Nataki Garrett Named Chair of the Board of Theatre Communications Group

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Nataki Garrett Named Chair of the Board of Theatre Communications Group

Garrett, the 2024 winner of the Doris Duke Artist Award, succeeds Harold Steward in the role.

Nataki Garrett, the co-artistic leader of One Nation, One Project, has been named the chair of Theatre Communications Group’s board.

Garrett, who has been a TCG board member since 2018, succeeds Harold Steward, who served as board chair November 2023–October 2024.

“Harold
Steward provided invaluable leadership and guidance as TCG continued to
navigate the impacts of the pandemic,” said TCG Co-Executive Directors
Emilya Cachapero and LaTeshia Ellerson in a joint statement. “It was
under their leadership that we were able to forge a pathway forward,
envisioning a way to restructure the organization that meets the moment
we are in and positions us for stability and long-term success. We are
deeply grateful to Harold for their support during this pivotal time. We
are also deeply honored that Nataki Garrett,
a longtime supporter of TCG and a national artistic leader, has agreed
to serve as our new chair. We look forward to working alongside her to
find new and innovative ways to further TCG’s mission.”

“Serving
as board chair and working in partnership with leadership for TCG has
been a great honor,” added Steward. “I look forward to continuing to
serve as a board member through its transformative restructuring and
supporting Nataki and my fellow board members as she steps into her new
role. TCG—and by extension, our vast members throughout the
industry—could not be in better hands.”

“TCG’s
expanding leadership has an incredible opportunity to help our member
theatres evolve our industry into a just and thriving ecology,” stated Garrett.
“Through its vast network of programming, its alumni, and history of
leading the industry through change, TCG remains dedicated to being a
conduit for connection, programming, career development, advocacy, and
knowledge-building. These are all things I feel deeply passionate about
and that I have rooted my career in. I am very excited and honored to
support this dynamic leadership team through one of the most important
transitions in the organization’s history. I am committed to doing
everything I can as chair to ensure they are successful.”

Garrett, the 2024 winner of the Doris Duke Artist Award, is the CEO and executive director of The Ladder Leadership Services,
as well as the co-artistic director of One Nation/One Project and is
leading its national arts and health initiative #ArtsforEveryBody. In
2020, she co-founded the theatre advocacy organization Professional
Non-Profit Theater Coalition, a national advocacy coalition
organized to help the theatre industry advocate for the $15B Shuttered
Venue Operators Grant of historically unprecedented funding from the
federal government.

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