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Podcast: Art Works Podcast
Episode: Nataki Garrett
Description: When Nataki Garrett was named the artistic director of Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) in Spring 2019, people took notice for multiple reasons: Garrett is only OSF’s sixth artistic director and its first woman of color to hold that position. She also became one of few women of color in the country to lead a major theater. Because of OSF’s history, reach, prestige, and $44 million budget, and Garrett’s track record in developing new work and her commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, her appointment seemed to herald an important moment in not-for-profit theater. But just as Garrett was launch...