We’re Hiring! S+T Seeking New Leadership
Sick + Twisted Theatre Announces Leadership Transition and Launches Search for New Leadership
Sick + Twisted Theatre announced today that founder and Artistic Director Debbie Patterson will be stepping down from her leadership role with the organization after nearly a decade of artistic vision, advocacy, and growth.
Since founding Sick + Twisted Theatre in 2016, Patterson has established the company as a national leader in disability-led theatre creation, producing groundbreaking work that has challenged assumptions, expanded access, and amplified the voices of Deaf, disabled, blind and low-vision, and neurodivergent artists. Under her leadership, the company has earned a reputation for artistic excellence, innovation, and a deep commitment to disability justice.
“Building Sick + Twisted Theatre from the ground up has been a labour of love” says Debbie Patterson, “but it's not something I’ve done alone. Everyone who has ever worked with Sick+Twisted in each and every capacity has had a hand in making Sick + Twisted the highly respected and influential organization that it is today. I know, as a leader, that I've taken this organization as far as I can and it needs someone with a new vision to take it to the next level. I can't wait to see where this company goes next!”
Patterson will continue to support the organization through a transition period while the Board of Directors undertakes a national search for new leadership and will remain involved as a board member for one additional year.
“Debbie had a dream and she made it happen” says Sick+Twisted Board Chair, Mary Black. “The S+T Board is deeply grateful to Debbie for her creative artistic vision and her diligent efforts to create a stable organization that will most certainly grow and flourish into the future. Using her well-honed artistic abilities, she created space within the live theatre community for disabled people to showcase their talents and to tell their own stories in their own voice and with their own truths. Debbie is very fond of saying “theatre is for everyone who has a body” and she has pursued this belief with enthusiasm, vigor and joy.”
The Board has initiated a national search process to identify the next leader—or leadership team—to guide Sick + Twisted Theatre into its next chapter. The organization is seeking a dynamic and collaborative individual or team who shares its commitment to artistic excellence, accessibility, disability aesthetics, and community engagement.
Sick + Twisted Theatre remains committed to its mission of creating innovative performance work through a disability lens while fostering equitable opportunities for artists and audiences alike.Additional information about the leadership search is available at www.sickandtwisted.ca/careers
About Sick + Twisted Theatre
Sick + Twisted Theatre is a Winnipeg-based professional theatre company dedicated to creating and producing work through the lens of disability. The company develops original productions, fosters disability-led artistic practice, and advances accessibility and inclusion within the performing arts sector.
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Sick + Twisted Theatre
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