Back to the casting Couch as Kennedy Center’s new v-p walks out Newsnorman lebrecht January 29, 2026Days after his arrival as Senior Vice President of Artistic Programming, Kevin Couch is gone. The ‘visionary’ Texan gave no reason, slipping away into a dark Wednesday night. Maybe he was a closet Leftist, after all. Either way, the KC team lack anyone capable of filling the key programming role. Back to the casting, Couch.