Emily Martin is leaving Showplace Performance Centre in Peterborough after nine years, including the last five as general manager.
Martin made the announcement to her friends on Facebook on Friday (April 21).
“I’ve been fortunate to find another arts administration position in a nearby community that will allow my family to remain in Peterborough, a city that we have come to love since we moved here in 2004,” she writes.
Martin first came to Showplace in 2014 in the position of marketing and administrative manager, following 10 years with Peterborough Musicfest including the last four as that organization’s general manager.
She became interim general manager of Showplace in July 2017, after previous general manager Ray Marshall resigned to pursue other interests. In April 2018, the Showplace board appointed her as general manager.
During her time as general manager, Martin led the not-for-profit charitable organization through the pandemic and also through a capital campaign that included the theatre replacing its old seats with new state-of-the-art seating.
According to Martin, she will continue as general manager until May 4, with Wayne Bonner stepping down from the Showplace board as past chair to act in the role while the board recruits a new general manager.
