WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Tony Award nominee Jeremy O. Harris has been named the first creative director of the Williamstown Theatre Festival’s Creative Collective, its new group leadership model. His tenure will cover the 2025 season. 

Harris’ appointment was announced Thursday afternoon by Raphael Picciarelli, Williamstown Theatre Festival’s managing director of strategy and transformation. Festival officials announced the intention to move to a shared artistic leadership model in February. 

The new artistic model splits the duties currently held by the artistic director between two managing directors and a rotating creative lead or artistic collective.