2023 Bidart Visiting Artist
The inaugural Frank Bidart Visiting Artist is Olatz Gorrotxategi, a dramatist, director, performer, and drama teacher at the Bizkaia School of Theatre (Bizkaiko Antzerki Ikastegia). Gorrotxategi’s work encompasses both the production of her own material as well as collaborations with other theatre companies. Most recently, Gorrotxategi served as dramaturge, director, producer, and performer in her play Mierda de Ciudad (2022) about the history of Basque radical rock. As a collaborator, Gorrotxategi directed the play Lurrun Minez (2020) by the contemporary playwright Galder Pérez. Olatz will be in residence as the Bidart Visiting Artist at CSUB from April 30th to June 3rd.