Artistic Director - Cleveland Play House working with Management Consultants for the Arts

Cleveland Play House is seeking an energizing and constructive Artistic Director – only the tenth AD in its 108-year history – to help co-lead the organization into an invigorating next chapter that builds adventurous creativity from a place of openness, learning, financial stability, and community involvement. Co-leading with the Artistic Director will be an experienced theatre professional, Rachel L. Fink, who was recently appointed as CPH’s next Managing Director. The Artistic Director will be an individual who is collaborative, organizationally minded, and capable of forming positive relationships internally, locally, and nationally. The right candidate will have leadership success in inspiring teams and engaging audiences through supportive culture and dynamic programming. Like many nonprofits, CPH has been grappling with a range of challenges over the past few years; the new AD will have an approach to leadership that fosters transparency, openness, optimism, effective communication, joy, and kindness. With new leadership coming in, CPH is committed to evolving the organizational culture and ensuring an equitable and inclusive work space as well as continuing to reflect and inspire the greater Cleveland community.

A full position description may be found here:

https://mcaonline.com/searches/atistic-director-cph



Organizational Profile

Cleveland Play House (CPH), founded in 1915, is America's first professional regional theatre. The recipient of the 2015 Regional Theatre Tony Award, CPH is dedicated to its mission to inspire, stimulate, and entertain diverse audiences in Northeast Ohio by producing plays and theatre education programs of the highest professional standards. Over the last century, CPH has produced more than 100 world and/or American premieres, engaging more than 12 million people over 1,600 productions. CPH is proud to perform in three state-of-the art venues at Playhouse Square in downtown Cleveland, the nation’s largest professional theatre district outside New York City.

For more information about Cleveland Play House, visit www.clevelandplayhouse.com.


Salary: $175,000