The contribution Ms Savage has made to the community as manager of the Griffith Regional Theatre is significant in many ways. Engaging youth, bringing together the multicultural community and celebrating Wiradjuri culture and artists have all been tremendous achievements that has seen Griffith's art community flourish due to her efforts.

Ms Savage will be moving on to take on the manager role in Goulburn's new performing arts centre project, however she feels very proud of what she has achieved here and hopes that it will be continued.

"Our launch this year reflects the mulitcultural community here and for me, that's what I've been aiming for," she said.

"There is still a long way to go but people in these communities now know that the theatre is a place for them and wants their faces and their culture represented.

"That is my proudest achievement."

When Ms Savage arrived to Griffith in 2017 she found that there were numerous opportunities being overlooked with making the theatre a resource for all the community and not just the stereotypical 'theatre-going' crowds.

"I was really pleasantly surprised with how multicultural it was. It was something that had changed since I had been there last in the seventies," Ms Savage said.

"It offered lots creatively and culturally. I saw huge opportunities for the theatre and the art gallery to engage with that."

Her tireless work with youth, Griffith's diverse cultures and Wiradjuri artists and communities has resulted in events like MYFEST and Yaruwala Festival in Griffith. But most notably was 2020's Sunshine Super Girl world premier which Ms Savage said was the culmination of building connection and trust with the community.

"Sunshine Supergirl was a theatre show but it was so much more than that," she said.

"For me that was a real kind of pinnacle for what theatre can be for a regional community. The meaning, resonance and impact it had here in this community is something completely different.

"It's about community. It's not just about getting shows and the actors, that's important but I really see the theatre and gallery as cultural facilities and resources for the community. We need to be using them in a way that engages the whole community and benefits them.... and I think Sunshine Supergirl showed that."

Mr Savage will sign off after the theatre's launch on Sunday 7 of February and hopes that whoever takes over the role will continue to work with promoting Wiradjuri artists and culture and the multicultural communitiy.

"I would like to see the cultural facilities continue to embrace and engage with people and to tell their stories and to work towards them feeling welcome and at home here," she said.

"Griffith is an amazing and diverse community and that's something that should be celebrated."

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