Website Guthrie Theater
The quintessential American regional theater, the Guthrie
Guthrie Theater invites applications for The Managing Director & Principal Operations Officer, the highest administrative and operations officer of the organization. As described, this position is the second most senior leader within the organization after the Artistic Director (who serves also as the Principal Executive Officer). Guthrie Theater has engaged Management Consultants for the Arts to facilitate this important search, and a full position description may be found here: https://mcaonline.com/searches/managing-director-guthrie
Organizational Profile
The quintessential American regional theater, the Guthrie was founded in 1963 by director Sir Tyrone Guthrie, who dreamt with colleagues about the possibilities inherent in creating a resident theater company outside of New York City. What began as a summer season of four productions supported by a minimal staff is now a complex organization offering a 10-show season, which serves more than 350,000 patrons and the Twin Cities community year-round. More information is available at Guthrie Theater’s website at https://www.guthrietheater.org/.
The Guthrie Theater has engaged Management Consultants for the Arts to facilitate this search; David Mallette, President, and Emily Knapp, Consultant, are leading the process. They hope to make a final decision during Fall/Winter of 2023 with the new Managing Director & Principal Operations Officer onsite as soon thereafter as possible. Interested and qualified candidates are encouraged to submit in complete confidence a cover letter, resumé, and four professional references to the consulting firm retained to conduct the search. The cover letter of no more than 1½ pages should address how the opportunities and challenges, shared in this profile, intersect with the candidate’s professional background and what about this opportunity is of greatest interest to them personally. Application materials should have the applicant’s name included as part of each file name and must be submitted electronically using the on-line application system.
To apply for this job please visit mcaonline.com.