Artists in Residence.
Todd Haimes started the Artists in Residence program to support early-career artists, giving them a theatre to call home and to provide peace of mind of a sustainable career.
Over the years, this program has evolved to include playwrights, mid-career directors and even an entire young company. And while these residencies have allowed Roundabout to help cultivate the next generations of theatre leaders, these artists have also become invaluable to the staff and our audiences, invigorating this institution with fresh voices.
Senior Resident Director
Resident Directors
Associate Resident Director
These directors have a home base at Roundabout to develop their own work, take artistic risks, and play a role in planning the company’s seasons.
Roundabout Directing Fellow
This program was created in 2017 as a launchpad for the next generation of directors. It focuses on underrepresented talent, and is a balance of hands-on learning with the season’s directors and development of the Fellow’s own craft.
Roundabout Underground Residencies 2025–2026
Roundabout Underground Residencies 2024–2025
In 2024 the Roundabout Underground Residencies were introduced to provide two playwrights time and space to work on one of their plays. Each writer is offered a multi-day workshop of the play, scheduled time at a desk in a shared workspace, and access to Roundabout resources and staff that they feel is helpful to their process and overall artistic development.
Leon Levy Foundation Roundabout Directors Group — Cohort 7
Roundabout Directors Group (RDG) was created to offer resources and provide career assistance to the next generation of directors for the American Theatre by providing them with a foundation on which they can build lasting careers in the industry.
Support for Roundabout’s Directing Programs is generously provided by The Tow Foundation.
Support for the Directors Group and all of Roundabout’s Artists in Residence programming is generously provided by the Leon Levy Foundation.
Company in Residence
Fiasco Theater was invited to become Roundabout’s first Company in Residence following their work on Into the Woods (2015). We aim to encourage them to continue their exploration of classic musicals and plays by providing the time and space that a young company needs to do their best work.
Associate Artists
This group of directors and playwrights comprises artists who have created some of Roundabout’s best-known works and artists who will be creating the work of the future. They call Roundabout home and are able to develop the projects they are the most passionate about here.