Moderator: Stellene Volandes
Participants: Oskar Eustis, Nataki Garrett, Maria Manuela Goyanes, and Professor Kwame Anthony Appiah  

We are in a moment of evolution in the American theater — reconceiving the very nature of our work amid a worldwide pandemic. It is a period of meaningful and sustained reckoning, one that asks: What does true community look like? How do we create better, more inclusive organizations? What do we want to give to the next generation of artists and audiences? How can our systems better support the arts workers who tell our country’s story? Join Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis, Oregon Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Nataki Garrett, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Artistic Director Maria Manuela Goyanes, and cultural theorist and philosopher Professor Kwame Anthony Appiah for a conversation about how they have adapted their leadership and deepened their practice in 2020-21.