Arts & Culture
Barbara Tomasic will take over as interim producer of Richmond’s Gateway Theatre in February of 2019 as the community bids a fond farewell to current artistic director, Jovanni Sy.
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Richmond's Gateway Theatre announces new interim producer
Published 12:06 PDT, Thu October 4, 2018
Last Updated: 2:12 PDT, Wed May 12, 2021
With the impending departure of Jovanni Sy,
Gateway Theatre announces the appointment of Barbara Tomasic as interim
producer.
Sy, the current artistic director, has given
the Gateway board ample notice of his choice to leave his current position to
concentrate more on his independent career.
Tomasic begins early February 2019 to
dovetail with Sy’s departure mid-February 2019. Sy has grown Gateway’s success,
with one show’s run selling out last year by opening night.
According to Gateway’s statement delivered
today, “Barbara Tomasic is an accomplished theatre performer, director and
teacher who has a long history with Gateway in a number of professional
capacities.”
Tomasic is not new to Richmond audiences. She
was the Artistic Associate at Gateway from 2004-2007. She is currently
co-artistic director at Musical Theatreworks.
Anyone who enjoyed The Music Man at Gateway
in December of 2016 can attest to her directorial chops. Tomasic’s latest gig
as a director was a record-breaker at the helm of Chemainus Theatre’s summer
run of the musical Grease.
Tomasic’s responsibilities will include
overseeing the plays chosen for next year’s season while Gateway takes the time
to work with New York consultancy Emc Arts to determine their needs and to plan for the
future.
After the consultative and planning phase,
Gateway says they expect to begin a search for permanent new artistic leadership
in early 2019.
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