Stage Notes: Kevin Moriarty named ED of DTC; TDO introduces 2022/23 class of women conductors
Stage Notes is a weekly aggregate post about theater, classical music and stage news, events, reviews and other pertinent information. Dallas Theater Center names Kevin Moriarty as its executive director In an announcement Thursday afternoon by DTC, Kevin Moriarty, who has served as Dallas Theater Center’s Enloe/Rose Artistic Director for 15 years, has been named Executive Director, following the recent announcement of the retirement of DTC managing director Jeffrey Woodward, who has served in that position for eight years.
DTC’s Board of Directors will launch a national search for a new Enloe/Rose Artistic Director early this winter. “DTC is fortunate to have had Jeff and Kevin as a leadership team, and together, they brought us through the last few difficult years,” DTC Board of Trustees Chair, Jennifer Altabef said in the press release. “We know that Kevin will continue to advance DTC’s mission in his new role, as he focuses on organizational health, equity, diversity and inclusion, and bringing our exceptional artistry to all of our community.
Kevin will also head our strategy for the future, including the exciting renovation of the Kalita Humphreys Theater and reimagining the park around it as a place of shared connection to art, architecture, and nature.” Moriarty was DTC’s only fifth artistic director .
During his tenure, Moriarty has led DTC’s move into the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre; the creation of the Diane and Hal Brierley Resident Acting Company; established the Public Works Dallas initiative; fostered community collaborations with North Texas Food Bank, Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, Dallas Museum of Art, Sixth Floor Museum, along with some of the area’s theater companies.
