Nataki Garrett named DCPA Associate Artistic Director
Kent Thompson called Garrett “an exceptional theatre artist with a proven dedication to fostering new and diverse voices in the American theatre.”
Award-winning arts journalist John Moore has created a groundbreaking new position as the DCPA’s Senior Arts Journalist. With The Denver Post, he was named one of the 12 most influential theater critics in the US by American Theatre Magazine. He is the founder of the Denver Actors Fund, a nonprofit that raises money for local artists in medical need. John is a native of Arvada and attended Regis Jesuit High School and the University of Colorado at Boulder. Email him at jmoore@dcpa.org. Follow him on Twitter @MooreTheatre.
Kent Thompson called Garrett “an exceptional theatre artist with a proven dedication to fostering new and diverse voices in the American theatre.”
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