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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. Her work is in English or French and often in both.

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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 object theatre.

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Current/Upcoming:

 

Directing Terrifying Déjà Vu at the Young Playwrights Festival at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center

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Special Awards: Walter Maguire Fellow, Jeanne Marandon Fellow

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Affiliations: Krymov Lab NYC, 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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