Western Canada Theatre taps former employee as new executive director

Sep 3, 2026 | 11:09 AM

KAMLOOPS — A familiar face to Western Canada Theatre (WCT) will become its new executive director.

The WCT board of directors announced Thursday (Sept. 3) Chelsea Isenor was selected to take over the top business job at the Kamloops-based theatre company. Isenor takes over from Matt Eger, who resigned as executive director following a two-year stint from 2024 to 2026.

“WCT holds a special place in my heart,” Isenor states in a news release. “Having grown up in Kamloops, this is where I experienced my first professional theatre production and where my love of theatre began. I know just how special WCT is to this community and to the Canadian theatre landscape. To have the opportunity to now help lead an organization that played such an important role in my own journey is incredibly meaningful.”

Isenor worked for WCT from 2021 to 2024 as the theatre company’s marketing and communications director. WCT notes Isenor also worked on marketing and communications for theatre companies in the Lower Mainland, including The Cultch in Vancouver and Richmond’s Gateway Theatre. Recently, Isenor spent two years as director of communications for the Kamloops Thompson School District.

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“WCT has a mandate to support local talent without compromising quality. For this reason, we are especially proud to welcome Chelsea Isenor, a Westsyde local who went on to larger theatres in larger cities to learn, then returned to Kamloops,” WCT Board President Chrystie Stewart says. “The board was humbled to again receive applications from across Canada for the new executive director. Through a competitive process, Chelsea prevailed, and we could not be happier.”

Between Isenor, Stewart and WCT’s artist director Kelli Fox, the board notes that the Kamloops-based theatre company will have an all-female leadership team for the first time in its history.

WCT’s 51st season begins on Saturday, Sept. 26, with an adaptation of “Where the Wild Things Are” at Pavilion Theatre. The 2026-27 WCT season will feature eight shows – five at Sagebrush Theatre and three at Pavilion Theatre.

Isenor begins her tenure as WCT’s executive director on Nov. 2, 2026.

by Aaron Schulze

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Western Canada Theatre taps former employee as new executive director

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