ArtsFriday, November 6
Proctors CEO Philip Morris will retire in March after 25 years
The Daily Albany team
Proctors' longtime CEO is stepping aside. Philip Morris will retire Mar. 29, and President Jean Leonard will become president and CEO that day, Proctors Collaborative announced Thursday.
Morris's 25 years at Proctors ran from 2002 to March 2027
- 2002Morris becomes Proctors CEO.
- 2003–07Proctors completes a $40 million expansion.
- 2005Marquee Power, a district energy system, is completed.
- 2011Proctors and Capital Repertory Theatre enter a management partnership.
- 2015Universal Preservation Hall in Saratoga Springs enters a strategic alliance with Proctors.
- 2020Universal Preservation Hall reopens as a year-round venue.
- 2024Leonard is named president.
- March 2027Morris will retire and Leonard will become president and CEO.
Sources: WRGB, WNYT.com, NEWS10 ABC
- Retirement date: Mar. 29, 2027
- Morris has been CEO since 2002
- Leonard: 15 years there, president since 2024
- Proctors is in its 100th anniversary season
Under Morris, Proctors finished a $40 million expansion that enlarged the MainStage and added the GE Theatre at Proctors. The Collaborative now has venues in Schenectady, Albany, Saratoga Springs and Troy, where work on The American Theatre broke ground in 2026.
$40 millionProctors expansion, 2003-07
It enlarged the MainStage, created the GE Theatre at Proctors and transformed the former Carl Company building.
Leonard was chief of staff and director of programming before she became president. She will step into the CEO role while keeping her current one.
Sources: WRGB, WNYT.com, Times Union, NEWS10 ABC