Greg Reiner, an arts leader whose accomplishments span New York, Washington, D.C. and beyond, has been named managing director of Barrington Stage Company (BSC). Reiner will begin in his new post at the Berkshires-based theater company on August 4.
From 2015 to 2025, Reiner served as the director of theater and musical theater for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), where he oversaw a $6.2 million grantmaking portfolio and represented the agency to the national theater community. With the NEA, Reiner launched several initiatives, including the high school musical theater songwriting challenge and landmark convenings on accessibility, post-pandemic recovery and theater for young audiences.
Previously, Reiner served as executive director of Off-Broadway’s Classic Stage Company, leading the organization’s largest-ever fundraising campaign and expanding its education and accessibility programs. With Tectonic Theater Project, Reiner built the company’s administrative infrastructure and spearheaded high-impact national projects including the global launch of “The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later.”
