Roundabout announces Rebecca Habel as new Managing Director

The Board of Directors of Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, President/CEO, in memoriam; Scott Ellis, interim Artistic Dir; Christopher Ashley, incoming Artistic Dir) has announced Executive Producer and General Manager Rebecca Habel as Managing Director.  Habel will begin consulting with the theater this fall and assume the full time position in January 2026.  Habel and Christopher Ashley, Roundabout’s incoming artistic director, will comprise a new co-leadership model for the nonprofit. In this new position, Rebecca Habel will lead Roundabout’s business management and administration, beginning in January.  Christopher Ashley was involved in Habel’s selection, and on the artistic side, he is collaborating with Scott Ellis on the 2026–27 season, and will begin his full-time tenure in July 2026. Current interim CEOs Scott Ellis, Sydney Beers, and Christopher Nave have led the theater since Haimes’s passing in 2023.  Beers will continue as Executive Producer and Nave as Chief Advancement Officer, working with Habel and Ashley.  After collaborating with Ashley on planning the 2026-2027 season, Scott Ellis will continue to consult for the artistic team. The Roundabout search committee included Board of Directors Kitty Patterson, Thomas E Tuft, Lawrence Kaplen, Stephanie Kramer, Johannes Worsoe, Taylor Lawrence,  LaChanze and Mary C Solomon. Press contact: Polk PR (917/261-3988)...