A creative visionary and renowned arts advocate, Steven Schipper is the longest- serving artistic director of the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre (RMTC), having led the organization for 30 years. His talent and collaborative spirit led RMTC onto a sustainable path of fiscal and artistic excellence. During his tenure, RMTC became the first Canadian theatre to receive a royal designation in more than a century. Schipper was appointed to the Order of Canada for his contributions to Canadian Theatre and
received the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal.
