The House

Chaired by the General Administrator, it is composed of seven tenured sociétaires – including the Doyen/Doyenne, who is an ex officio member – and two deputies. The composition of the committee is changed every year.

Precise composition:

The Administrative Board deliberates on subjects affecting the life of the Troupe, such as:

In a team boosted by two representatives from the technical and administrative staff and one representative of the pensionnaires, the Administrative Board examines and approves the budget and accounts by vote, as well as the decisive projects for the institution, in the presence of the Minister for Culture and budget controllers.

The Reading Committee examines the texts proposed by the General Administrator with a view to adding them to the Comédie-Française repertoire. Only works that have been registered in the repertoire, which ranges from Greek tragedies to contemporary authors, maybe performed on the main stage, currently the Salle Richelieu.

It is chaired by the General Administrator. It is made up of twelve members:

Currently, these personalities are:

Administration

Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier

Studio-Théâtre

Fondation pour la Comédie-Française

Administrative Board (Until 1 January 2023)

General administrator: Éric Ruf
Doyenne: Claude Mathieu

Florence Viala
Laurent Stocker
Elsa Lepoivre
Gilles David
Suliane Brahim
Clément Hervieu-Léger

And:
Christophe Montenez
Dominique Blanc

Reading committee

Examines and selects plays with a view to their inclusion in the Repertoire.