Shepherded the creation of an antiracism policy and the development of the Artistic Squad, an innovative program designed to bring diverse voices into creative and management decisions.Increased the company’s budget nearly sevenfold, with a special focus on increasing artists’ fees.
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Created the Delaware Shakespeare Community Tour, which tours the state bringing professional theater to audiences in prisons, homeless shelters, rural libraries and community centers and has garnered national attention and praise.“But if we are going to continue to grow, we need to make sure we have the institutional support we need.”ĭuring this tenure, the organization said, Stradley: “Thanks to David’s tireless work and dedication, many of those visions have come to pass,” Russ said. Stradley is credited with transforming the organization through programming that expanded access to live theater and created space for diverse new voices, both on stage and behind the scenes.īoard President Julie Russ noted that when Stradley came aboard, the organization only had one production a year - the summer festival. “After 12 years of leading Delaware Shakespeare, this feels like a very good time to step aside to focus more on my family, while new leadership can drive the next phase of Del Shakes’ evolution.” “While I stepped away to go on paternity leave earlier this year, I was thrilled to see new artists and staff step up in exciting ways, to further evolve the way Del Shakes shares excellent community-engaged theater,” Stradley said.
The 21-year-old arts organization will start a search for two new leaders - a managing director and an artistic director - to replace Stradley, who led Delaware’s only professional Shakespeare organization as producing artistic director for 12 years. Delaware Shakespeare Producing Artistic Director David Stradley, left at an outdoor pandemic event at the Delaware Art Museum, is stepping down.ĭavid Stradley, who helped Delaware Shakespeare evolve from a one-trick pony to a multifaceted year-round organization with multiple programs, will leave at the end of 2023.
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