Conservatory faculty members David R. Gammons and Igor Golyak are the two directors in Boston that DigBoston calls "fearless."

Patsy Collins Bandes, the new chair of theater at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, wants to establish a working environment in the theater industry where diversity and equity are embraced.

New Repertory Theatre's Oliver! featured Conservatory student Rashed Alnuaimi (M.F.A. '20, musical theater) in the role of Bill Sikes and alumna Daisy Layman (B.F.A. '19, musical theater) as Nancy. The Boston Globe lauds their performances, "Alnuaimi seizes the role of the brutal, combustible Bill Sikes from the instant he materializes in Oliver! His transfixing portrayal constantly makes us aware of how short Sikes's fuse is…" and "Layman's performance of "As Long As He Needs Me" is a showstopper."

WBUR's recap of Boston's influential theater works in 2019 has numerous Conservatory connections, including Adina Verson (B.F.A. '05, musical theater) in Indecent, Yewande Odetoyinbo (M.F.A. '18, musical theater) in Caroline or Change, Carl Hsu (M.F.A. '15, musical theater) and Micheline Wu (M.F.A. '18, musical theater) in Pacific Overtures, as well as theater faculty member Igor Golyak as artistic director with Arlekin Players.