Right Leadership for Shakespeare Festival

Rick Dildine

Dildine oversaw growth at Shakespeare Festival St. Louis in his previous tenure, with attendance increasing more than 30 percent. Dildine made more than $87,000 in fiscal 2013. But he resigned in June 2014 to become executive director and president of Shakespeare & Co. in Lenox, Massachusetts, which has an annual budget of about $5 million.

Reference: Shakespeare Festival’s executive director is back after resigning last year.
Unless an artistic troupe or organization has stable sponsorship, it must have a working business model to sustain itself over time.  Moreover, it must have the right capabilities in its leaders and staff, that is, those who ought to have some artistic prowess as well as business savvy and financial attention.