PTE artistic director parting ways with company

Prairie Theatre Exchange announced the departure of artistic director Thomas Morgan Jones on Thursday. In a media release, the company said Jones has accepted a position at an arts company outside the province.

Jones will continue to co-lead the company through the end of the 23/24 season. His tenure will end on July 31, 2024.

“The past six years at Prairie Theatre Exchange have been absolutely extraordinary,” Jones said in the release. “I am deeply grateful and humbled to have been a part of the history of this organization. My heartfelt thanks to the board, staff, audiences, donors, funders, and the wonderful artists of the Winnipeg theatre community. It has been an honour and a great privilege to serve as artistic director.”

Jones is the second member of PTE management to leave the company in the past month. Managing director Lisa Li announced her departure in the first week of April; she will join Toronto’s Tarragon Theatre as executive director in June.