The director of Broadway’s recent “Ain’t No Mo’” takes over as artistic director of Baltimore’s premier theater company on Oct. 1.
Officials at Baltimore Center Stage, the 60-year-old flagship of plays and musicals in Maryland’s largest city, announced Thursday the appointment of Walker-Webb as its new artistic director, succeeding Stephanie Ybarra, who left this year for a post at the Mellon Foundation. The 36-year-old native of Waco, Tex., takes the company reins on Oct. 1 from interim leader Ken-Matt Martin.
“What really captivated us was not only his vision for bringing back the theatergoers who already were familiar with us, but it was his energy and his enthusiasm around what he called a ‘visceral calling,’” Liotta said. “Baltimore was the most exciting place because it centered for him what he wants to do in terms of combining art, community and culture building. I get goose bumps just recalling for you how we felt.
“I’ve been on Broadway. I’ve had all these buckets that are separate, and right now I’m in Boston, I’m teaching at Harvard,” Walker-Webb said. “Like all these different separate buckets of who I am. And for once, I’m going to be able to fuse it together. And that’s the thing that’s exciting.
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