ABOUT
Mission-driven arts and community leader with 15 years of experience designing and scaling community-based arts programs that support health, connection, and well-being.
Deeply experienced in the intersection of arts and health, with a track record of developing creative aging initiatives, cross-sector partnerships, and data-informed programming that meets the needs of diverse populations.
Skilled in program operations, stakeholder engagement, and building equitable access to culturally-responsive arts experiences.
Natalie Stringer (she/her) is a theatre maker, facilitator, arts administrator, and creative aging specialist. She is a mission-driven arts and community leader with 15 years of experience designing and scaling community-based arts programs that support health, connection, and well-being.
Stringer has deep experience at the intersection of arts and health, with a track record of developing creative aging initiatives, cross-sector partnerships, and data-informed programming that meets the needs of diverse populations. She is skilled in program operations, stakeholder engagement, and building equitable access to culturally-responsive arts experiences.
Stringer serves as Director of Artistic and Intellectual Planning at Beztak, providing high-quality arts and educational programming for senior living communities across the country. She also serves as a Board Member at Matrix Theatre Company in Detroit. Previously, she acted as the Program and Development Manager for Global Arts Corps, an international community of artists based in NYC, and produced the U.S. premiere of “See You Yesterday” with the Cambodian Youth Circus. She’s facilitated leadership workshops at Hostos Community College in the Bronx; devising workshops with the Center for Performance and Civic Practice; presentations at the national Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Conference; and training with the Teaching Artist Training Institute, using arts education to connect with students on the autism spectrum in Staten Island. She is also the playwright, director, and producer of the original play "Gunpowder," which sold out the FailSafe Festival in NYC.
Internationally, she led teachers-in-training at the College of Education in Kigali, Rwanda in using drama to stimulate social-emotional learning.
Stringer produced convenings with Theatre Communications Group, trained and produced theatre with Third Rail Repertory Company, Artists Repertory Theatre, the NHS Institute at Northwestern University, received the Fine Arts Award from Interlochen Arts, and is an Equity Membership Candidate.
A native Oregonian, she finds peace in the wilderness of forests, mountains, and rivers.
Education:
Currently enrolled: Arts-in-Health Graduate program at the Center for Arts in Medicine at University of Florida
Currently enrolled: Dance for Parkinson’s with Mark Morris Dance Company
2025 – Dementia Live Coach & Trainer, AGEucate Institute
2024 - Executive Program in Social Impact Strategy at the UPENN Center for Social Impact Strategy
2019 - M.A. in Applied Theatre at City University of New York, School of Professional Studies
2011 - B.A. in International Studies and a B.A. in Drama with Honors from Seattle University
OUR PHILOSOPHY
WHAT WE DO
C&G Collective produces events, educational arts programs, and artistic experiences that positively
synthesize social justice, community action, and catharsis for all ages.
Our work is informed by the growing field of applied theatre.
Practiced around the world, applied theatre is a general term describing the use of drama in participatory ways and often in non-traditional settings to address social issues. It can be described as the use of theatre as a tool rather than simply as entertainment.