THEATRE NEWS: Blake leaving Shaw Fest
26 SEPT/11

JOHN COULBOURN - QMI Agency

TORONTO - After 17 years at the administrative helm of the Shaw Festival, Colleen Blake has decided to move along.

Her decision to leave the position of executive director was announced yesterday by the Festival, although Blake will remain in the position until her successor is appointed, which is expected to happen sometime early in the spring of 2012. Calling it “an enormous privilege to share the leadership of this remarkable organization,” Ms. Blake paid tribute to the entire company in announcing her departure, saying the fest is “full of dedicated and talented people who give their all on a continual basis."