Garrett became the OSF artistic director in 2019. Under her leadership, the festival has produced more plays written by people of color and has increasingly cast actors previously underrepresented in theater.
Thirty Black women in leadership positions throughout Oregon released a joint statement this week in support of Nataki Garrett, Oregon Shakespeare Festival artistic director, following reports of racially motivated threats against Garrett’s life earlier this year.
The statement, sent from the offices of Sen. Akasha Lawrence Spence, D-Portland, and Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Clackamas, pointed to Garrett’s work as an example of success.
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