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Kate is a New York and Vermont-based director of new plays (sometimes with music). Occasionally she also writes, adapts, translates, and clowns. She tell stories that are fantastic, strange, grotesque, absurd, and supremely silly. 

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Kate recently directed Extra Crispy at Joe's Pub in collaboration with Alyssa Payne.

 

Her work has been seen in France, Russia, Greece, and most recently Vermont. She holds a B.A. from Vassar College and a Masters from the École Jacques Lecoq. 

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As an educator, she specializes in movement, devising, and mask work.

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Current/Upcoming:

 

Performing in a Bunraku Puppetry producion of King Lear at Columbia University.

 

Assistant Directing I’m Not Mike White at the Brooklyn Art Haus.

 

Directing The F Word at the Goodspeed Festival of New Musicals.

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Special Awards: Walter Maguire Fellow, Jeanne Marandon Fellow

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Affiliations: Krymov Lab NYC, Directors Lab North, Parish Players Board of Trustees Co-Chair, 24 Hour Plays Nationals Alum, The Rehearsal Club (Resident), Laboratoire d'Étude du Mouvement

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