June 01--American Theater Company is to announce Monday that is has hired Bonnie Metzgar, the artistic director of About Face Theatre from 2008-2013, as its interim artistic director. Metzgar replaces PJ Paparelli, who died recently in an automobile accident in Scotland.
In an interview Monday, ATC board chairman David Katz said that the theater was planning on conducting a national search for a new artistic director -- someone, he said, who could follow in Paparelli's footsteps and bring "nationally important writers and work to a Chicago storefront."
Metzgar has been pursuing an academic career and is not expected to be a candidate for the permanent position. Katz said he hoped to have the new leader in place by December. American Theater Company is expected to announce its new season next week, once Metzgar completes the ongoing negotiations involving the works selected by Paparelli.
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