moore has also served on panels for the Arizona Commission on the Arts, Theatre Communications Group and has served on several planning committees for bi-annual meetings for the League of Resident Theatres. Moore has also served on the negotiating committee for contract negotiations between the League of Resident Theatres and United Scenic Artists, and has been on the Executive Committee for the League of Resident Theatres. He currently serves on the inaugural board of the National Center for Arts Research headquartered at Southern Methodist University.

Moore is a graduate of Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina.

Entering its 53rd Season, Actors Theatre of Louisville, the State Theatre of Kentucky, is the flagship arts organization in the Louisville community. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Les Waters, Actors Theatre serves to unlock human potential, build community, and enrich quality of life by engaging people in theatre that reflects the wonder and complexity of our time.

Actors Theatre presents almost 350 performances annually and delivers a broad range of programming, including classics and contemporary work through the Brown-Forman Series, holiday plays, a series of free theatrical events produced by the Apprentice/Intern Company, and the Humana Festival of New American Plays-the premier new play festival in the nation, which has introduced nearly 450 plays into the American theatre repertoire over the past 40 years. In addition, Actors Theatre provides more than 15,000 arts experiences each year to students across the region through its Education Department, and boasts one of the nation's most prestigious continuing pre-professional resident training companies, now in its 45th year.

Over the past half-century, Actors Theatre has also emerged as one of America's most consistently innovative professional theatre companies, with an annual attendance of 140,000. Actors Theatre has been the recipient of some of the most prestigious awards bestowed on a regional theatre, including a Tony Award for Distinguished Achievement, the James N. Vaughan Memorial Award for Exceptional Achievement and Contribution to the Development of Professional Theatre, and the Margo Jones Award for the Encouragement of New Plays. Actors Theatre has toured to 29 cities and 15 countries worldwide, totaling more than 1,400 appearances internationally. Currently, there are more than 50 published books of plays and criticism from Actors Theatre in circulation-including anthologies of Humana Festival plays, volumes of ten-minute plays and monologues, and essays, scripts and lectures from the Brown-Forman Classics in Context Festival. Numerous plays first produced at Actors Theatre have also been published as individual acting editions, and have been printed in many other anthologies, magazines and journals-making an enduring contribution to American dramatic literature.

For more, visit www.ActorsTheatre.org.