Sara Krulwich/The New York Times

Bernard Gersten, the executive producer of Lincoln Center Theater, announced on Monday that he would step down next June after 28 years in the position.

According to a news release the theater will continue to operate under the leadership of its artistic director, André Bishop, and Mr. Gersten, 89, will not be replaced.

“We’ve had a terrific run for 27 years at Lincoln Center Theater,” Mr. Gersten said in the release, “and with a devoted Board and a crackerjack staff, the theater can look forward to the next 27.”

Since Lincoln Center Theater was established in 1985, Mr. Gersten has overseen more than 147 productions in its houses, which include the Vivian Beaumont, a Broadway theater, the Off Broadway Mitzi E. Newhouse and the newly-opened Claire Tow Theater, also an Off Broadway venue.

Before his tenure at Lincoln Center, Mr. Gersten helped to run the Public Theater from 1954 until 1978, when he had a falling out with Joseph Papp.