Book-It names new manager
Book-It Repertory Theatre didn’t have to look very far for its new managing director. The position will go to Charlotte Tiencken, the Seattle-based administrator who has been the Seattle theater company’s interim manager since August.
Previous to her work with Book-It, Tiencken had a short tenure managing the Tacoma Actors Guild. That theater disbanded in March under the weight of cumulative financial problems.
Tiencken has other wide-ranging local and national experience as an arts administrator, including a stint as director of the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Massachusetts. She will move into her permanent position at Book-It, which specializes in adapting literary fiction for the stage, on Dec. 1.
Misha Berson,
Seattle Times theater critic
New troupe formed: Pacific Operaworks
Seattle Academy of Baroque Opera has announced the formation of a new chamber-opera company, Pacific Operaworks, slated to begin its first season in 2009.
The first production will be Monteverdi’s “Il Ritorno d’Ulisse” a collaboration with South African artist and filmmaker William Kentridge, the Handspring Puppet Company, Seattle Baroque Orchestra and Pacific Operaworks. Stephen Stubbs will serve as music director.
Seattle Academy of Baroque Opera will be absorbed as the educational wing of the new company.
Sheila Farr,
Seattle Times art critic