Nataki Garrett is artistic director for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, since 2019. In this position, she is planning OSF’s first-ever combined digital and live 2021 season and working on policy development for federal support of the arts, due to the impact of the pandemic and beyond. Garrett was previously acting artistic director for Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company and associate artistic director of CalArts Center for New Performance. She received the BOLD Theater Women’s Leadership Circle Grant and the first-ever Ammerman Prize for Directing. She’s a board member for Theatre Communications Group and an advisory board member for Mixed Blood Theatre.