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    "description": "<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Position Profile:</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Beginning as part-time with the potential to move quickly to full-time, the Director of Education will manage CATF’s summer programming including the high school program Hostel YOUTH!, and the festival </span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic\">talktheater</span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\"> events – the humanities series. The Director of Education will also serve as the staff leader for the summer intern company. In the off-season the Director will serve as liaison to the Education Committee of the Board of Trustees and lead CATF’s programming within the public schools of the West Virginia Eastern Panhandle. Additionally, the successful candidate will value and practice Anti-Racist and Anti-Oppressive (ARAO) efforts. </span><a href=\"https://catf.org/arao/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Click here to learn about CATF’s ARAO Values.</span></a></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">History:</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Founded by Ed Herendeen in 1991 with the mission to produce and develop new American theater, CATF has grown to a $2.5M organization at the center of new play development and production in the nation.  Now led by Artistic Director Peggy McKowen, CATF’s core values of fearless art, diverse stories, inclusivity, community-building, ARAO, and care guide all its actions from play selection to human resource management.  Nestled in Shepherdstown, WV, approximately 1.5 hours from Washington, DC and Baltimore, CATF produces a summer festival of 5 plays on the campus of Shepherd University along with new play development and educational programming year-round. Over the course of 35 seasons, CATF has produced 144 new plays by 104 playwrights including 66 world premieres and 11 plays commissioned by the Festival.  CATF premieres have gone on to Broadway, London, off-Broadway, and regional theaters as well as adapted into major motion pictures.  Learn more at </span><a href=\"https://catf.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">catf.org</span></a><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Responsibilities</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold\">Fall: Outreach and planning, Spring: Program Implementation, Summer: Festival Events</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt\">Lead recruitment for and implementation of the summer high school program, </span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; 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