Prescott Center for the Arts Names New Executive Director

Prescott Center for the Arts has announced the hiring of their new Executive Director. After a national search that yielded fourteen applicants and the interviews of five finalists, Ms. Robyn Allen, the current interim ED, was selected in an 8 to 1 vote by the PCA Search Committee chaired by PCA Board of Directors member, Ms. Kate Howell.

Ms. Allen has worked as a professional in theater for the past twenty-five years. She received her education at ASU under the direction of Marshall W. Mason and at the New Actors Workshop in New York. After serving as Director of Education for Phoenix Theater she joined Theater Works in Peoria, Arizona, as their Artistic Director where she also served as Interim Executive Director. Ms. Allen's work experience encompasses all areas of theater including producing, acting and directing. She is a proud member of Actors Equity and was a founding member of The Algonquin Theater Company. Ms. Allen was also honored and featured in the Arizona Republic's Who's Who of Women in Theater.

Ms. Allen and her husband Al Allen have moved from Phoenix and now reside in Prescott, Arizona. Of her new position as Executive Director at PCA, Ms. Allen says, "I am thrilled to be given this new opportunity to keep Prescott Center for the Arts moving forward and remain at the top of the list of outstanding community theaters in the country. I believe my entire career has not only prepared me but led me to this position. It is a perfect fit!"

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