Kate, a director and theatremaker, is inspired by theatre as collaborative craft to celebrate community, deepen belonging, and rediscover place. As the Founding Artistic Director of Threadbare Theatre Workshop, she has adapted, directed, and devised original, site-responsive plays and reimaginings of the classics in New York City and rural places across Maine.

Kate’s work as a director, performer, and writer has been featured in American Theatre Magazine, the New York Times, and The Creators Project. She is a Princess Grace Award winner and Emerging Leader of New York Arts fellow. Kate holds a BFA in Theatre Arts/Acting from Rutgers, and spent her most formative year at Shakespeare’s Globe in London under the tutelage of Mike Alfreds.

In addition to her work as a director, she has performed in film, television, regionally and off-Broadway; narrated numerous audiobooks; and penned three plays and a collection of poems. Kate has worked with Abrons Arts Center, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, McCarter Theatre Center, National Black Theatre Festival, New Dramatists, New Federal Theatre, Philadelphia Shakespeare Theater, and Smack Mellon among others. Her work has been supported by the National Endowment of the Arts, Maine Community Foundation, Maine Humanities Council, Onion Foundation, and SPACE.

Kate lives between two places she calls home– an island in Maine on unceded Wabanaki land, and Éire, the island of Ireland. She is both an Irish and American citizen.