Bly to leave Yale Rep, drama school after 12 years
NEW HAVEN ?— Mark Bly, the longtime associate artistic director of Yale Repertory
Theatre and chair of the playwriting program at the Yale School of Drama, will leave those positions July 31 to become senior dramaturg at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C.
"My first love really, I suppose, is being a dramaturg," Bly said Wednesday.
A 1980 graduate of the drama school, Bly returned to Yale in 1992 to become the Rep's associate artistic director under Stan Wojewodski Jr. He has served the past two seasons under Wojewodski's successor, James Bundy.
By his own count, Bly has co-produced more than 70 Rep productions and produced more than 30 professional readings of plays by Yale playwrights and 132 productions of new plays by his students.
"I'm not burnt out," said Bly, who began his career as associate literary manager at Arena Stage in 1980. "I'm looking for a new adventure in my life and channeling my energies in a different way."