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Tina McPhearson leaving Victoria
Tina McPhearson, the Victoria Theatre Association’s vice president of programming for more than a decade, has resigned.
“I don’t have anything lined up at this point. It’s just time for me to explore the next chapter of my life,” said McPhearson, a Dayton native and Wright State University graduate who worked for four executive directors since joining the Victoria staff in 1992: Mark Light, Dionne Kennedy, interim leader Bill Bloebaum and present chief Ken Neufeld.
Her departure follows that of Michael Roediger, vice president for development, who stepped down Aug. 27 to become executive director of the Dayton Art Institute.
Katherine Eckstrand, VTA manager of education and outreach, has also resigned, to take a staff position with the board of trustees at Ohio State University.
Neufeld, Victoria president and chief executive, said the resignations were voluntary and “don’t indicate a purge. They were all valued staff members. These are key positions. We will be recruiting to fill them.”
McPhearson, who oversaw programming, education and audience engagement, was responsible for everything the VTA presented, from its Broadway, family, education, film and variety series to its Star Attractions.
She negotiated all contracts for those productions and did all of the budgeting. Her last day on the job is Oct. 10.
One of her personal milestones was booking the musical “Lion King” at the Schuster earlier this year. “We started negotiations to bring that show here 11 years ago,” she said.
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By Dore Procopio
September 13, 2011 12:16 AM | Link to this
It seems as though the The Victoria Theater Association is bleeding talent. It is all very frightening and confusing. When we are asked by Mr Neumen not think in terms of a “purge” The only thing it leaves this theater goer to think is that it very much feels like “The”new Broom is sweeping clean”. Is any one else getting that feeling?