Patricia Barretto, CEO Of Chicago’s Harris Theater, Dead At 45

After a career spent largely in Toronto, most recently running the city’s Opera Atelier, Barretto came to the Harris as a marketer in 2015 and became CEO in 2017. One of her “singular achievements … was her ability to marry the needs (and the calendar) of the Harris’ fleet of resident companies, part of the original mission of the initially troubled theater, with her wish to expand the so-called Harris Theater Presents series of high-profile but risky [international touring] presentations.” – Chicago Tribune