NEW YORK CITY: The Lark, an international play development laboratory dedicated to amplifying the voices of playwrights, has announced that May Adrales, the acclaimed director of Vietgone and Luce, will serve as its new artistic director. After an inclusive search process led by ALJP Consulting, Adrales was selected by a committee composed of Lark artists, staff, and board members to succeed founding artistic director John Clinton Eisner, who announced his departure after 27 years last week. Adrales will lead the organization alongside executive director Stacy Waring.
Adrales has a long history with the Lark, having first come to the company through the New Generations Future Leaders Fellowship from TCG, and later serving as the its director of artistic programs.
“The Lark…by creating a dynamic, radically supportive and inclusive space for living theatremakers, has influenced and shaped me to be the artist I am today,” said Adrales in a statement. “My vision for the Lark is to wholly empower artists and encourage their fullest potential by providing artistic, financial, and career-building support. My hope is that the work created under the wing of the Lark reveals the widest range of human experience and works towards an equitable, compassionate, and imaginative world.”
As the Lark’s director of artistic programs, Adrales played a leading role in designing artistic programs that continue to be core to the Lark’s play development process, including Monthly Meeting of the Minds, Winter Writers’ Retreat, and Playground. In her acclaimed career as a director, Adrales has also directed numerous world premieres and productions of Lark-affiliated writers, including Katori Hall, David Henry Hwang, Rajiv Joseph, including Katori Hall, Rajiv Joseph, David Henry Hwang, A. Rey Pamatmat, Idris Goodwin, Chisa Hutchinson, Lloyd Suh, Thomas Bradshaw, and Lauren Yee.