Lyndee Hansen - Executive Director

Lyndee Hansen

Executive Director

Lyndee Hansen was appointed as the Grand Theatre’s Executive Director in July 2024.

Hansen’s tenure begins on July 29, 2024, as she assumes responsibilities from outgoing Executive Director, Evan Klassen, who is returning to his hometown of Winnipeg to take on the same role at the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre. “Lyndee is a hero of Canadian theatre, and well-deserving of this new chapter in her illustrious career,” says Klassen. “I am thrilled to be passing the baton to someone whose kindness, level-headedness, and rigour, have contributed so greatly to my own tenure at the Grand. I wish Lyndee the absolute best as she takes her first steps as the next steward of the Grand Theatre.”

Lyndee Hansen is an arts leader and mentor who has worked as a general manager, producer and arts administrator for the last 25 years. For the last nine years, she has worked first as the Production Manager and subsequently Producer of the Grand Theatre in London, Ontario. Prior to this tenure, she worked in three different provinces and held senior leadership roles at Crow’s Theatre, Alberta Theatre Projects, and Geordie Theatre. Lyndee holds a degree in Theatre Production from Toronto Metropolitan University and is a recipient of the Mallory Gilbert Leadership Award, and Victor C. Polley Award.