Goodspeed Musicals hires Hilton as first female artistic director

Goodspeed Musicals, operator of the historic theater in East Haddam, named its first woman artistic director and a new managing director.

Artistic Director Donna Lynn Hilton and Managing Director David B. Byrd will form a leadership team that will take the place of  Michael Gennaro, Goodspeed’s executive director who retired last year. 

Hilton has worked at Goodspeed since 1988 and has been the theater’s producer for the past 13 years.

Byrd’s most recent position was managing director of Virginia Stage Company in Norfolk, Virginia.