True Colors Theatre Announces Resignation of Executive Director

Artistic Director Kenny Leon and True Colors Theatre Company announce the departure of Executive Director Jennifer Dwyer McEwen after more than nine years with the company. McEwen submitted her resignation in May after accepting a new role with the Town of Hilton Head as its new Culture and Arts Network Director.

McEwen joined True Colors in 2008 as the Director of Marketing and Public Relations and was promoted to Executive Director in 2011. At the beginning of her tenure, McEwen worked with Leon and the Board of Directors to reorganization the operations of the company, pay off a significant operating debt, and build a cash reserve from budget surpluses.

In her new role as Culture and Arts Network Director, McEwen will lead the process to create and implement a civic plan for enhancing Hilton Head Island's existing entertainment, arts, culture and heritage assets and for identifying new assets for development. McEwen received a Bachelor of Arts in Music from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a Master of Arts in Arts Administration from the University of New Orleans. Most recently, she is a member of the National Arts Strategies Chief Executive Program, a professional development experience designed to support 50 cultural leaders to effectively lead change in their organizations, communities, and the cultural field.

A national search is underway to hire McEwen's replacement. Additional information can be found at www.truecolorstheatre.org/employment and qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.

True Colors Theatre Company is a National Theatre Company based in Atlanta, GA. Lead by Artistic Director Kenny Leon, and Managing Director Jennifer Dwyer McEwen, True Colors mission is grounded and centered in the rich canon of African American classics with a strong commitment to diverse new voices. True Colors strives to be an important voice in the American discussion of diversity including plays and playwrights from various times, cultures and perspectives. True Colors' next shows are the Pulitzer Prize winning drama Between Riverside and Crazy running July 11 - August 8. 2017 and the Regional Premiere of the Broadway musical inspired by the music of Tupac Shakur, Holler If Ya Hear Me running September 11 - October 8, 2017.

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