Northern Stage hires assistant director/director of education

Lillian King becomes assistant artistic director/director of education at Northern Stage.

Lillian King, Northern Stage’s new assistant artistic director and director of education, will make her Northern Stage directorial debut with the upcoming production of Blithe Spirit. A recent graduate of Boston University’s School of Theatre, King was the assistant director on Rocky the Musical and Peter and the Starcatcher, both on Broadway.

King grew up in Wellesley, Mass., and graduated from Dartmouth College in 2007 with a double major in theater and psychology.  She spent several years as assistant artistic director at the New London Barn Playhouse in New London, N.H., where she directed many productions and ran the Junior Intern Program.

At Northern Stage, King has been instrumental to the New Works Now New Play Festival and is currently revamping many of the company’s education programs.