WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williamstown Theatre Festival on Monday announced that Mandy Greenfield has resigned as artistic director and a former artistic director at the festival has stepped in to lead the company on an interim basis.
Jenny Gersten, who was the WTF's artistic director from 2010-14 and an associate producer from 1996-2004, will lead the upcoming summer season, the festival announced by email.
Greenfield resigned her position in "late October," according to a release from the festival.
Last summer, the Williamstown Theatre Festival drew national attention for labor strife among its personnel during the production of outdoor performances at the Clark Art Institute.
"As we take this next step toward the future, we want to thank Mandy Greenfield for all the work and support during her time here, and we wish her the best of luck on her next artistic journey," WTF Board Chair Jeffrey Johnson said in the announcement.
"The board is thrilled to welcome Jenny Gersten back to our community. She has a track record of success here and close relationships with all of our stageholders."
The announcement of Gersten's installation said information about the 2022 season will be announced after the first of the year.
"The opportunity to come back to Williamstown is a genuine honor and the right challenge for me at this time in my career," Gersten said in the announcement. "I look forward to being part of the ongoing evolution at Williamstown Theatre Festival and working with the board, staff and community to imagine a paradigm shift which fosters values to make the theater a thriving homefor artists and audiences for many years to come."
Gersten currently is the line producer of "Beetlejuice" on Broadway and executive producer for the musical "Born for This." The announcement notes that she works with WTF regular Jessica Hecht on The Campfire Project, "an arts program that primarily serves Syrian refugees at a camp in Greece."
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Williams Seeking Town Approval for New Indoor Practice Facility
By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Planning Board last week gave Williams College the first approval it needs to build a 55,000-square foot indoor athletic facility on the north side of its campus.
Over the strenuous objection of a Southworth Street resident, the board found that the college's plan for a "multipurpose recreation center" or MRC off Stetson Road has adequate on-site parking to accommodate its use as an indoor practice facility to replace Towne Field House, which has been out of commission since last spring and was demolished this winter.
The college plans a pre-engineered metal that includes a 200-meter track ringing several tennis courts, storage for teams, restrooms, showers and a training room. The athletic surface also would be used as winter practice space for the school's softball and baseball teams, who, like tennis and indoor track, used to use the field house off Latham Street.
Since the planned structure is in the watershed of Eph's Pond, the college will be before the Conservation Commission with the project.
It also will be before the Zoning Board of Appeals, on Thursday, for a Development Plan Review and relief from the town bylaw limiting buildings to 35 feet in height. The new structure is designed to have a maximum height of 53 1/2 feet and an average roof height of 47 feet.
The additional height is needed for two reasons: to meet the NCAA requirement for clearance above center court on a competitive tennis surface (35 feet) and to include, on one side, a climbing wall, an element also lost when Towne Field House was razed.
The Planning Board had a few issues to resolve at its March 12 meeting. The most heavily discussed involved the parking determination for a use not listed in the town's zoning bylaws and a decision on whether access from town roads to the building site in the middle of Williams' campus was "functionally equivalent" to the access that would be required under the town's subdivision rules and regulations.
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