The search is on for a new Executive Director at the Glesby Centre in Portage la Prairie.

Current Executive Director Chris Kitchen is sad he's going to be stepping down, but is looking forward to pursuing his passion.

"The goal is to return to my roots, which is teaching drama, and focusing on producing and directing major productions. So I have a lot of opportunities that are still out there that I haven't reeled in. So I'm hoping to catch up on those and get some other things."

Glesby Centre's Interim Board Chair Mickey Cuthbert says they need to be prepared as Chris gets ready to leave.

"Well I guess the first place we go is that we get everything line up for the next couple of months. It's our slow time, so the timing of this is good because we have no events -- there are some rental events -- but they're not our events. So we'll get that all set up, and hopefully by the end of the week we'll have a posting out for the job, and I'm hoping by August we'll have somebody in place."

Kitchen's official departure from the Centre will be in July. He's thankful for his time with the Glesby Centre.