Sarah Rasmussen Leaves Jungle Theater

Immediately after 5 yrs leading the Jungle Theater as its inventive director, Sarah Rasmussen will be leaving to just take the very same place at the McCarter Theatre Middle in Princeton, New Jersey. Former associate inventive director Christina Baldwin will shift into the role of interim inventive director starting May well fifteen.

Rasmussen guided the theater absent from its concentration on midcentury common pieces and towards new and initial works, specially new work made by girls, through her tenure as inventive director. This strategy led to an uptick in theater memberships and brought in youthful associates. 

In the course of the following thirty day period, Rasmussen will work with Baldwin and Robin Gillette, now the long-lasting taking care of director, to plan for the forthcoming theater season and how men and women can assist the Jungle and its artists in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Rasmussen and the theater already made the choice to suspend the relaxation of its season.

Baldwin, the interim inventive director, has been the associate inventive director for the earlier two yrs. Baldwin was hired immediately after Rasmussen and the Jungle Theater were picked for the Bold Theater Women’s Leadership Circle, made to help girls leaders in theater and confront the concerns that retain girls from advancing in theater management. Rasmussen hired Baldwin as portion of the grant. Not too long ago, Baldwin has directed Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, The Wickhams, and Hand to God and just before currently being hired at the theater, she was an inventive associate, songs director, creator, and performer at The Going Organization.