WPRO News and the Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – The head of Trinity Repertory Company is leaving to take the helm of a musical theater company in Connecticut.
The Providence-based theater announced Tuesday that Michael Gennaro will become executive director of Goodspeed Musicals in East Haddam, Connecticut, in February. He has led Trinity Rep as executive director since 2007. Before that, he was executive director at Steppenwolf Theatre and had leadership positions at the Pennsylvania Ballet, Ford’s Theatre and elsewhere.
Trinity says Gennaro has been instrumental in improving its finances and leading an $18 million fundraising campaign that ends next month. He also helped push successfully for passage this month of a $35 million arts and culture bond referendum.
Trinity’s artistic director, Curt Columbus, says Gennaro’s work has been transformational to the theater and arts in Rhode Island.
