The announced departure of Deborah F. Rutter, the center’s president since 2014, comes as the center continues to search for a new board chair while navigating a second Trump term.

Deborah Rutter led the Kennedy Center through a dramatic growth spurt and a global pandemic. Board chairman David M. Rubenstein will help seek her successor.

Comedian Conan O’Brien is set to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Kennedy Center said in a press release Thursday.

“For four decades, Conan O’Brien, has brought his unique blend of the smart, silly, insightful, and hilarious into our homes,” said Deborah F. Rutter, president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. “From ‘Saturday Night Live ...

Deborah F. Rutter will leave her role as president of the Kennedy Center at the end of the year after a decade of leadership marked by expansion, innovation, and pandemic recovery.

Deborah Rutter, president of the Kennedy Center in D.C. since 2014, announced Monday she’d be stepping down from her leadership role at the end of the year.

and hilarious into our homes," said Deborah F. Rutter, president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. "From 'Saturday Night Live' and 'The Simpsons' –including the unbelievably ...

Deborah F. Rutter, president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., has announced that she will step down from her position at the end of 2025. A replacement for Rutter, whose tenure began in 2014, has not been named.