Asolo Repertory Theatre has named Benjamin Luczak its new development director. Luczak will officially join the organization on Jan. 15. Prior to relocating to Sarasota, he held leadership positions at Dallas Summer Musicals, Omaha Performing Arts, Maryland Symphony Orchestra and Shenandoah Conservatory Performances. His areas of expertise include individual and major gift fundraising, legacy giving, audience development, donor relations, patron loyalty, musical theatre, the history of musical theatre, special events, project management and marketing for the arts and nonprofit board governance.
 He has served as an adjudicator for the Nebraska High School Theatre Awards, a grant maker for the Equality Fund of Omaha and a board member for Nebraska AIDS Project. He holds a bachelors of fine arts in musical theatre and a master of science in performing arts leadership and management from Shenandoah Conservatory of Shenandoah University, and a certificate of fundraising management from the University of Nebraska Omaha.