Industry NewsTed DeLong Named Interim Managing Director of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
The Tony-winning Best Musical A Strange Loop played a pre-Broadway engagement at the D.C. venue in 2021.
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Andrew Gans
June 17, 2022
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Ted DeLong has been named the interim managing director of Washington, D.C.'s Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company following the departure of Emika Abe. DeLong will hold the position until the new director is named, following a national search.
DeLong comes to Woolly after a decade at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival as general manager and associate producer. He has previously held positions at Yale Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, the Magic Theatre, the Berkshire Theatre Festival, Baltimore Center Stage, and AMS Planning & Research.
"I'm thrilled and deeply honored to have been entrusted to lead Woolly Mammoth alongside the brilliant Maria Manuela Goyanes for this interim period,鈥� says DeLong. 鈥淚'm looking forward to getting to know Woolly's artists, staff, board, and community and to handing off this company in better shape than ever to the next managing director."
鈥淒uring this period of transition, I鈥檓 grateful to have Ted as a thought partner and co-leader,鈥� adds Artistic Director Goyanes. 鈥淭ed鈥檚 background is just what we need to help us continue Woolly鈥檚 momentum after AStrangeLoop鈥檚 tremendous Tony Award win, advance our strategic objectives this summer, and launch our remarkable 2022-23 season.鈥�
Tom O'Connor Consulting Group will lead the search to fill the role permanently.
Michael R. Jackson's Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winningA Strange Loopplayed an extended, pre-Broadway engagement at Woolly Mammoth last year. Check out photos from the D.C. engagement below.
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Take a 1st Look at Michael R. Jackson鈥檚 A Strange Loop at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre
Take a 1st Look at Michael R. Jackson鈥檚 A Strange Loop at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre
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Jason Veasey, John-Michael Lyles, Jaquel Spivey, John-Andrew Morrison, James Jackson, Jr., and Antwayn Hopper in A Strange Loop
Antwayn Hopper, L Morgan Lee, Jason Veasey, Jaquel Spivey, James Jackson, Jr., John-Michael Lyles, and John-Andrew Morrison in A Strange Loop
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James Jackson, Jr., L Morgan Lee, Antwayn Hopper, Jaquel Spivey, John-Andrew Morrison, and Jason Veasey in A Strange Loop
Teresa Castracane
Jaquel Spivey in A Strange Loop
L Morgan Lee, John-Michael Lyles, John-Andrew Morrison, Jaquel Spivey, Jason Veasey, Antwayn Hopper, James Jackson, Jr. in A Strange Loop
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