![]() ![]() Perloff, 58, tells Broadway World, "Serving as artistic director of A.C.T. ACT has emerged in the last decade as a successfully funded and popular repertory company that has brought some important work to San Francisco notably, in my opinion, 2004's The Black Rider, 2005's The Overcoat, Kneehigh Theater's Brief Encounter in 2009, 2012's Scottsboro Boys, 2013's Black Watch, and 2015's A Little Night Music and Mr. ![]() Perloff has led San Francisco's most well funded and biggest theater operation since 1992, and many credit her with pulling ACT through the difficult period following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in which their home, the Geary Theater, sustained heavy damage and required a years-long fundraising and rebuilding effort. ![]() Quickly following on the announcement by Berkeley Rep's Tony Taccone that he intends to retire after the 2018-2019 season, ACT's longtime artistic director Carey Perloff makes the announcement that she'll take her leave even sooner, after the end of next season. The artistic directors at the Bay Area's two biggest regional theaters, American Conservatory Theater and Berkeley Repertory Theater, both have one foot out the door, meaning we're on the eve of a potentially very different era for the local theater scene. ![]()
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