February 2021 – Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director/CEO) is pleased to announce current Roundabout Directors Group member Sivan Battat as the 2021-2022 Directing Fellow. The Roundabout Directing Fellowship was launched in 2017 to create a long-term, meaningful relationship between Roundabout and a young director. Battat is the fifth in the program, following Whitney White (2017), Miranda Haymon (2018), KathleenCapdesuñer(2019), Cristina Angeles (2020). Battat will begin in 2021 once production has resumed and she will serve as an assistant director on multiple productions, starting with Trouble in Mind.

Applications for theLeon Levy Foundation Roundabout Directors Group – a second program built to provide career assistance to emerging directors – are now open. The Roundabout Directors Group was launched in 2019 as an extension of Roundabout’s artistic career and mentorship programs, including the Roundabout Directing Fellowship, the Theatrical Workforce Development Program and Space Jam, a support initiative for playwrights. Applicants for the third cohort should apply before April 1 here: Application Link