Virginia Louloudes
VIRGINIA LOULOUDES became A.R.T./New York’s Executive Director in 1991. A.R.T./New York is the service and advocacy organization for New York City’s not-for-profit theatre community. Its membership is made up of 400 theatres of all sizes and missions in all five boroughs. Since her arrival, the organization’s budget and membership have nearly tripled. Ginny has developed a variety of programs to meet her constituents’ changing needs, including two shared office and rehearsal spaces: South Oxford Space, which houses 20 companies in Brooklyn and Spaces at 520, which provides offices to 24 nonprofit arts organizations in the Fashion District. A.R.T./New York provides more than 125 technical assistance workshops and roundtables annually and last year awarded cash grants of $1.4 million to 128 theatres and made lines of credit, cash flow and real estate loans totaling $1.1 million. Following September 11th, A.R.T./New York distributed the first study on the economic impact of the attacks on the City’s nonprofit theatres. Shortly thereafter the Mellon Foundation selected A.R.T./New York to distribute the theatre portion of their $50 million Andrew W. Mellon Arts Relief Fund. Before joining A.R.T./New York, Ginny was Director of Marketing at both the Roundabout Theatre Company and Manhattan Theatre Club. Bio as of February, 2005. American Theatre Wing programs, interviews and/or credits include: Working in the Theatre (video) Off-Broadway - February, 2005 - Watch now.