Signature Theatre Board Chairman Edward Norton and Board President Kate Roche Hope have announced that Founding Artistic Director James Houghton will step down next year at the end of the 2015-16 25th Anniversary Season. Signature has formed a search committee to lead a national search for its next Artistic Director, who it will welcome by July 1, 2016. Under James Houghton’s leadership as Founding Artistic Director, Signature Theatre has  hosted a diverse roster of some of the theatre’s most exciting and accomplished playwrights. In 2012 Signature opened The Pershing Square Signature Center, the largest new theatre center in New York City in nearly 50 years, and was recognized in 2014 with the Regional Theatre Tony Award for its unique mission and outstanding body of work. Houghton was recently diagnosed with stomach cancer and will be attending to his health and family. He will continue his work as the Richard Rodgers Director of the Drama Division at the Juilliard School. Press contact: Boneau/Bryan-Brown (212/575-3030)...