She helped found and was producing director of Naked Angels, a Manhattan theater company.

Presented by the Acting Company, Margot Harley, producing director.

A new era for the company began with Peter Altman assuming leadership in 2000 as producing artistic director.

Two years ago, Ms. Harley decided to manage it by herself as producing director.

Mr. Melillo, currently producing director, will take over creative control of programming.

Ms. Fichandler's position of producing director is to be eliminated, and a search has begun for an executive director to handle the company's fiscal side.

Presented by the New Federal Theater, Mr. King, producing director.

It became an independent theater in 1993 and in 1994 Elizabeth Huddle became producing artistic director.

As producing director, then artistic director, she oversaw the group's annual Young Playwrights Festival.

About her role as producing artistic director, she said: "I didn't have to deal with managing directors telling me about what was commercially viable anymore.