As president and CEO of the Orpheum Theatre Group, Batterson celebrated the Orpheum’s fourth Tony Award win in June 2018 when he and his colleagues from the Independent Presenters Network co-produced the 10-award-winner The Band’s Visit. The Orpheum currently boasts the highest number of season-ticket holders in its storied history, driven largely by the theater hosting the Tennessee premiere of Hamilton. In 2017, Batterson introduced a new performing-arts camp for children who have experienced the death of a parent, Mending Hearts Camp. He then added a new program for children who stutter, Camp SAY Across the USA: Memphis. In January 2018, Batterson was recognized by the North American Performing Arts Managers and Agents as Presenter of the Year for 2017. He founded the Memphis Cultural Coalition, a discussion roundtable composed of the CEOs of leading nonprofit cultural institutions in the Mid-South.